Hunt Emerson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1952. He has drawn cartoons and comic strips since the early 1970's. His work has appeared in countless magazines and comics, and he has regular long-running spots in The Beano (children's comic), Fiesta (sex magazine) and Fortean Times (journal of unexplained phenomena and weird stuff). Hunt has published around 30 comic books and albums, mainly with Knockabout Comics (London). Titles of Hunt's books include Calculus Cat, Hot Jazz, You are Maggie Thatcher (with Pat Mills), and his hilarious comics adaptations of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Casanova.