The Side Eye: In the studio with The Beths

10 Jul 2020

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Cartoonist Toby Morris joins The Beths in the studio as they record ‘Just Shy of Sure’ off their 2020 album Jump Rope Gazers.

The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read the rest of the series here.

Toby Morris

Toby Morris is an Auckland based illustrator, comic artist and writer. He is the author of The Spinoff's non-fiction comic series The Side Eye, won the Voyager award for Cartoonist of the year for 2019 and in 2020 his Covid-19 collaborations with Dr Siouxsie were shared around the world.

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