Tozo: the LiveJournal

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12:33 pm - 072

Tozo at the Holy Bank. Coincidentally, this week was the anniversary of the death in 1982 of Roberto Calvi in circumstances that partly inspired this very storyline.

01:05 am - 071

Tozo and Klikker have caught the waterbus, a standard form of Nova Venezian transport.
Recommended reading: I recently picked up a printed preview of Necessary Monsters, a new webcomic from Sean Azzopardi and Daniel Merlin Goodbrey. If Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol had been drawn by Eddie Campbell it might have looked something like this. Can’t wait to see how it develops. 

09:50 am - 070

 

This time last year Tozo had a two week summer break - and this year he’s doing the same. The next update will be Sunday 15th June when we start the wind down to the end of Chapter 2.

If you’re missing Tozo in the meantime, why not buy a poster to display on your wall and you’ll be able to see him every day…?

08:31 am - 069

Tozo posters (and badges) are available for sale from the Mutantman Press shop:

08:28 am - 068

Recommended reading: Gipi’s Garage Band from First Second Books. Beautifully energetic and expressive watercolours illustrate the gritty tale of a group of lads and their attempt to set up a band.

09:43 am - 067

And so ends my tribute to the Alien films.

12:43 am - 066

1. I bought Tozo his own domain: http://tozocomic.com. Do take a look.
   
2. I 've booked a table at the Birmingham Comics Show in October. Whilst I'm happy with a table by myself, I'm also happy to share in order to reduce costs. Let me know if you're interested. I am house-trained and know how to use a deodorant.
   
3. The London Zine Symposium is today: "Bringing together zine, small press, comic and radical writers to celebrate DIY and zine culture". I'll probably pop down there, with a copy of the Daily Mail to use as a cattle prod to keep the bolshie riff-raff at arm's length.
   
4. Beaver and Steve's James Turner is looking for a guest artist.

04:02 pm - 065

Recommended read: I just finished reading David Yoder (aka awesomeyoder)'s collected journal comics: 260 pages of gentle self-deprecating humour based on his everyday life. You can buy a copy of this excellent book here.

12:13 am - 063

Donk! 

09:31 am - 063

I never cease to be amazed by the contents of a lady's purse or handbag.

12:13 am - 062

I've a whole bunch of posters left over from the Thing and will put them in the shop when I've sourced some card tubes for shipping. Also, Tozo chapter 1 is now available from Indyplanet

10:14 am - Thing Anthology

It was the London Thing yesterday. I'm planning a full convention report later but the headlines are: I met a lot of nice people, sold/traded a load of comics and managed to cover my costs on a slowish trading day.
Instead of the regular TOZO strip here's my contribution to the Thing Anthology (explanatory note: the theme was 'giraffes'). The regular strip returns next week.

09:43 am - 061

Next Saturday is the London Web and Minicomix Thing! I'll be there with my first ever table at a comicon - do come and say hello if you can, and perhaps purchase some fine goods to keep me in the champagne lifestyle to which I have become accustomed (see below). There will be loads of great small-pressers there: young and trendy types such as Liz Greenfield, Will Kirkby and that Beaver and Steve guy, as well as old fogeys like Sean Azzopardi and myself who should know better.
( Stuff for sale! )

01:44 pm - 060

( Under cut... )
A quick commercial: those nice gents at Accent UK have a new anthology coming out soon with work from Leah Moore and Mark Buckingham and a whole bunch of other talents. "ROBOTS has an amazing collection of over 30 new self-contained stories on a robotic theme by over 50 established and emerging comic writers and artists from around the globe. The follow up to last year’s smash ZOMBIES anthology, ROBOTS is available to order now through your local comic shop or online retailer from Diamond Distributor’s March Previews (order code MAR083379). For additional images, strip previews and a full list of the talented creators on board please visit www.accentukcomics.com".

12:39 am - 059

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition. The guesses for Tozo's age ranged from 26 years, 53 days up to 39 years, 96 days with most people guessing around 32. The correct age was 31 years 197 days. I'm pleased to announce that Tom Aldrich of Ohio, USA was the winner, providing the closest guess at 32 years 47 days. Congratulations to Tom!

09:51 am - 058

This is the last Wednesday strip. Back to the weekly schedule from next Sunday.

12:02 am - 057

 Last chance to enter the competition to win a piece of Tozo original art! I'll accept entries up to 12pm GMT of the 25th.

05:43 pm - 056

Next time - back to Tozo and the funeral of Luco Lello. Also: don't forget the competition to win a piece of Tozo original art!

03:13 pm - 055

If you're in the London (UK) area there is a show featuring the work of a number of small-press comic creators at the Riverside Gallery, Richmond-upon-Thames running from 1st March to the 12th April. There'll be a couple of prints from Tozo as well as work by Sean Azzopardi, Victoria Latham and Stuart Kolakovic amongst many others (if the email-list is anything to go by).

Also: don't forget the competition to win a piece of Tozo original art!