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Hello and welcome to a new mini-comic! It's been nearly 2 years since my last mini-comic, can you believe! I'm very glad I finally managed to finish this one. I first came up with the idea for it at the start of the year around the time I was planning and writing Vol 6, and I've been working on it on and off very very slowly since then.

This mini-comic will be 9 pages long and I'll be uploading it two pages at a time for four days, then the final page on the fifth day. So it'll be uploading here on Patreon until Sunday! It's for all Patreon tiers so feel free to chat about it in the Patreon community chats or on the Patreon chats on Discord.

I'll be sharing it publicly on Tapas/Tumblr/Webtoons for Christmas. Not long to wait, so please please please don't spoil it for anyone outside of Patreon!

Really hope you enjoy this little snippet of Nick's past!

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Merel

Baby Nick 😭 I already love this exploration of his identity and relationship with his 'friends' back then. The change in style is also great, I can't wait to read the rest!

Faye

Omg little Nick

abbie

i am so excited to read all of this !!

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

Omg look at Nick and his Y7 mates!!! Otis with his cute little hair drawing boy parts up on the board 🤣🤣🤣

Amelia

awww baby nick

Benjamin Lob

Oh my god, I love the look and feel !! (I hope someday you'll resume self-publishing those little mini-comics that are absolutely impossible to find nowadays... ^^')

Caitlin

Love love love the style you've opted for!!

Olivia

ahhhhh i cant wait for this!!

qwerty

Like how it looks like Nicks is drawing himself

Vicky Wattam

Omg I’m so excited for this!

Slimmon132

I really need this Alice thank you. My poor cat just died in my arms and I needed something to cheer me up

Sarah Jacobs

Oh I love this so much!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 Little Nick 🥰 little rugby boys! Adorable!!!

Allegra2346

Oh my goodness he's such a baby!!! Is that baby Sai Otis and Christian I spot in there too?

Desi23

Ahhhh I really love this!!!!!!! Mini Nick Nelson!

Koko

Awweeee nick 🥺🩷

Tom

Little Nick is too adorable🥹🥹

Savana

I literally teared up at the sight of baby nick nelson😭

Irem7

Omg yessss! Alice you made my day 😍🩷

Fey 🍂

Mini Nick 🥺❤️

Diana N

This is great! Little Nick is adorable! I love how it’s written and I can’t wait to read the rest! Thank you Alice! Your mini comics are always great 😀❤️

Hanna Flick

BABY NICK IS SO CUTE OMG

Victoria Panaro

OMG I love how this has started!!! And I can see a resemblance with many of Nick's thoughts in volume 5 and season 3 . Also season/Volume 1 when he talks to Charlie and says how different his friends are to him ...

Lauri

baby Nick ❤️

s💫

Very excited to read all of this!!

Jordan

Ahhh it looks so good

Jen

Really sorry to hear this 🩷 I hope you're ok x

Doménica Dolly

“Draw rude pictures” HELPPP, Nick always so polite 🫂🫂🫂❤️

a book dragon

Awwww, he's such a sweetie! ✨️ Notable that Nick isn't actively participating in it!

Katie H

Little Nick is so adorable; I'm so excited to read this!

Ania W.

Little Nick 🥹 I really like the background and the new style of these pages 😍

Claudine

I just screamed CUTE at work when i saw younger Nick. Don't think anyone heard me 😬Seeing a younger Nick makes me emotional!

Shin__

Mini Nick 🥹

eva cuervo

Ohhhh!!! Baby Nick!!! How small!! 😍 He watches his Friends do those things, but he's not like that.

Sandrine

Oh baby Nick 🩷 I feel that with this start it will end up being pretty emotional, I am preparing to buckle up

KimS

“Rude pictures” 😂 I teach uni classes and my students are still drawing those; just saw a penis shape last Friday, made with pins on a bulletin board. So real, Alice!!

Merel

I love love love the notebook style and the pencil sketches, it feels so real! Is that a brush or did you actually draw on paper? It looks incredibly realistic.

toneelspeler

gosh i know this is gonna emotionally sucker punch me in the stomach

Claudine

I hope this isn't a stupid question because i know she is not in the books, but is the girl behind Nick Imogen?

