 Tony was born in Chelmsford, and after living in a variety of places, including Southampton, Brighouse, Spain and Gibraltar, returned to Chelmsford where he lives to this day.
He began drawing at the age of six, when he discovered 'The Ecology & Evolution of the Dinosaurs' in his parents' book shelf, copying every dinosaur faithfully in pencil.
Then came comics, starting with 1970's Marvel (Captain Britain, Hulk, Luke Cage, Spiderman etc) Battle Picture Weekly, Whoopee, Roy of the Rovers, 2000ad and at the end of his stint as a copyist, 1980's DC Comics.
At the age of 12 he began creating his own superhero comics, and continued drawing obsessively until the late 80's when, at 21 years old he stopped, needing a change in direction after so many years glued to drawing pads/ boards.
In the late 90's, at about the same time he met Martin at work, Tony's comics buying habits had resurfaced, followed eventually by the need to draw again. In October 2005 Tony bought a new drawing board, and began the slow process
of regaining his neglected drawing skills. First came a load of sketches and various character cameos, followed by an attempt at a self penned quadrilogy, 'Dimo'. Then after buying an Intuous Wacom 3 digital tablet, his first completed project in years came about: 'Last of the Chickenheads'.
Tony is now working with Martin, drawing to his scripts and constantly co-creating ideas for new joint projects.
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