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I just started adding some photos to my Flickr photo space since I have not had the time to work on the Tick Tock site. Check them out here - FLICKR. Also next year I am set to do the Comic Con International in July and Wizard World Los Angeles march 17-19th. Also working on a couple secret projects which I will hopefully get to announce soon....
Reviews
Chris Allen at Comic Book Galaxy just reviewed Mr Toast at the Circus and Imaginary World Comics #1. Read his reviews here - BREAKDOWNS. Also a mention on Digital Artform and a nice capsule review at Needcoffee.com. THANKS!
Comic-Con International Wrap Up
Thank you to everyone that came by. It was great fun for me to meet some of the fans of the site and new friends of Mr Toast. Many Mr Toast dolls are now in new homes and alot more people are having fun follwoing Mr Toast's printed adventures. Here is a photo of the booth. Well next year we will be back in San Diego with a bigger set up and tons of new stuff!
Comic-Con Intermational in San Diego
Once a year they hold the Comic Con International in San Diego - it is the world's largerst Pop Culture convention. I will have a table in the Small Press section - booth M-4. I will have copys of my books and the new comic GAGS will make its debut. Also Mr Toast dolls, Mr Toast in Outerspace posters, tshirts and Tattooed Pickle dolls......so stop by and say hi.
for more info go to Comic Con International
MANIA TV
Theimaginaryworld.com is going to be featured on the daily segment, Site Unseen during ManiaTV's most popular show, The Daily Independent. The segment will air on Thursday July 14 between 1-2 PM EST (10 AM-11 AM PST). ManiaTV is a live internet television station!
MR TOAST - New Look?
With the help of designer Stephen Candell, Mr Toast has moved into a whole new dimension of exsistence. The Third Dimension.
see 3D Mr Toast
24 HOUR COMICS CHALLENGE
On Saturday April 23rd I completed the 24 hour comics challenge. I created a 24 page comic in a little under 18 hours. I wrote, drew and colored the whole thing and loaded it on the web. It was alot of work but quite a fun thing to do.
see my results "Small Stories"
learn more about 24 Hour Comics
ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Thanks to everyone that came by and said hello and thanks to all who purchased comics, shirts and what not. Next up San Diego Comic Con in July.
see a PHOTO of my booth
The New 32 page color comic is available. Many of your favorite strips and all new art.....
3/15/05Imaginary World Comics #1
3/7/05
St Petersburg Times
Site Seeing
Feel free to browse
By JULES ALLEN
For kids of all ages
Dan Goodsell is a man of many talents. Here you'll find the wanderings of his kid-friendly imagination in the shape of cartoons, wood carvings, watercolors, and even a TV-friendly costume of Mr. Toast, one of his delightful characters. The flip side to this site is Tick Tock Toys, a rush of kid-oriented yesteryear consumerism. This whole site is a visual delight.
MR TOAST on BIG
On Friday July 16, I was invited to the set of the Discovery Channel's new Hit show BIG. They were putting on the finishing touches to the world's largest Toaster. Mr Toast got to get into the act by helping them reveal the finished toaster and testing it for the first time. It was a great time meeting Frank and the cast and crew. The episode will air sometime in September.
USA TODAY
Technology Secion - Hot Sites
The Imaginary World
Dan Goodsell's artwork charms the heck out of us, and not just because his character Mr. Toast reminds us of the legendary Milk & Cheese (in looks, not behaviors). Drop by to check out his biweekly comic, read a few stories online -- we were particularly taken with the tour of Our Solar System -- and bask in the pop-cultural goodness that Goodsell has amassed here. Just knowing there's a place online that has its own wooden nickels fills us with great peace and joy.— HSS
HG TV came and shot my space food collection for a show called Space Pads - my segment covered Tang, the Spoonmen and some other space kids foods - the show aired on October 26 - I am sure it will be repeated at some point so try to check it out
Article from the Stuttgart Newspaper
(we have done our best to provide a translation)
Gone into the Net
Mister Toast
Some time ago as description of desert contemporaries the formulation was established, they are flat like toast (??). Now there is to be sure no society for the protection of toast, but a courageous single fighter, which wants to provide again respect for its slices: the American child book author Dan Goodsell. On one side "the Imaginary World" leads us not only on the adventures of the very charming Mr. Toast and its friends, but also presents a collection of classical Cornflakes and candy packings. It also functions as documentation of the infiltration of childlike Fantasy by the consumer goods industry. After a visit here one knows, why Mr. Toast sometimes so sadly views.
(original German text)
Ins Netz gegangen
Mister Toast
Zeit hat sich als Beschreibung öder Zeitgenossen die Formulierung etabliert, sie seien flach wie Toastbrot. Nun gibt es zwar keinen Verein zum Schutz des Toastbrotrufs, aber einen mutigen Einzelkämpfer, der den Scheiben wieder Respekt verschaffen will: den amerikanischen Kinderbuchautor Dan Goodsell. Auf seiner Seite "Imaginary World" führt er uns nicht nur die Abenteuer des sehr liebenswerten Mr. Toast und seiner Freunde vor, er präsentiert auch eine Sammlung klassischer Cornflakes- und Süßigkeitenpackungen. Die funktioniert auch als Dokumentation der Unterwanderung kindlicher Fantasie durch die Konsumgüterindustrie. Nach einem Besuch hier weiß man, warum Mr. Toast manchmal so traurig schaut.
reprinted from http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de
