The story of a man named Bob, whose perspective on the world is changed by a pet goldfish. The Goldfish &amp; Bob was the debut graphic novella from cartoonist Todd Webb when he was only 19 years old - the book was originally self-published in limited quantities in 2001, and featured by Top Shelf Comics in their original "Dot Comix" lineup. The short book was well received by critics and has survived the years circulating online, finally to be reprinted nearly 15 years later. As Jimmy Gownley (creator of hit Scholastic series "Amelia Rules!") put it: "Todd Webb's cartoons are not only a breath of fresh air, but a ray of hope. The Goldfish &amp; Bob is one of the sweetest stories comics has to offer."

The Goldfish & Bob

Comics & Graphic Novels

Webb, Todd

Graphic Novels

Second House

Tuesday Brooks has had a bad day. What could possibly cheer her up? An adventure with Mann, the man in the moon! A charming tale for kids of all ages from Nickelodeon Magazine cartoonist Todd Webb, sure to lift your spirits.

Tuesday Moon

Using conceptual methods popularized in music composition by John Cage, cartoonist/musician Todd Webb creates the experimental comic strip series Chance Operations, one of the first truly "indeterminate" comics. Chance Operations is an exercise in allowing formal constraints to decide the content and design of a sequential artwork - while Webb draws the comics, he does not "write" them, so to speak, instead using coin tossing and dice to determine the images and texts which make up the work. Experimental comics artist Warren Craghead describes Webb's book as "Conceptually focused and stunningly drawn, Chance Operations is a radical and beautiful experiment you can't stop looking at. After reading one sees connections, narratives and beauty everywhere - this work helps me see the world as comics and makes me want to draw." A must-have for any lover of conceptual art, poetry, or experimental comics.

Chance Operations

Color everything and color nothing on your path to mindfulness with this playful coloring book! Packed with just enough to keep you entertained in the present moment, SLOW DOWN is sure to become your go-to meditation guide as you color your way to a calmer, less stressful life. With simple illustrations and inspirational text it makes a great gift! "Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens." - John Cage "I make myself rich by making my wants few." - Henry David Thoreau "I like turtles." - Zombie Kid Todd Webb (born 1981) is an artist living and working in Virginia Beach. He is the author of numerous books including Chance Operations, Tuesday Moon, The Woodlands, and The Goldfish &amp; Bob, and he draws the popular children's comic book series Mr. Toast. He was a regular contributor to Nickelodeon Magazine in its heyday and currently illustrates The Adventures of Danny &amp; Mike with television's "Pete &amp; Pete" stars Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna. His work has been exhibited nationally at Gallery1988 (Los Angeles), SpokeArt (New York), Bear &amp; Bird Gallery (Florida), Telegraph Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), and was featured in the seminal drawing show "The Nothing That Is" at CAM Raleigh (Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina) curated by Bill Thelen and Jason Polan. When he isn't drawing he is releasing music under the names Seamonster and Oahu.

Slow Down: A Minimalist Coloring Book

Arts & Photography

Long Pond Road is the first issue of a new ongoing anthology series by cartoonist Todd Webb. This first issue clocks in at 142 pages and features new autobiographical comics, never-before-seen sketchbook material, biographical strips about the artists Georgia O'Keeffe and Ray Johnson, a selection of new drawings, the first 60 pages of Webb's epic in progress - Reading War & Peace, and more Sure to delight fans of all ages, Long Pond Road serves as a catch-all for Webb's harder to find pieces as well as a home for new serializations. "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, bestselling author of Clumsy and the Vader and Son series.

Long Pond Road: the first issue

The Poet is the comic strip quietly taking the internet by storm - one unsuspecting new reader at a time - and has been described as being "like PEANUTS, but if Linus was an old man and Woodstock had an attitude." Life Is A Donut is the third collection of The Poet comic strips, and follows its uniquely thoughtful cast of characters: the Poet, the Pigeon, and the Park Bench as they contemplate our silly place in the grand scheme of things, the meaning of poetry, and donuts. "The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing." - Hal Hartley, film director"Serene, existential, and self aware, Todd Webb's The Poet is a humorous and ultimately helpful respite from... everything." - Adam J. Kurtz, author of Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives"These gently funny comics give a glimpse of a poet making his way in the world, accompanied by a somewhat skeptical bird. The two in combination strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world, so that what emerges is an overall sense of love for poetry and its makers - the kind of love that's intimate enough to make space for poking fun. (It also makes space for a talking bench, which is an inarguably good thing.)" - Heather Christle, poet and author of What is Amazing and The Crying Book"Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!" - Derek Drymon, creative director of SpongeBob Squarepants & executive producer of Adventure Time

Life Is A Donut: Selected Cartoons from THE POET - Volume 3

Comic Strips

The Poet is a daily comic strip about celebrating the little things and has been described as being like PEANUTS, but if Linus was an old man and Woodstock had an attitude. Making It Up As I Go Along is the eighth collection of The Poet comic strips, and follows its uniquely thoughtful cast of characters: the Poet, the Pigeon, and the Park Bench as they contemplate our silly place in the grand scheme of things, the meaning of poetry, and donuts. In this delightful collection, The Poet discovers a tree stump in the woods, The Pigeon takes on the elements, and The Park Bench experiences a transcendent moment. "The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing."- Hal Hartley, film director" Serene, existential, and self aware, Todd Webb's The Poet is a humorous and ultimately helpful respite from... everything." - Adam J. Kurtz, author of Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives "These gently funny comics strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world... an inarguably good thing." - Heather Christle, poet and author of What is Amazing and The Crying Book "Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!" - Derek Drymon, executive producer of Adventure Time "I have been a joy-filled fan of Todd's work on The Poet for as long as I can remember. - Kevin Pollak, actor & comedian "Poets like poems, and birds like donuts. This Poet and bird share the crumbs of their life with love, and the occasional jab in the ribs." - John Porcellino, cartoonist King-Cat Comics & Stories "I love The Poet. It reminds me of how we can be delicate and pompous at the same time..." Tom Hart, cartoonist & founder of The Sequential Artists Workshop

