Bell, Tony, 1963-

Tony Bell (d. 1993) was an artist, model builder, cartoonist, designer, sculptor, and creator of the 1960s cartoon character Wonder Wart-Hog.

As a student at the University of Texas (1959-1963), he and Gilbert Shelton worked together on the student humor magazine, the Ranger, and shared editing duties from 1962 to 1963. Bell graduated with honors and joined the Peace Corps in 1964, but quit one year later after being stationed in Lagos, Nigeria. He moved to California in 1965, but soon returned to Austin to work on Wonder Wart-Hog cartoons with Shelton for Drag Cartoons. In 1967 two issues of Wonder Wart-Hog Quarterly were published, and the two designers used the money from the royalty sales to open Austin's first head shop, Underground City Hall. The business did not do well, and after two changes of ownership became what is now Oat Willie's, a more successful Austin venture.

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