David Firth is a 26 year old British web animator and musician. His work is frequently dark, strange and/or silly, and has appeared on a number of TV shows, most notably Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe. Firth comes from Doncaster, and his distinctive voice is as much a feature of his work as his animation style. A lot of his stuff is disturbing and challenging.
Toastboy, however, is flat-out horrifying. I could keep on throwing adjectives at it — nihilist, twisted, oppressive, lunatic, depressing, powerful &c &c — but really, it’s like trying to describe one of Lovecraft’s monsters. It’s been around for a while, and it’s a Flash animation, but the three episodes viewed back to back make up one of the most unpleasantly unsettling bits of viewing that the web has to offer.
If, despite everything I’ve said, you actually want to go and watch Toastboy, you can find the first episode here at Firth’s website, fat-pie.com. Click ‘next’ for the second and third parts, episodes -1 and -2 respectively.
Twisted genius.
We sat around the monitor after watching ‘Salad Fingers’, and clicked the ‘Toast Boy’ link. How could we have known that TB was going to make SF look like a kids saturday morning cartoon.
TB’s non linear narrative is, I think, what makes it all the more disturbing. Watch this at your own risk!
Hmm.
I’ve watched all of his cartoons, but I find Toastboy most to my liking.
It may be disturbing, but I find it very amazing.
That might just be me, though.
I agree, it’s stunning. Unhinged and as dark as Hades, but stunning.