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The phrenologist's nightmare tells all in this revealing tête-à-tête |
ALL ARTWORK ©1973 BILL GRIFFITH |
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WORM: You are often referred to as Mr. the Toad. Is "the" your first name? If not, what is your full name? TOAD: Well, my full name, as far as I know, is simply "Mr. the Toad." What's in a name? You can call me "the" if you want. WORM: How did you get into the comics biz? Was your first appearance in the East Village Other and Gothic Blimp Works? Did you live on the East Coast at that time? TOAD: My escapapades were first recorded in the New York rag Screw, late '68 - early '69. It survives to this day without me. After that, my next appearances were in the Blimp and the East Village Other as well as John Wilcock's Other Scene. During this struggling early period (as opposed to the middle and late struggling periods), I hung around the Big Apple, dividing my time equally between the IND and the IRT. WORM: We have seen stills from films you were in before your comics career began. As a "media person" do you present your true personality or merely a facade? In other words, Mr. Toad, what are you really like? TOAD: I am actually really like the facade which masks my true personality. WORM: Is there any historical relationship between you and the toad in Wind in the Willows? TOAD: The only relation between myself and the amphibian portrayed in Wind in the Willows is that we both own 54 Chevys. |
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WORM: Can you give us any other personal or biographical info? WORM: Just what is your "message" anyway? WORM: When Toadettes grow up, do they get like you? |
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TOAD: See "Mr. Toad's Rise to Fame" in Tales of Toad #3 for full bio. TOAD: Just who do you think you are anyway? TOAD: When Toadettes grow up they go on unemployment. |
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WORM: Can you give a history of comics you have appeared in? Complete, got it. TOAD: Facts, facts. Awright. Tales of Toad #l. 2, 3, Thrilling_Murder, various Yellow Dogs, Laugh in the Dark, upcoming Bijou #8, Projunior, Tuff Shit, Short Order #l, etc., etc. WORM: With Randy and Cherisse dead, is there any chance of you appearing in future issues of Young Lust as well as your own Tales of Toad? TOAD: Yes, as a matter of fact, Young Lust #4 will be retitled either Toad Lust or Young Toad. WORM: In what soon to be released comics can we look for you? TOAD: I can't think of any except Toad #3 and a parody by Kim Deitch in Bijou #8... but keep an eye on the covers of Time & Newsweek. WORM:Do you plan to return to the cinema, in the light of another popular underground comics star's success in that field? TOAD: Fritz the who? Films about cats? Lemme clue ya, nobody wants to see funny animals anymore. We're a dying breed. However, in the event I make it into animation, I insist my voice be dubbed by Eugene Pallette. |
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WORM: What do you do in your spare time? WORM: Where were you on the night of Aug.14, 1971? WORM: How about June 3, 1958? WORM: You have been called gross, obnoxious, twisted, etc. Any response to these charges? WORM: Any final message to your fans? |
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TOAD: Bowl & crab. TOAD: I didn't do it, I'm innocent I tell ya... TOAD: I've got witnesses who'll place me at an Elvis Presley movie. TOAD: Life's losers always call the guy on top "obnoxious". TOAD: Keep cool, stay in school. |
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