[January 22th, 2012]
As promised, Marv and Claire's Madcap Married Life updated every Sunday for 17 straight weeks. But now it's over, only to be replaced by Marv and Claire's Melancholy Married Life a new series that picks up right where Madcap Life left off... but with a tragic turn of events. Expect a brand new comic every Sunday for at least the next 12 weeks. Don't miss it.

[September 25th, 2011]
Stop the Presses! Undertoad actually updates! That's right; after months of baby-caring-for, Charlie finally got off his duffer and created something that actually matters: comics. Transparent Life is back, baby. Following the events of 1000 Miles, Marv and Claire fell in love and even got hitched. Take a glimpse at their life together with a new series of very short comics called Marv and Claire's Madcap Married Life. A new comic every Sunday for at least the next 28 weeks! That's a guarantee. And you can take that to the bank. Or something.

[March 20th, 2011]
The Best of Transparent Life finally finishes up this week with the final installment, The Duffy Dilemma. There will be a month break, then new weekly comics revealing what Marv and Claire have been up to. Be back April 24th for all new Undertoad!

[March 13th, 2011]
More Best of Transparent Life this week. Goldilocks is one of the longest Transparent Life comics and completely silent to boot. Enjoy.

[March 6th, 2011]
The Best of Transparent Life is back with One Was Pink and One Was Blue. After this there are only two more weeks of the Best of. Then another short break and we'll be back with brand new adventures starring Marv and Claire!

[February 27th, 2011]
Check out a brand new Transparent Life this week. It's called The Demise of Kevin DuBrow and appropriately, it features Kevin DuBrow.

[February 20th, 2011]
Even more Best of Transparent Life this week. The Stakeout is ready for your perusal.

[February 13th, 2011]
The Best of Transparent Life keeps on trucking. This week we have Dressed to Fail, which went on to become something of a phenomenon. While you're at it, go ahead and check out the Dressed to Fail mini site, which hasn't been updated, but is still pretty entertaining.

[February 6th, 2011]
More Best of Transparent Life this week. We proudly present the deluxe edition of one of T-Life's most popular comics, Nuclear War.

[January 30th, 2011]
Another short story comes your way with a little mind-bender called The Past over in the burgeoning Prose section.

[January 23th, 2011]
The Best of Transparent Life is back again with a re-presentation of Change starring the unstoppable Bryan Quinn.

[January 16th, 2011]
The Best of Transparent Life finally returns yet again with the fifth installment, The Adventures of Kevin DuBrow, Part 4 with more exclusive commentary from Charlie. Go read it already.

[January 9th, 2011]
We open "the vaults" yet again to release Ruth Vs. Ruth (Jumping the Shark), which was originally the book-only bonus story with The Collected Transparent Life, Volume 2. It was meant to signify the transition back in 2004-ish when I recast Ruth with Stephi Molitor after Jess moved away. It was also one of my early (and primitive) forays into Photoshop. If you don't know what "jumping the shark" is, you should probably go here.

[January 2nd, 2011]
The new year brings another new short story called The Pyre. Check it out.

[December 19th, 2010]
We open "the vaults" to release a strange old Transparent Life comic never before featured on the website. It was originally released as a book-only bonus story with The Collected Transparent Life, Volume 1. But what the hey, you've earned it. Read A Matter of Perspective (Scenes from a Restaurant). You know you want to. Oh, and there will be no update next week. We're taking off for Christmas. You should too.

[December 12th, 2010]
This week we present a second rather old rejected short story submission to the great Machine of Death collection. It's called Choked. Read it now.

[December 5th, 2010]
Kevin and Gretchen are back with another comic that plumbs the depths of their strange, ridiculous relationship. Read it here.

[November 28th, 2010]
The excellent Machine of Death short story collection was finally released in October. So it's also time to unleash a rather old short story entitled Car Accident which was submitted for inclusion but sadly didn't make the cut.

[November 21th, 2010]
Marvin breaks out his summer wardrobe a few months late with Fashionistastic II, the sequel to Fashionistastic that someone has probably been clambering for.

[November 14th, 2010]
This week The Best of Transparent Life returns with our re-presentation of The Exciting Life of Tom Mango with exclusive director's commentary from fumetti auteur Charlie Beck.

[November 7th, 2010]
The Toad is back. Crack open a momentous new Transparent Life featuring the long awaited returns of Kevin DuBrow and Gretchen. Updates will continue on Sundays for the foreseeable future. Be back next week!

