Born in Bendigo in 1944. Studied art for four years at the Bendigo Technical College.
Won the Bendigo junior art prize and other first prizes at the local agricultural shows ,
Started doing cartoons to advertise The Bendigo Advertiser?s subscription service.
Sold his first gag cartoon to The Bulletin, Went to Sydney and got a job lettering the
colour Walt Disney comics. Later he moved to Melbourne. While working for an
advertising agency produced Brigette comic strip for the rock and teen paper Go set.
Brigette went national, syndicated to Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, while also working
with maverick editor Peter Steedman of The Age?s Broadside on a strip called Fabula
which caused the magazine to be repulped because they?d shown the mythical Prime
Minister John Grey dusting his office. ( It ?s not permissible to show the Prime Minister in
a subservient position.) Gerald and Peter worked it out that it is against the law to show
the Prime Minister doing something useful. In the seventies Gerald revived Australian
adventure comic books with Vampire! Brainmaster and Vixen, Fire Fang and the all
colour Shock Raider. He was approached by an editor of the Sydney Sun Herald in
early 1980 to revive Brigette, it was the paper?s highest paid comic feature at the time.It
ran until the ?81 recession hit. Gerald found himself too busy with graphic work until the
market for comic books improved. He published his next 1990?s titles in Australia and
the U.S.A. He still works in freelance graphics and cartooning. He has won the National
Cartoon of the Year Award at Coffs Harbour ?92,
First prize Special Award, ?Sydney Olympics? ?99
Merit Award ?99