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Shel Dorf interview with Alex Toth


      Contributed by:Tothfans on Thu, March 7, 2013 / 3:03pm CST in News


Here is an interview Shelf Dorf conducted with Alex Toth. Scan provided by John Hitchcock. Read the interview.
 
 
 


Some reviews of 'Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth'


      Contributed by:Tothfans on Sat, March 2, 2013 / 7:03am CST in News


Here are some reviews of "Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth". You can read the complete reviews by following the links.
"Now available from IDW Publishing and The Library of American Comics is Genius, Illustrated - the middle


High-res Batgirl from Andrew Whitehurst


      Contributed by:Tothfans on Fri, November 9, 2012 / 12:11pm CST in News

Tothfan Andrew Whitehurst send us this high resolution image of the Batgirl Underoos art to enjoy. Thanks Andrew!

Click on image for high-res.


Another Try...


      Contributed by:Tothfans on Thu, September 13, 2012 / 8:09pm CDT in News


Ok, I decided to roll back to the code I released back in 2008 rather that have this whole site end up filled with spam.
I spend time to migrate the user accounts and cleaned up a few things. The logins are now your email address. If you forgot your password you can have a new


Forum software and Server Migration


      Contributed by:tothfans on Tue, September 11, 2012 / 4:09pm CDT in News


Friends,
Time marches on. I have been using the same forum software for ten years (with some small upgrades) . Unfortunately, I needed to move to a new server. Rather than get all technical here, what this meant is that I could no longer use the old forum software.
Luckily someone was kind enough to write a migration tool to another forum code that would work on this server. It


Eclipso begins today.


      Contributed by:tothfans on Fri, August 31, 2012 / 12:08pm CDT in News


The Fox!


      Contributed by:tothfans on Thu, August 30, 2012 / 12:08pm CDT in News

Alex Toth Fox drawing originaly posted to the web by artist and sculptor Rubén Procopio. You can find Rubén here and here.
 

 


Zorro from Dell Four Color Comic Book # 882


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sun, July 15, 2012 / 5:07pm CDT in News

Zorro from Dell Four Color Comic Book # 882 begins today.


Gun Glory from Dell Four Color Comic Book # 846


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sun, March 25, 2012 / 4:03am CDT in News

Gun Glory from Dell Four Color Comic Book # 846 begins today.


Rex Allen's Frontier Doctor from Dell Four Color Comic # 877


      Contributed by:tothfans on Wed, December 14, 2011 / 12:12am CST in News

Rex Allen's Frontier Doctor from Dell Four Color Comic # 877 begins today.


The Lennon Sisters Life Story from Dell Four Color Comics #951 (1958)


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sat, November 12, 2011 / 11:11pm CST in News

The Lennon Sisters Life Story from Dell Four Color Comics #951 (1958) begins today.


The Alex Toth books of 2011 - Genius, Isolated & Setting the Standard


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sat, November 12, 2011 / 10:11pm CST in News

 

Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954
Product Details:
* Paperback: 416 pages
* Publisher: Fantagraphics Books (August 17, 2011)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1606994085
* ISBN-13: 978-1606994085
* Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.6 x 1.1 inches
 


Alex Toth: Genius in three volumes - coming March 2011


      Contributed by:tothfans on Mon, December 13, 2010 / 2:12pm CST in News


In an example of Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell's dedication and hard work, the awaited biography of Alex Toth will be presented in three volumes starting in March 2011.
In an email back in October, Dean Mullaney reported that "Bruce Canwell's bio text is already over 30,000 words


The Last Horrors of Alex Toth on TCJ.com


      Contributed by:tothfans on Wed, November 10, 2010 / 9:11pm CST in News

"by James Romberger
Fear and suspense can be effectively created by the inference of the unknown. What is shown can be less harrowing than what is implied and then forms in the imagination of the reader. The late cartoonist Alexander Toth disliked drawing explicit horror and violence in the style of E.C., what he called “gore-gulping grind and grunge.” His preferred


