Allan “Sols” SalisburyAllan “Sols” Salisbury.

Allan Salisbury (born 1949), known professionally as Sols, is an Australian comic book writer, best known for his newspaper comic Snake Tales. Salisbury's other creations include Lennie the Loser and Fingers and Foes, the latter helping to establish Salisbury in the United States. Allan John Salisbury was born in 1949 in Kyabram, Victoria, after completing his secondary school education Salisbury took a job at the Cyclone Company in Melbourne, where he eventually became the company's advertising officer.