Tony Edwards

Tony Edwards
Born	1944 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer
Nationality	Australian

Tony Edwards is an Australian comic book artist and illustrator, best known for his creation, Captain Goodvibes.

Biography

Tony Edwards was born in Strathfield in 1944 and originally trained as an architect.

In May 1971 saw the publication of Edwards' best known creation Captain Goodvibes in Tracks. The character was inspired by Gilbert Shelton's Wonder Wart-Hog and achieved cult status with the Australian surfing community. The strip continued to run in Tracks until July 1981. The strip's popularity led to the publication of several Goodvibes comic books and a short film Hot to Trot (co-written by Ian Watson and Tony Barrell).

In 1982 he had his first children's story, Ralph the Rhino, published. Edwards also supplied the illustrations for Surfing, the Dictionary by Phil Jarratt, which was published in 1985.

Edwards was illustrating for the National Times/Times on Sunday in 1986, until it ceased publication in 1998, where he moved to the Sun-Herald. In 1998 he won a Walkley Award for 'Best Artwork' for a cartoon, 'Hanna, I Hardly Knew You', published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 13 September 1998.