7 Mar 2025

Sam Smith: the dentist turned writer and comedian

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 7 March 2025
Author Sam Smith and the cover of his new children's graphic book Miles and Jones: The Blizzard of Blobs

Photo: Nick Gibb and Cesar Lador

Writer, comedian and former dentist, Sam Smith, has just released The Blizzard of Blobs, the second in his graphic children's series Miles and Jones published by Hachette.

Sam had to pivot into comedy and writing after a diagnosis with multiple sclerosis.

He talks to Kathryn about why he wanted to create graphic novels, what it's like to be the comedian responsible for warming up an audience ahead of the main show and his work as an ambassador in Auckland for MS New Zealand.