“Todd Webb’s comics are less about chronicling life’s events than expressing an unabashed love of living. Good medicine for anyone in a bit of a funk.” — Jeffrey Brown

Say Hello to the Poet, the Pigeon, & the Park Bench.

  • A black-and-white comic strip titled 'The Poet'. It features two characters: a man with a hat and a beard, and a bird. The man says he found a button in the grass and the bird repeatedly tells him to press it. The man questions the bird's excitement about pressing the button, and the comic ends with the man holding the button and the bird flying away, with a small heart and the word 'todd!' at the bottom.
  • A comic strip titled 'The Poet' with three panels. The first panel shows a bird perched on a tree stump with a butterfly flying nearby. The second panel depicts the bird flying over a stream, heading towards a person sitting on a park bench. The person, who has curly hair, is reading a book and mentioning 'today was so ordinary it was almost remarkable.' The third panel shows the bird planting a small flower in the ground, with a heart symbol and the word 'todd!' written at the bottom.
  • A comic strip titled "The Poet" featuring a character with a beard and a wide-brimmed hat sitting on a park bench, having a conversation with a bird. The character asks, "How would you define your brand?" The bird responds, "My 'brand'?" The comic includes dialogue about branding and logo concepts, with a simple sketch style, and is signed "♥ todd!" at the bottom right.
  • Black and white comic strip titled "The Poet" with two panels. The first panel shows a park bench and a speech bubble saying "Flowers...". The second panel shows the same bench with a speech bubble saying "Do not compete...". The final panel shows the bench with a small flower blooming beneath it and the text "They simply bloom." at the bottom.
  • Black and white comic strip titled "The Poet" by Todd Webb. Shows a man with a beard and hat talking to a bird and a person in a coat. The man says, "Poems aren’t exciting - there’s no stakes!" The other person responds, "What are you talking about? The stakes are: will it resonate with the reader?" The man asks, "Will they think their thoughts differently after having read it?!" The person in the coat says, "Let me rephrase that: why aren’t there ever any car chases in poetry?"
  • Black and white comic strip titled "The Poet" with four panels. The first panel shows a bird reading a book, with a speech bubble saying, "If your poetry was like these 'forever teens' comics, people would read them." The second panel features a man with a beard and a hat, asking "Why?" The bird responds, "Because they're about teenagers?" The third panel shows the bird with a speech bubble saying, "Teenagers with super powers." The fourth panel depicts the man describing a poem, "This one can roll her eyes so hard she can see the distant past!" The comic is signed with the name "todd" and a small heart.
  • Black and white cartoon comic strip titled 'The Poet' by Todd Webb featuring two characters: a person with a hat and scarf standing in a field with two birds. The person says, 'Poets don't see the world differently, we just see what others have forgotten to see.' The bird responds, 'Pigeons can see almost 360 degrees around without moving our heads.' The comic includes a logo and website at the bottom.
  • Black and white comic strip titled 'The Poet' showing a man sitting on a park bench with a small bird. In the first panel, he writes in a notebook, and the bird walks away. The second panel shows the man speaking to the bird, saying, 'Whether one succeeds or not is irrelevant...' The third panel has the man looking at the bird with a slight smile, with the text, 'The time it takes is worth it.' The man apologizes, 'Sorry, I couldn't hear you over my internal monologue,' as the bird looks on. The comic ends with the website 'toddbot.com' and a heart symbol next to 'todd!'
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Book cover titled "The Poet volume One" by Todd Webb, featuring an illustration of an elderly man with white hair, a beard, wearing a yellow hat, blue coat, and brown pants, walking. Foreword by Denis Kitchen, published in 2020.

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I spent 20 years making comics before I met THE POET. Have a look.

  • A blue book titled "The Goldfish & Bob" by Todd Webb lying on a light wood surface, featuring a cartoon illustration of a smiling man in a suit with a briefcase under his arm, rain falling around him.

    The Goldfish & Bob (2001)

    My first graphic novel, originally distributed by Top Shelf Productions in 2001 and reissued as the inaugural release of Second House in 2015.

    The story follows a man named Bob who talks to his pet fish.

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  • Book titled 'Tuesday Moon' by Todd Webb with an illustration of a small girl sitting on a moon with a face, on an orange cover, placed on a wooden surface.

