Nicholas Viscardi, best known as Nick Cardy, attended the New York Art School and studied painting and sculpting. After a brief period working as a sculptor, he began his career in comics in 1939, working with the Eisner-Iger Shop. Cardy drew for comic books like Fight Comics, Jungle Comics, Kaanga Comics and Fiction House. Eisner assigned Viscardi to draw the 'Lady Luck' strip in the Spirit comic book. He worked with Chuck Mazoujian under the joint pen name Ford Davis on several episodes of the strip between 1939 and 1941. Nick Viscardi was the first artist who drew 'Senorita Rio', in Fight Comics.
