 Well, I finally gave myself permission to buy
a new MAC desktop, which frankly cost the same as the one I bought 15 years ago. I just love that. It was time. I'm not the fastest at the technical learning curve, but working on some additional designs and learning how to interface with a new platform for printing was the best impetus for me (although in my frustration, I behaved like my father on more than one occasion.) Please visit AlexanderToth.com to see the new designs now available in our store. Our printer ships Worldwide, so hoping to reach fans everywhere--especially for Holiday! I want to thank my dear friends Mark S, Jeff R, and Paul F for their generous input. Please always feel free to reach out with concepts. We appreciate you and your appreciation of our father's work. Dana & The Family www.alexandertoth.com
0 Comments
 Here is a link to John Hitchcock's YouTube video created at "The Hero's Convention", where he spoke about his personal relationship with our father, including details from his book: "The Dear John Alex Toth Doodle Book". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQdmw7VqMI  As a young girl and into my teens, each year, on my father's birthday, I wondered what on earth to get him. I knew little about him, except a few generic things: he liked licorice, gummy bears and needed tums; he "puffed" but didn't "inhale"; he liked models (both types, the female human-type, and the plastic model versions of the cars and planes he admired); he preferred candy from Europe or Canada (and he liked their lifestyle and politics better as well); he shopped exclusively at Trader Joes and kept a wide variety of dried fruit and nuts for nibbles; he liked trains (and loved talking about steam engines); and his art supplies were simple. He craved nothing my allowance could afford, including a hamburger at his favorite place (which would include cigarette smoke wafting into my face.) In later years, I grew to watch how these things connected. He was visual, simple, minimalistic, and treasured connection, conversation, integrity... and "tried & true." These days, in my mind, that is my guiding voice with anything attached to him, his work, and his following. This year, we created a T-shirt (available on AlexanderToth.com) to commemorate the birthday (June 25th) of our father, Alex Toth, and the partnered launch of “TOTHcentric,” an ongoing series featuring discussions and analysis surrounding our father's legacy and work. The episodes will be hosted by cartoonist, educator and passionate Toth fan, Paul Fricke, on his newly branded podcast/video program, "COMIX CRUSH”. A must see. Happy Birthday, Dad...!  My father was the late, great cartoonist, Alex Toth. May 27th is the anniversary of his passing. He died at his drawing table way too early, but had made peace with much in his life. Even though today marks 18 years since his death, there are still many who talk about, write about, and celebrate his work and contribution to the comic industry.
Jeff Rose created the original and official TothFans website in 2001, and hosted it all these years. Now because of time limitations, Jeff would like to turn it over to someone new. We are currently looking for that unique replacement. We developed this simple pageholder not only to hopefully carry on with a blog and ongoing discussion, but to link to the original site so that we preserve the format and retain the original content. You can access it by clicking on this link TothFans.com Our family is grateful for all those who still hold our father and his work in high regard, and we certainly look forward to continuing the conversation in all creative forms and expressions, including future content on this site. More to come! Dana (Toth) Palmer AlexanderToth.com |
RSS Feed