Barry Ernest Fantoni Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Barry Ernest Fantoni (born 28 February 1940) is an author, comic strip cartoonist and jazz musician of Italian and Jewish descent, most famous for his work with the magazine Private Eye, for whom he also created Neasden F.C. As of 2005 he remains a shareholder in the company that owns Private Eye, Pressdram Limited. He has also published books on Chinese astrology.On 27 January 2007 he debuted on BBC Radio Five Live's Fighting Talk. He scored 28 points thus finishing in last place which is a programme tradition for a debutant. In September 2007 he was a guest on Private Passions, the weekly music discussion programme hosted by Michael Berkeley on BBC Radio 3.
For several decades, a prominent figure in the production of the fortnightly satirical magazine "Private Eye", he is also the author of several detective stories featuring a tough Philadelphia sleuth called Mike Dime. Fantoni had never been to Philadelphia when he began writing these stories.