    Tuesday Moon (2007)

    Tuesday Brooks has had a bad day. What could possibly cheer her up? An adventure with Mann, the man in the moon!

    A dreamy children’s story named after an obscure song by Neutral Milk Hotel.

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  • A red book titled "Valentine (a cautionary tale)" by Todd Webb with a frowning girl cartoon character on the cover, placed on a wooden surface.

    Valentine: A Cautionary Tale (2005)

    A collection of short and snotty comics from 2005 about a love-blinded boy and the girl who wants nothing to do with him. Comedy!

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  • A green book titled "Chance Operations" by Todd Webb with illustrations of various leaves on the cover, placed on a light wood surface.

    Chance Operations (2015)

    An experimental series originally made for Comics Workbook. Each strip is composed using chance operations - flipping coins and asking yes or no questions to determine the individual elements: words, pictures, colors.

    Selected for the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art's "New Waves, 2018" exhibit, curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz.

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  • A bright yellow book titled 'The Woodlands' by Todd Webb, featuring cartoon illustrations of various trees and a small bush on the cover, placed on a light wooden surface.

    The Woodlands (2015)

    A collection of silly comic strips about a stand of talking trees, originally drawn for Nickelodeon Magazine.

    Several were later adapted into animated bumpers for Bento Box Entertainment - the folks behind Bob's Burgers.

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  • Cover of a coloring book titled "Slow Down" by Todd Webb, featuring a minimalist design with pink clouds and green background, resting on a wooden surface.

    Slow Down: A Minimalist Coloring Book (2016)

    Do you love the idea of coloring as a way to reduce stress, but find hyper-detailed adult coloring books more stressful than relaxing?

    SLOW DOWN is the book for you - simple, minimal illustrations with easy suggestions for changing the way you see the world.

    Great gift idea.

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  • A purple book titled "The Continuing Adventures of Katherin Mansfield" by Toad Webb, featuring a cartoon illustration of a girl looking out a window.

    The Continuing Adventures of Katherine Mansfield (2018)

    A collection of comic strips based on the diaries of Katherine Mansfield - New Zealand's most celebrated author.

    Follow Katherine as she struggles to keep her creative fires burning while combating the ceaseless onslaught of the everyday. It's funny and sad.

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An ongoing anthology series collecting out-of-print, uncollected, and in-progress comics from throughout my career.

Long Pond Road

Two books titled 'Long Pond Road' by Todd Webb, one with a cartoon of a person walking through falling autumn leaves, the other with an illustration of utility poles and trees.
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LONG POND ROAD

Colorful cartoon illustrations from a Mr. Toast comic book showing a giant green dinosaur in a desert with a red T-Rex and Mr. Toast, labeled 'Giant Dinosaurs in the California Desert'.
Angled close-up of the cover to a Mr. Toast comic book by Todd Webb and Dan Goodsell.
Comic illustration from a Mr. Toast comic book of anthropomorphic food characters at an airport. It shows Joe the egg and Shaky Bacon at a checkout counter and on the plane.

From 2010 - 2015
I drew the
MR TOAST COMICS series, which was written by my friend Dan Goodsell
who is a genius.

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A collection of colorful Mr. Toast Comics comic books by Todd Webb and Dan Goodsell with various cartoon illustrations and humorous scenes.

Online Comics from the Archive

  • Comic strip featuring Georgia O'Keeffe looking at the night sky from indoors and outdoors, observing stars and wondering if stars existed before and couldn't be seen.

    Georgia In The Desert

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  • Comic with four panels. The first panel has a black background and white text that reads 'KETCHUP BOTTLE'. The second panel shows a bunny looking at the ocean with the sun overhead, and text that reads 'I WENT TO THE OCEAN YESTERDAY'. The third panel has a blue background with a rabbit walking across sand, with a speech bubble containing a question mark. The fourth panel shows the beach with sand, a shell, and a pair of shoes, with text that reads 'I FOUND A PENNY'.

    Two Letters From Ray Johnson

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  • Comic strip by Todd Webb featuring two characters discussing creating a comic about reading a book, with one proposing a comic about reading a book, and the other asking what to call it.

    Reading War & Peace

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  • The Adventures of Danny and Mike comic strip by Todd Webb.

    The Adventures of Danny & Mike

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