[September 28th, 2010]
Yowsa! After nearly a year and a half of steady serialization, the Transparent Life full-length graphic novel 1000 Miles wraps today! Check out that last page here, the beginning of the final chapter here, or shoot the works and read it all the way through starting here. There follows a short vacation while we prepare some more fab material. Be back on Sunday, November 7 for all new Undertoad!

[September 1st, 2010]
Excitement! Nils' Guldberg's amazing comic Nibcrom Lives! just turned five. In honor of this momentous occasion, Charlie made a new tribute comic that references 80's TV show Dallas far more than any comic probably should.

[July 22th, 2010]
The end is near! The final chapter of 1000 Miles begins today! Catch up with the back story and get ready for the big finish.

[July 18th, 2010]
As a memorial for the recent death of comics great Harvey Pekar, author of American Splendor and much more, Charlie has done a short Transparent Life tribute. Check it out here.

[June 17th, 2010]
1000 Miles is still going strong. The penultimate chapter, Chapter 11, starts now and continues updating on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Things are heating up for our illustrious heroes. Don't miss out.

[May 6th, 2010]
1000 Miles never stops. Chapter 10 starts now. Read it here.

[April 14th, 2010]
The Best of Transparent Life makes it's triumphant return to UndertoadComics.com today with a revisit to the epic Good Night, Holly! 1000 Miles has also proudly entered Chapter 9 and continues updating twice a week.

[March 5th, 2010]
1000 Miles just keeps on trucking. Chapter 8 starts today. Check it out.

[January 29th, 2010]
1000 Miles is still updating every Tuesday and Thursday. Chapter 7 begins now.

[October 28th, 2009]
It's been a long hard road here at Undertoad Comics, and we feel like we should be giving back to you, our great fans, so in that spirit we are launching The Best of Transparent Life. TBoTL contains the top 12 essential Transparent Life comics hand selected by the founders of this very site and are not only reprinted in more glorious higher resolution but also contain "Creator commentary" by the Boss himself, Charlie Beck.
We start things off this week with Circles and Nice Skirt. So if you're new to the 'Toad or a seasoned veteran crack it open and relive some classics.

[July 29th, 2009]
Just a heads up that the first chapter of 1000 Miles starts tomorrow and continues to get updated every Tuesday and Thursday. And with the Prologue wrapped up we added some more photos to Claire's profile page.

[June 24th, 2009]
Claire, straight out of 1000 Miles, gets her own profile on the Characters page. Remember, 1000 Miles gets updated every Tuesday and Thursday.

[June 17th, 2009]
Today we launch the much anticipated comic 1000 Miles! Check back here every Tuesday and Thursday for new pages in this epic comic.

[June 10th, 2009]
A giant Undertoad collaborative effort this week with My Dinner With Kevin, a remix of The Adventures of Kevin DuBrow Part 3. It stars Jasper and Kevin.

[June 3rd, 2009]
Let Frank and Jasper take you away from your problems this week in the new comic Something Stinks.

[May 22nd, 2009]
Sorry for the lack of update again- Charlie was visiting a sick family member. Be back next week for the beginning of a new two-part comic and make sure you're back in three weeks when Charlie's first full-length Transparent Life graphic novel, 1000 Miles, begins syndication.

[May 13th, 2009]
Here it is "Toad Heads" a new look and poster from Frankwear on the Dressed to Fail site.

[May 6th, 2009]
This week brings us a lost Undertoad classic Inside-Out No. 1 the prequel to Inside-Out No. 2 is up in the Miscellaneous section.

[April 29th, 2009]
"The House Un-American Activities Committee has reconvened for the first time since 1975 to investigate Charles Beck and Count Warren Iles. Due to the deposition, an update is unavailable this week. New material returns next week as scheduled."


[April 22nd, 2009]
Sullivan Exonia has a follow up interview with our man, Charlie Beck, this week with Beck to the Future. In the interview Exonia asks the hard hitting questions about what's in store for this very website and more!


[April 15th, 2009]
A full blown magnificent media explosion! This week sees a much needed immensely splendorous update to the photos sections of the superlative profile pages. Thirty-five new pulchritudinous images! No one is exempt...well Marvin is but he just showed up there 2 weeks ago... so head over to the Transparent Life Characters page and check it out.


[April 8th, 2009]
Something different this week! Charlie brings you the thrilling short story The Parasites available on the Prose page.


[April 1st, 2009]
After almost 5 years Marvin returns to world of Transparent Life comics in Fashionistastic, he also gets his own Character page.

[March 25th, 2009]
Frank and Jasper are back at it again in the comic that was 8 years in the making, The Duffy Dilemma.

