ToonZA was invited to join the Brot für die Welt (Bread for the world) partner consultation to illustrate the discussions and outcomes of the conference in cartoon form. BftW supports local organizations in more than 90 countries all over the world in their work for social justice, equality and human rights. In South Africa they […]
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In September 2021 we attended the annual Africa Coal Network (ACN) conference and created a series of images based on the discussions amongst the delegates. These were turned into an animatoon title AFRICA UNITE AGAINST DIRTY COAL POWER. The ACN represents a collaborative effort to strengthen struggles against the development of coal power and to
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TOONZA ’22 PRESENTS A HI-INTENSITY ACTION-PACKED SATURDAY AFTERNOON COMICS COURSE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (UNDER 16) WHO JUST CAN’T STOP DRAWING! YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN COMICS? COME TO TOONZA AND LEARN ABOUT: * Different kinds and styles of comics* The stages of comic strip production* Building a story idea* Creating unique characters* Developing your
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Covid! Pollution! Evil people! These were just some of the fiendish monsters that our intrepid ToonZA warriors faced at Monster Battle, ToonZA’s signature fun-tastic, ink-redible, draw-your-own-mini-comic game that was part of the programme of 2021’s Deep South Community Art exhibition. The three hour workshop flew by! Participants started off with a series of self-portraits to loosen
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A selection of drawings depicting real-life case studies of gender-based violence. All illustrations originally appeared in the legal manual Street Law South Africa (Juta & Co, 2015). Find out more Teenage girls set up a satirical website to humiliate boys. A man tries to kiss a woman he doesn’t know at a music festival. A father
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The “Carina’s Choice” comic book was created with SATVI, with the support of the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Vaccines, as a creative approach to increase community awareness, support and participation in TB vaccine clinical trials taking place in the Boland region of South Africa. “Carina’s Choice” was made available in English, Afrikaans
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This 2006-2010 comic project was an early experiment in ‘micro media’ — small editions of bespoke publications designed for workshop processes — in which a cartoon narrative was used to facilitate group dialogue to enhance behaviour change in relation to HIV/AIDS. It is the second 10-episode comic in a two-part series written and illustrated by Andy Mason and
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TOONZA’S MONSTER BATTLE DRAWING GAME COMES TO SCARBOROUGH’S ANNUAL ART SHOW! If you love comics, if you’re one of those people who can’t stop drawing, and if you’re free on the afternoon of Wednesday 15th December, here’s some news to make your fingers itch! Monster Battle, the fan-tastic, hi-intensity, super-fun and ultra-challenging draw-your-own-mini-comic game that will keep
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