Welcome to Suicidal Toys.
Here you can find examples of the graphic arts, graphic novels and short stories by Gwen Kortsen and Angela Wraight, and their collaborations with a number of different creators. Details can be found through the links above, feel free to explore. You can contact either of us via the following email info@suicidaltoys.com – simply mark your email “f.a.o. ___ ” and that person will get back to you.
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WEBCOMICS HERE!
Follow the link above to find our webcomic Circuit Breaker, along with several other oneshots and short stories.
Manga Jiman
Yes, we were finalists in the 2010 Manga Jiman Competition, run by the Japanese Embassy in the UK. You can see the list of winners -here-, and view our entry on the Myebook site.
News Archive
It's been a while, but we're still here, and our webcomic Circuit Breaker is still (sporadically) ongoing.
Events!
We will be attending this years Comika Comiket at the Pump House Gallery at Battersea Park, on Sunday 22nd August. Only two weeks away, so we look forwards to seeing you there!
We also have a table at the Leed's Thought Bubble Comic Festival in November. It's a one day only convention, held on Saturday 20th Nov from 10am - 5pm at Saviles Hall, Leeds.
New year, new server. This is now a .com site! No major changes to the site design, but one major change to the content - from here on Circuit Breaker will be available as a webcomic. You can get to it using the link above. The first chapter is up in it's entirety and we wil begin adding chapter 2 soon. It's an ongoing story so please check back for more! Hopefully we'll get into a release pattern soon. There will also be other short comics on available shortly, so please take a look at those too when they come!
August '09 We attended Ayacon this summer, also with Panic Room. Thanks to everyone who bought our first Unnatural Remedy book there. Look for the next volume in 2010!
June '09 The Leek and Sushi anthology, featuring our short "150 years of Opreshun" and published by Itch, was reviewed in July's edition of Neo magazine!
April '09 We will be attending two conventions this spring - the first being Minamicon and the second Kitacon. We'll have a dealers table at each, shared with Panic Room. We will be selling the new Mangasm anthology, so look out for us there!
March '09 The anthology Mangasm from Speedlines Publishing contains the pilot chapters for Circuit Breaker and Unnatural Remedy, both by Gwen Kortsen and Angela Wraight. Other contributors include Asa Ekstrom, James Gammel and Michael “Kriffix” Kacar. This book is now available from Speedlines Publishing, Amazon and various book stores, including Orbital Manga in London and OK Comics in Leeds.