Maisie

Baby Nickkkk!! 🥰🥰 I love the style of this one Alice it’s so awesome! 🫶🏻

erica streeter

Love that it’s written on notebook style paper!!

Merel

How does 12yo Nick have prettier handwriting than I do 🫠

Marine 🍂

I do remember Nick from the first version of Solitaire and he was that kind of guy... throwing stuff on other ppl , being rude, drinking beer and be a popular guy with a lot of friends. I kinda like those 2 Nick, it's like Nick from another universe.

a book dragon

The way the drawings so subtly show Nick with his friends, yet not quite fully engaged and somewhat separate is so beautifully done (and so sad obv). It's like he isn't totally comfortable, but isn't yet fully aware of how deep those feelings go. I am so deeply emotionally invested in these characters! gah! ✨️🍂❤️🥰

Claire

So excited for the mini comic. I love the presentation style here so much -- on the ruled school note book pages. The boxes for the pictures and especially the shading on the drawings - they feel very alive to me. Even the pen ink for Nick's writing draws me right back to school days. Nick with his friends here -- he says what they do -- but we can already sense he is not entirely comfortable with it -- perhaps his smile is a little plastered on, a little fake. That while he is glad he has a big group of friends -- he is already having the inkling that he feels, at least emotionally, different from them. We know he has many years ahead of him yet fitting in with these behaviours because he thinks it is what he has to do. And that picture of little Nick is so adorable 😍. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Faye

Literally mine looked like a kid had just helped a pencil

Brittney

Oh my God they are wild 🤣 but this is such a great idea

Caro

the penis draw is the most teen thing that anyone could do, and i’m just glad that we’re seeing this side of nick and what he thinks and sees about his friends before he meet charlie

Merel

I'm not sure what girl you mean, but Truham is a boys school and girls can only transfer there in Sixth Form :)

Lisa

Aww they all look so itty bitty 🥺 Twelve year old Nick is a cutie. I can’t wait to read more 🩵

Barb

Cute lil' nick🫶🏻

Nash Avery

I LOVE IT AND I CANT BELIEVE HES ONLY 12 in that AND HIS FRIENDS DREW A DICK LOL

Jo Mary

So cute 🥰 love it Alice

Justin S.

Little Nick! 🥹

Kat

So cute seeing a younger Nick It’s great to get a glimpse into his past like this can’t wait for the rest!

Christie

Little Nick mini comic. Yay 💜

EC

“He’s very different from your other friends, isn’t he? You seem much more yourself around him” 😭😭😭

ucfnurse

Little Nick is so adorable!!☺️😊👏💖💜🌞🌻📚📖📝🏫✌️🕊️☮️

Claudine

The second page where we are Nick with his friends. In HS we often see Imogen outside with the boys, so i thought... maybe it is Imogen behind Nick. Never mind, i feel stupid i asked this and for assuming it was a girl...

soph

HES SOO TINY AND ADORABLE I LOVE HIM

Chris

Oh Nick baby, is it funny? Is it really? Like, do you actually believe that, or do you think that's what you're supposed to say?

Ania W.

I just ordered the oldest edition of Solitaire available in Poland to see what you are talking about🤭 I only read the latest edition

Marine 🍂

Are you from Poland ? Because i can't find the first version of the book in english on amazon. I'm french and i have the 2 versions of Solitaire in books .

Ania W.

Yes, I'm from Poland. I bought the second-hand Polish edition from 2016. I'm curious how it differs from the edition I read.

Ashley Robinson

I taught this age group and this absolutely tracks for many boys this age. 🤦‍♀️

Xalek

Aww baby Nicky.

Ania W.

I would prefer the English edition, but it is not available here.

Frances

Crying already…🥹🥺 he’s adorable!!

Ashley Robinson

“My friends do these things.” Outsider Nick already. In not only his words, but he is off to the side in the picture as well.

Rosie💕

the lined pages are the perfect detail!