Space Ghost And Dino Boy @ theWB.com


      Contributed by:tothfans on Tue, August 17, 2010 / 9:08pm CDT in News


With my new post of Toth's primer on TV Animation 'TV Cartoons',  I thought I would look for a few Toth cartoons online tonight.
There is no shortage of them on Youtube, etc. A


Toth Biography due in October


      Contributed by:tothfans on Mon, March 29, 2010 / 9:03am CDT in News

Alec Stevens posted this on the topic of the Toth Biography,
"Here's what Dean Mullaney had to say to Newsarama this month on the topic:

Mullaney: We're in the midst of a sprawling biography of Alex Toth, titled Genius, Isolated and due out in October. We view it as sort of a bookend to our 2008 Scorchy Smith & The Art of Noel Sickles, which I think would tickle Alex,


Roy Rogers comic strip book - request for scans


      Contributed by:tothfans on Wed, February 24, 2010 / 10:02pm CST in News




Hey folks, here is an email I received recently. Can anyone help find good scans of the Roy Rogers strips Toth ghosted in the 60s for an upcoming Roy Rodgers comic strip book?

Here is the email..
quote:

Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:20 PM
From:


All Star tribute toToth podcast @ sidebar.com


      Contributed by:tothfans on Wed, October 7, 2009 / 2:10pm CDT in News

Inazuma Tiger Posted,
"Hey all,

Just wanted to inform you that Part One of the All Star Toth tribute podcast on SiDEBAR has been posted. Part Two will be posted shortly. It all promises to be an absolutely epic thank you to Mr. Toth!

Please drop in for a listen under Episode 109:

 


Torpedo reprints this month.


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sun, September 13, 2009 / 8:09pm CDT in News


 Neil Polowin, posted;

"fyi, IDW is launching a new set of Torpedo reprints this month, with new english translations by Jimmy Palmiotti and book design by Darwyn Cooke. Each volume will be hardcover, 160 pp.

Volume 1 (Sept 15, 2009):


Official Alex Toth Store open for business


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sat, October 18, 2008 / 10:10pm CDT in News


 
The Toth Estate and Family have launched "The Alex Toth Store".
Dana Palmer (one of Toth's children) told us, "We have been working on the placement of some of Dad's artwork onto doodle pads, t-shirts, etc..  and


Page of the Day


      Contributed by:tothfans on Sun, September 7, 2008 / 10:09pm CDT in News

Hey All,
After being behind all summer, I finally have a new "page of the day" story for everyone. This is the Warren classic "The Hacker's Last Stand" and was contributed by Roberto Zaghi.
Thanks Roberto!
 


Hotwheels


      Contributed by:tothfans on Tue, July 8, 2008 / 10:07pm CDT in News

 Some time in late 1969(?) or 1970, DC comics and ABC created product tie-in comic books and cartoon episodes based on the famous and very popular Mattel toys.
Hotwheels Cartoon
Rumor has it that the cartoon was canceled because it was not much more than a 1/2 hour commercial. As we know Toth


"The Short Circus"
      Contributed by:j_schmo_ on Mon, June 16, 2008 / 9:06am CDT in News
      Last updated: Mon, June 16, 2008 / 12:06am CDT


New code is really bad, huh?


      Contributed by:tothfans on Fri, June 13, 2008 / 7:06pm CDT in News

Ok, Perhaps my new code is a total failure.
No hard feelings on my part if you tell me so.
The site activity totaly dropped off after the new site code was put in place. Some people report having problems, and I'm not able to recreate them on my side to fix them.
The old forum is still available if people


Dave Stevens


      Contributed by:Steveh on Mon, April 7, 2008 / 8:04am CDT in News

Sorry if I'm the last to hear this, as I see we lost Dave back in early March, but the Chicago Tribune published the news in their weekly obituary round-up only yesterday (April 6, 2008).
I'm very saddened to hear Dave was so sick and has succumed to his Lukemia, it's a sad loss to the comic world, I'll miss his work.
S.