About:

Nomad Tofu is a comedic fantasy adventure series that follows Pub, a wide-eyed monster who fell out of the sky and into a world full of other, more bizarre monsters. The comic began April 6th, 2009 and updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Nomad Tofu is the darling of Harry Myland (IV). He is known to be able to play several instruments and has an undying love of Muppets. He also enjoys cheese and cold weather.  If you wish to email Harry for any reason, feel free contact him at HMFour (at) Gmail.com.  He’d love to hear from you, and will make sure to write back as soon as he possibly can.

F.A.Q:

What does Nomad Tofu mean?

Nomad Tofu is more or less a fancy schmancy way of saying Pub is the odd-man out.  Pub never fits in, Pub never really belongs.  He is a piece of tofu in a big pot of beef stew.  And he’s a nomad, he is Nomad Tofu.

What is Pub?

We don’t know.  He does, but we don’t.  For now I take great pleasure in calling him a Weirdo, or a Whatever, much like the Great Gonzo.  What can be said about Pub is that he is myysstteerious.  Pub is full of secrets and for now it’s better that we don’t ask him about it.  But we’ll find out what his deal is one day… maybe…

How is Nomad Tofu drawn?

Nomad Tofu is scripted and thumbnailed in sketchbooks.  It is then laid out in this amazing 9×12 Canson XL Series Mix Media Sketchpad and measured to 7×11 with 1/32″ bleeds, after which it is drawn in pencil and scanned into a computer using an EPSON STYLUS CX4600.  It is inked in Photoshop CS2 using a 4×5 WACOM intuos4 small WACOM tablet.

How long does it take to produce a single page?

From start to finish it takes somewhere between six to twelve hours, depending on how involved the page is.  Outside distractions also tend to play a role…

Any influences?

My main influence is probably Jim Henson. Artist influences are wide and varied, but include folks like Jeff Smith, Charles Schulz, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Meredith Gran, Bruce Timm, Mike Maihack, Bill Watterson, Cyril Pedrosa, the boys of Halfpixel and many others!

The World of Nomad Tofu:

For additional information on characters, items, locations and more!  All set in a neat-o trading card format! (Not necessary to enjoy the comic.  Occasional world-building information is included that has yet to or may not appear in the comic.)

All set?  Good, head on over to the Storyguide and start reading!