Fran

Hahahahha Alice, you’re so real with the penis drawing 🤣

Chloe ♡

i love these two pages already i can’t wait to see the rest ❤️

Kit

Ahhhh the way you've used his fountain pen for the writing is inspired!! Little Nick is the tonic we all need right now 🥰😭

Gregory Toner

Wow this is before his kiss with Tara 😳 he really is adorable 💖

David C Witkin

What a beautiful Thanksgiving gift! Alice, you and your gifts are some of the greatest things I am thankful for these past few years! Thank you!

emily

oh stop he’s adorable 🥹

Margarita

omg little nick's so cuteee

Blissnfaith

It’s very interesting this look back at young Nick. Knowing what we know now, it’s quite easy to see the “mask” he’s wearing in these drawings.

Elena

You can clearly see, that he really tries to fit in to have lots of friends and in a way that works for him, but isn't actually good. I also think it makes him insecure in a way, because his friends are mean to others, so there is no safe space for him to feel free and be himself, because subconsciously he is in fear, that his friends would also make fun of him, if he behaves in another way than them.

witchspring

hes sooo tiny boy 🥹 i don't know if i can handle so much cuteness

hollie

hes such a cutie pie STOP

elisa

omg i’m so excited to see more of pre teen nick 🥹

Brenda Tengelits

This is awesome!!! Are you going to do one of Charlie as well? I know you have a lot on your plate. Here's hoping for a Season 4! 💙💖

Lady Stardust

The dick drawing actually made me laugh

Tina

OH MY GOD IM GETTING RUGBY BOYS LORE?! i didn't even consider this! i always wished that they'd be more integrated in the paris squad bc i find them so intriguing! so so SO stoked!!!

mlyn xtzy

i was just thinking about if we were gonna get another mini comic sometime soon!! i'm so excited for this

Allison Drevich

The only unrealistic thing to me is that he had the same haircut and not The Bieber or something like the.

Antje Mertz

I can only reiterate what others have said. This is so beautifully drawn, as if by hand. It very much reminds me of the ball pen sketches my friend used to draw during class in 9th grade.

Elspeth Fougere

I love the faded exercise book paper effect 🥰🥰🥰

Shane Mullins

This is so beautiful Alice 😍! So excited to see the rest of it! 💛

Lolli98

So great that we are getting another mini-comic! Two years ago I didn't even know that Heartstopper exists.😉 Unbelievable! I love the insights the mini-comics give us into the past or future of our beloved characters.😊 Poor little Nicky...he is laughing, but as we know him now, he isn't really the person to chuck sandwiches all over the place. Cute and sad at the same time, how he's just standind there, admiring his "funny" friends.

Ava

HE IS SO CUTE OMG😭💕

Ana Alicia Aranda De Contreras

Wow, I'm very excited to read it and the idea of ​​seeing a little bit of Nick's past is surprising and so cute, I loved it as a child🥺❤️

ACxo

I'm loving the mini comic so far thank you for blessing us with it. That’s one thing I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving

Audrina

NICK IS SO ADORABLE

Audrina

I just woke up and I read "homosexual" instead of "homework" 🤦‍♀️

ACxo

I wonder how Charlie and Nick would’ve gotten along at that age

Audrina

I love the style of this mini comic 🥹 it's so clever

Karolina Prasad

I’m very curious about Nicks thoughts at that age, looking forward to the pages. My son is 9 and his and his friends’ behavior is for now on the more naive side but I can tell that the “craziest” boys in his friends group already set the tone and the rest tags along because it’s funny and the easiest thing to do. Makes me shiver.

Doménica Dolly

Also, Nick in the back like: 😀🧍 My poor guy

Steven

“Everyone can journal, Nicholas!” 😁 When I was about that age, I drew something similar on the chalkboard myself as the boy in the last panel once. 🤣

lexi

oh my god i LOVE that it's in his blue fountain pen😭

BrittaHP

I hope he goes on rugby summer camp and we get to see the instructor 🏉

gabs

ohh this is so precious already, i'm excited to see how nick would describe the relationship with his friends at that point

