Modern Toss: A Year in the Shithouse; Collected Masterworks 2004-2014 - Rilegato

'Bovvered? The characters in the best book ever - Modern Toss - certainly aren't. With 560 pages of top grade comedy excellence, there are some so rude, you'll blush.' - --Sunday Times Style

The scurrilous, global cult comic brand Modern Toss is the creation of Jon Link and Mick Bunnage. As writers, cartoonists, and animators they've taken Modern Toss from television to cutting edge advertising; and from international design magazines to greeting card racks. 2014 is the 10th anniversary of their first ever comic (financed in 2004 by advance orders from online fans) and has since developed into an irregularly released much valued series. Issues 5-8 are still in print; with the early four editions now highly collectable (especially the second, with its free sample of royal hair). Issues 1 to 4 of the comic were released as books by Macmillan, alongside the blockbuster 'Work Book' and 'All You Can Eat of Homeclubber'. A top notch slim volume of verse by the 'Drive By Abuser' is also available too, published by Modern Toss themselves. They have since published 'More Work' book and the 'Desperate Business" in 2012, a series of recession inspired cartoons for Private Eye, one of which is part of the permanent collection at the V&A. Their first TV series, broadcast on Channel 4 in 2006, was a ground breaking mix of blunt-talking, animated characters with bizarre and surreal live action. Their second series was snapped up and both were broadcast in the U.S. and 30 other territories. The two series won unanimous critical praise and were nominated for a Rose D'Or award in 2009. Acclaimed sitcom Work Experience was broadcast on E4 and in 2011 and Chaos Laboratories, a live action, sci-fi themed animation (with Paul Kaye and Simon Day) was also commissioned by BBC Online. The brilliant Business Mouse cartoon was broadcast on Channel 4 in August 2012 and picked up a Royal Television Society Award in 2013. Robin of Essex also debuted in 2012 with Channel 4 online. Along with a showing of Modern Toss, Channel Four commissioned five promos for their Funny Fortnight in August 2012. They have had three exhibitions at Brighton's Ink_d gallery, during which the highly collectable 'Buy More Shit Or We're All Fucked ' plastic bag, part of their inspired 'Improperganda' range, became the shopper's favourite. A celebration of their artwork took place in London's Maverick Gallery in June 2010, where their startlingly innovative 'Periodic Table of Swearing' print became an international phenomenon - appearing as an actual table at the Latitude festival, alongside the Portrait Booth in 2011. Modern Toss returned to Somerset House Pick Me Up Design Festival in April 2013 and created the world's longest cartoon strip called the 'Fuckyeux Tapestry'. Their cartoons feature regularly in The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Private Eye magazine. In the first half of 2014 Modern Toss put on a new UK exhibition, The Cistern Chapel, displaying artwork in gallery bathrooms, along with two live drawing events in London and Coventry. A Decade in the Shithouse was successfully funded via Kickstarter complemented by an extensive social media campaign and nationwide media coverage. Modern Toss are staging a major exhibition at The Forge Gallery in Shoreditch, London in October 2014 - expecting to create extensive press and media coverage. Modern Toss has a regular and continuous presence in the most prestigious national print media with cartoons in The Sunday Times Style Magazine, The Guardian Guide, and Private Eye Magazine. Their social media presence has more than tripled in the last three months, amassing over 39,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter as well as a staunch online fanbase on a variety of other channels.