Making It Up As I Go Along: Selected Cartoons from THE POET - Volume 8

The Poet is a daily comic strip about celebrating the little things and has been described as being like PEANUTS, but if Linus was an old man and Woodstock had an attitude. I Have Mixed Emotions About Storms is the ninth collection of The Poet comic strips, and follows its uniquely thoughtful cast of characters: the Poet, the Pigeon, and the Park Bench as they contemplate our silly place in the grand scheme of things, the meaning of poetry, and donuts. In this delightful collection, The Poet watches shadows get longer and thinks about pinecones, The Pigeon tries writing about kid detectives, and The Park Bench is usefully useless. "The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing."- Hal Hartley, film director" Serene, existential, and self aware, Todd Webb's The Poet is a humorous and ultimately helpful respite from... everything." - Adam J. Kurtz, author of Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives "These gently funny comics strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world... an inarguably good thing." - Heather Christle, poet and author of What is Amazing "Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!" - Derek Drymon, executive producer of Adventure Time "I have been a joy-filled fan of Todd's work on The Poet for as long as I can remember. - Kevin Pollak, actor & comedian "Poets like poems, and birds like donuts. This Poet and bird share the crumbs of their life with love, and the occasional jab in the ribs." - John Porcellino, cartoonist King-Cat Comics & Stories "I love The Poet. It reminds me of how we can be delicate and pompous at the same time..." Tom Hart, cartoonist & founder of The Sequential Artists Workshop "Webb whittles and peels back layers to find more and more in these spare but vast strips. A man, a bench, a pigeon; THE WORLD. They hang out up the street from Charlie Brown, Thoreau, Bushmiller, and Cage." The Comics Journal

I Have Mixed Emotions About Storms: Selected Cartoons from THE POET - Volume 9

The Poet is a daily comic strip about celebrating the little things and has been described as being like PEANUTS, but if Linus was an old man and Woodstock had an attitude. Life In The Slow Lane is the tenth collection of The Poet comic strips, and follows its uniquely thoughtful cast of characters: the Poet, the Pigeon, and the Park Bench as they contemplate our silly place in the grand scheme of things, the meaning of poetry, and donuts. "The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing."- Hal Hartley, film director" Serene, existential, and self aware, Todd Webb's The Poet is a humorous and ultimately helpful respite from... everything." - Adam J. Kurtz, author of Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives "These gently funny comics strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world... an inarguably good thing." - Heather Christle, poet and author of What is Amazing "Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!" - Derek Drymon, executive producer of Adventure Time "I have been a joy-filled fan of Todd's work on The Poet for as long as I can remember. - Kevin Pollak, actor & comedian "Poets like poems, and birds like donuts. This Poet and bird share the crumbs of their life with love, and the occasional jab in the ribs." - John Porcellino, cartoonist King-Cat Comics & Stories "I love The Poet. It reminds me of how we can be delicate and pompous at the same time..." Tom Hart, cartoonist & founder of The Sequential Artists Workshop "Webb whittles and peels back layers to find more and more in these spare but vast strips. A man, a bench, a pigeon; THE WORLD. They hang out up the street from Charlie Brown, Thoreau, Bushmiller, and Cage." The Comics Journal

Life In The Slow Lane: Selected Cartoons from THE POET - Volume 10

"I keep reading The Poet when I 'should be doing something else.'" - Lemony SnicketThe Poet is a daily comic strip about celebrating the little things and has been described as being like PEANUTS, but if Linus was an old man and Woodstock had an attitude. This is the first full-color collection of The Poet comic strips, and follows its uniquely thoughtful cast of characters: the Poet, the Pigeon, and the Park Bench as they contemplate our silly place in the grand scheme of things, the meaning of poetry, and donuts. "The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing."- Hal Hartley, film director" Serene, existential, and self aware, Todd Webb's The Poet is a humorous and ultimately helpful respite from... everything." - Adam J. Kurtz, author of Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives "These gently funny comics strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world... an inarguably good thing." - Heather Christle, poet and author of What is Amazing "Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!" - Derek Drymon, executive producer of Adventure Time "I have been a joy-filled fan of Todd's work on The Poet for as long as I can remember. - Kevin Pollak, actor & comedian "Poets like poems, and birds like donuts. This Poet and bird share the crumbs of their life with love, and the occasional jab in the ribs." - John Porcellino, cartoonist King-Cat Comics & Stories "I love The Poet. It reminds me of how we can be delicate and pompous at the same time..." Tom Hart, cartoonist & founder of The Sequential Artists Workshop "Webb whittles and peels back layers to find more and more in these spare but vast strips. A man, a bench, a pigeon; THE WORLD. They hang out up the street from Charlie Brown, Thoreau, Bushmiller, and Cage." The Comics Journal

The Poet Color Comics Spectacular

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