RCM

Diary entries are like small mirrors, reflecting those things that most stand out/affect us at any given moment. I am so excited Alice decided on this mini comic, especially now! I love this past insight into Nick Nelson and his friendships way back in year 7...and echo others on the amazing way Alice chose stylistically to draw these pages, from the beloved blue fountain pen ink (that helped Nick and Charlie fall in love) to the lined notebook pages (SO 7th grade!) to the way their jackets and ties are "scribbled in" for color instead of being solid color (and is the sandwich supposed to look like a heart or is that Nick's rendition❤️), ...it all feels very authentic, and so 12 year old Nick! BUT, the "I have lots of friends"🥺 is something we have seen repeated over and over in Nick's life...he is the epitome of "everyone's friend," as he is calm, happy enough, smart enough, athletically strong, kind enough, and just generally FINE enough...but he isn't anyone's BEST friend (until Charlie), like BEST friend in the way YOU are really SEEN as an individual and can talk about deep or personal things, even if it's a "I really messed up at rugby today and I feel like I caused the team to lose." He didn't have practice at sharing about those little/big things that bother him or that he is proud of himself about...either with these friends OR with his brother. You can see this as Nick writes about all the stupid stuff his friends like to DO (the dick pick is killing me, lol) rather than what HE and his friends SAY or SHARE (such as less group based activities like BAKING or playing backyard rugby, or walking dogs, or talking with someone else whose parents also got divorced)...Nick is one of those seemingly "popular" kids who is always surrounded by friends as we see here, but is still kind of alone...which happens a lot and takes awhile to recognize. A big group mentality can almost train you to mute yourself, especially when you are a more sensitive and emotionally aware kiddo with no real outlet to talk 1:1. Nick does have an easy personality that does go with the flow (as evidenced by being the golden retriever who cares about so many and is such a big love!)...and that is a gift and a problem because sometimes, you can get carried so far along you forget why you are there in the first place (and have to question WHO AM I...but i get ahead of myself here). I love the teacher asked this question...it's a brilliant (and sometimes painful) one... (THANK YOU, ALICE🫶)

DogBefriender22

So so sorry to hear this 💔 I have cats and it’s heartbreaking when they go. Sending love

LV Reid

I want to give him a hug already.

Lily T

i'm mature and absolutely did not giggle at the penis drawing i promise

Marie

These are so lovely and such a gift for surviving thanksgiving week. Love love love Nick and small Nick so much.

Lauri

Alice this is so beautiful 🥺 our past as kids is such an important thing to explore in order to understand who we have become as adults. To heal the little version of ourselves

Scott Whittall

Oh my gosh this is too special. The layout feels like a 12 year old's scrapbook. Look at young Nick in his short sleeves. Love the first panel of pg. 2. Nick's being a natural leader with the gang smiling and following along. But, even at 12, Nick keeps to the background watching his friends carrying on like mischievous idiots. Makes me wonder how many times Nick may have passed young, shy Charlie in the halls or on the school grounds and never knew what was in store for him. ❤️

Beam Bugge

this is SO CUTE so far! i love how while sitting down, nick positions his arms in the same way both in the past and in the present, it's a neat little detail :) so excited to see where the rest of the comic goes!

RyGy

I'd love to see another comic about Charlie at this age, maybe when he comes out?

Ariel

Thank you so much for this special treat Alice!!! I'm loving the start of this💕🍂

Robert

Thanks for this Alice. I've now found your previous mini-comics (didn't know where to look) and am up to date. It was great fun reading them all.

Clemence

Oh this already feels so special and subtle 🍂 I’m always amazed by your attention to details. Thank you Alice ❤️

Auna 🍉

This is really special, Alice, thank you. Hold onto your hearts, everyone!

Antje Mertz

Really well said! Your analysis really hit home for me and made me think I might actually relate to Nicks past self more than I thought I would.

aniatka

OMG, I'm so sorry for you. Sending lots of hugs. I hope that just, someone is hugging you ❤️❤️❤️.

Loveislove

It is interesting to see the rugby lads involved in behavior I associate more with Harry. I think it is fair to say that Christian, Sai and Otis have grown and matured. Perhaps they have also been influenced by Nick over the years.

D

ahhhh nick’s charisma shines through when they’re chatting. i love how this shows nick as part of the group shenanigans, but barely. he’s on the outside edge, watching his friends & their antics, laughing along as he thinks he’s expected. he’s 12 - and i know many of us remember doing our best to fit in with our friends at that age. ❤️ this instantly makes me think of nick and his mom in the kitchen, when she tells him he’s much more himself with charlie. what a great look into his past to see how it’s impacted the nick we know and love today.

