William Anthony Husband was a British cartoonist known for black humor. His cartoons appeared on greeting cards, and he had a regular cartoon strip in Private Eye entitled Yobs published in the late 1980s. He co-founded and co-edited Oink! comic from 1986 to 1988.
Tony Husband obituary
Private Eye cartoonist Tony Husband has died aged 73, his son has said. Husband died of a heart attack on Wednesday as he traveled across Westminster Bridge to a Private Eye leaving party on a boat on the Thames.
His son, Paul Husband, said on Thursday: “It’s somewhat ironic that he somehow managed to survive 30 years of Private Eye parties but the one he didn’t make…”
Tony Husband’s final cartoon, sent to fellow cartoonist Nick Newman while he was en route to the party, depicted himself standing at Westminster Pier waving to the party boat as it sailed away.
Private Eye writer Tom Jamieson responded under Paul Husband’s announcement that his father “was of course mentioned in Ian [Hislop]’s speech on the boat and got a huge cheer.