Todd Webb Interview: A Journey in Search of Peanuts

Todd Webb. photo courtesy of artist. Todd Webb has created an impressive body of work in the last twenty-five years. His work includes diary comics, experimental comics and music, illustration, animation and, since 2020, the daily comic strip, The Poet. This year, Webb launches The Poet Quarterly, a new showcase for his comic strip only available through subscription via his website. The last two issues will be available at this year's Small Press Expo. Webb is looking forward to returning to SPX after a hiatus. Webb's involvement with SPX goes back to the turn of the century. It was during those early years of struggle and experimentation that he created his first long-form work, The Goldfish & Bob (2021). Webb will debut a 25th anniversary edition, packed with extras and notes, at this year's Small Press Expo. The Goldfish & Bob 25th Anniversary Edition. When I first started to follow Webb’s comic strip on Instagram, I was instantly struck by what a tidy and funny comic strip The Poet is, compared to all the webcomics I come across. The more I dug into his work, I discovered it had gained praise by such comic luminaries as Jeffrey Brown, who said, “Todd Webb’s comics are ...