Toby Morris (cartoonist)

Toby Morris
Born1980 (age 43–44)
New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Area(s)Cartoonist, Illustrator
Pseudonym(s)XTOTL
Notable works
On A Plate, The Day The Costumes Stuck

Toby Morris (born 1980) is a New Zealand cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and writer, best known for non-fiction online comics that often highlight social issues.

His work has reached worldwide audiences. On A Plate is an online comic Morris created to explain privilege by contrasting the lives from infancy to adulthood of two imaginary people: one wealthy, the other poor. It was shared globally and has been translated into several other languages.[1][2] Animated graphics created in collaboration with Siouxsie Wiles for The Spinoff's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic were similarly widely shared and translated.[3] In 2022 Morris won the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize.

  1. ^ French, Ricky (22 May 2017) [Originally published in the September 2016 issue of North & South magazine]. "Reading between the lines: Cartoonist Toby Morris". Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. ^ Bruce, Greg (15 December 2018). "Kiwi cartoonists on what mattered in 2018". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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