Hope

this is so cute i can’t! “baby” nick 🥲

Myla Kandel

Ahhhhhh love this I NEED MORE CHILD NICK😭😭

Katrina

Oh this feels special already. I love the notebook style!! I love twelve year old Nick he’s so adorable and tiny !! And not the drawing of a penis 😞 I love how Nick calls it rude he has always been so polite 😭❤️Thank you so much for this Alice! I like how even then Nick follows along with them but is more in the background because he thinks he is expected too and it also shows that mask that he talked about he’s just laughing with his mates and not opening up and he is repressing so much of himself 😭😭❤️❤️

Nicky Van den Bosch

Wow 2y since your last mini comic! Has it been so long? How the time flies, didn't feel like 2y at all! Love this style 😍 looks like pencil drawings and than the writen entries in blue ink probably from the fountaine pen Nick loves to use! Such a nice detail

Button

Loving the style!!! So unique and special. 12YO is so adorable. And OMG the p*nos drawing. Typical 12 YO boy humor!! I know I had it when I was 12. Thank you Alice!! 😊

Flavia Morlacci ☾𖤓

Nick looks so adorable i can't ☺️❤️ i can't wait look at the next pages

Kayleigh Clarke

Oh my god how cute is this?! 🫠🥺✨

Beth

I will never understand how you make them look younger when you draw baby nick and baby Charlie?! I stare for ages trying to work out what is different but they just look like them but are so clearly tinier - you are a wizard Alice

Ali Michelle

Ohhh I’m so excited!! Look at bb Nick 🥹♥️

Overlord

Draw rude drawings im crying 😭🙏

Beam Bugge

great observation! it seems like they mainly changed after the disaster at the cinema

Merel

In the bottom left panel of the second page, do the guys throw a sandwich at Christian or is it someone else? I thought it looked like Christian but I've seen other people mention that they're bullying someone here, which would add a whole other layer to it.

Beam Bugge

i assumed it was christian too! to me it doesn't look like bullying, just a regular old food fight (but i could be wrong)

Merel

Yeah same! I honestly can't imagine Nick looking that happy at someone getting bullied 😅 I saw people discussing it on the Discord though so now I'm not sure anymore

Brynn Rabinowitz

I would love if you did something like this for Charlie too! This is great!

moon

“it’s pretty funny” i’m crying

Elsie 3

Ooo such a good connection to that chat with Sarah! I would LOVE to see a scene with 12 yo Nick and his mom to get a sense of Nick being “more himself”.

Sandra Day

NICK!!! My favourite character! Thanks Alice 💙💙🩵🩵

Murgy

Ah, the things that feel cool when you're 12, either they stick with you or you're going to cringe. I am however looking forward to seeing a glance into Nick's past :)

RO

little nicholas 😭😭

Kassie K Wilson

That dick doodle is so legit (she says as a middle school teacher 😅🤣)

K Lyn

Baby Nick ☺️

Kenzie Mullen

It’s thanksgiving tomorrow and it’s the first one I’ll be at since my husband died in June this year. I’m glad I’ll get to see pages 3 and 4 of nicks diary tomorrow. Thank you for the joy.

Krystyn

Thank you Alice! This is a wonderful gift 🎁 Baby Nick is so cute !

Nicole Worswick

Imagining Nick at 12 is is even funnier when you see how much of a baby face Kit Connor had at that age hahahahah

Zoe

This will be interesting to see as Nick has no idea he is bisexual yet so we will see masking Nick and how he was with his friends super excited!!

Sabrina

That penis drawing makes me think of all the recent interviews where Joe mentioned how he got told off at school for accidentally drawing vaginas 😂😂😂

Lisa Punky Girl

Hugs! And happy Thanksgiving. I'm michigan and it is a delight to wake up to Alice's pages!!! Much love being sent your way!

Katie🐝

Omg tiny Nick is so cute 😭

aurelia

oh!!! young(er) nick 🥰💜

Sulagna Maitra

😂😂😂 why do boys always want to draw 🍆 pics? 🤷‍♀️😂