Peach Boy - Toyoya

Peach Boy by Toyoya / ISBN 9781951078904 / a mini-book -- 5 x 3.5 inches, 44 pages -- published by Paradise Systems *** Inspired by classic 8-bit technologies, Toyoya builds an interstellar odyssey out of pixels. His nearly wordless comic features a pair of intrepid scientists whose work leads them into the evil void of a peach planet. This book is part of Paradise Systems' series of contemporary lianhuanhua. Li Fan (Toyoya) lives in Beijing, where he works as a pixel artist and animator. He is interested in unique and bizarre visual media of all kind, and has a collection of '80s and '90s electronics hardware which serves as inspiration for his work.