Captain Goodvibes

"[2] Captain Goodvibes started life as a pork chop, mutated by a chance nuclear plant explosion.

[1] The Goodvibes cartoons were first published in Australian surfing magazine Tracks in May 1973 and appeared regularly until July 1981.

In 2011 an anthology of the comic strip, Captain Goodvibes — My Life As A Pork Chop, 1973-1981, was published by Flying Pineapple Media.

[3] Captain Goodvibes' popularity led to publication in calendars, a short film — Hot to Trot (1977), co-written by Ian Watson and Tony Barrell — and a maxi-single record, Mutants of Modern Disco, in 1978.

Captain Goodvibes also had a cinematic cameo in the 1973 surfing documentary, Crystal Voyager, appearing in a brief animated sequence during the film.