[March 18th, 2009]
THE TOAD IS BACK!
Undertoadcomics.com gets a complete overhaul. Take a look around.
New this week is the comic Oh Frank #2 (with Jasper and Frank), a new installment of The History of Undertoad Comics, and the 2nd Transparent Life book is also now available in the Store.

[February 10th, 2009]
 Frank brings the Undertoad back this week with a new Look and Print Ad on the Dressed to Fail site.

[May 7th, 2008]
Hey you! We've had some problems with this here front page, but things are changed and back. In the meantime, Jack Daley has been updating Mondays. Plus, today we have two new additions to the site- a new Kevin Komic and a new short story called The Prey.


[April 14th, 2008]
Jack Daley updates today. And the Kevin DuBlog updated last Wednesday.

  
[April 7th, 2008]
Another new Jack Daley strip. Check it out.

  
[April 3rd, 2008]
A bonus Thursday Jack Daley strip today. It will continue updating on Mondays. You can look forward to that.

  
[March 31st, 2008]
Undertoad Comics is back in action. After months under the thumb of OmniGrip, the underground resistance has triumphed and Goliath is dead (so to speak). In honor of the occasion, we're kicking off a brand new weekly comic strip. Jack Daley has arrived.

  
[March 26th, 2008]
Kevin has a new comic. See it on the Kevin DuBlog.

  
[February 20th, 2008]
Kevin has begun to recount the thrilling story of his months away. It's on the Kevin DuBlog.

  
[February 6th, 2008]
Kevin is back yet again with a new comic. Check it out on the Kevin DuBlog.

  
[January 30th, 2008]
The venerable Kevin DuBrow has posted a new comic. You can see it on the Kevin DuBlog.

  
[January 9th, 2008]
Old-time round-up. Charlie did his second annual tribute comic for Nibcrom Lives! in September. See it here. Also, Charlie's comic Cell Out! was recently featured on the Eddie Campbell's blog. Click here and scroll down to September 16. Cheers!

  
[December 12th, 2007]
Another leak... Charlie recently contributed to Arbuckle. See his comic here.

  
[December 5th, 2007]
Top Secret Update from behind the iron curtain of OmniGrip, Inc. Those Lovebirds Jasper and Julie are back in DOMESTIC BLISS!

  
[October 10th, 2007]
Starving for Undertoad related goodness? The sleeping giant stirs... Kevin DuBrow has returned.

  
[August 5th, 2007]
Sorry folks- Undertoad is currently fighting off a buy-out attempt from OmniGrip, Inc. We have our legal warrior, Horatio P. Quicklemate, Attorney at Law on the case. However, in the meantime, we are on HIATUS. We WILL return. Don't you cry a single tear.

  
[July 25th, 2007]
Undertoad Press suffered a major servor error the first week of July. While the site has remained online, updates have been impossible. Our techno-wiz expert, Picadilly Fontaine, assures us that an update is likely for next week. Don't discourage!

  
[June 27th, 2007]
That loveable ragamuffin, "Pig" Whitley, has done it again! He apparently just "plumb lost that there interweb update!" His hilariously redneck antics mean that Charlie will have to redo it and it will have to be posted to the site next week instead. Sorry, and "keep reachin' for that rainbow."

  
[June 20th, 2007]
Gretchen brings back Transparent Life with Cell Out!

  
[June 13th, 2007]
This week it's the Thrilling Conclusion to The Bearded Corpse!

  
[June 6th, 2007]
And now.... Part 3 of The Bearded Corpse!

  
[May 30th, 2007]
Continuing from last week, Part 2 of The Bearded Corpse!

[May 16th, 2007]
Feminists beware- the woman you love to hate is back. We get up close and personal with Julie this week in [JULIE] CLEAVER.


[May 9th, 2007]
Transparent Life makes its triumphant return this week! THE SOFTWARE SLUMP unleashes the full power of that paradox in a white t-shirt, Tom Mango.


[May 3rd, 2007]
Umm... no update yesterday... and this week we blame... "Pig" Whitley again. But we promise a brand new Transparent Life next week! Stop in!


[April 25th, 2007]
This week the Global Street Journal brings us an interview by Sullivan Exonia with our own Charlie Beck.


[April 19th, 2007]
Most of you are probably not aware, but 80's basketball star, Jimmy "The Free Throw" Thriefrow, recently took up a new position as our Web Development Director. Due to his greater interest in Trudy the intern, he missed the update yesterday. He was fired and Trudy ran off with the mail boy, Roberto. Wish them luck and come back here next week for an exclusive Global Street Journal interview with Undertoad's head honcho, Charlie "Top Banana" Beck.


[April 11th, 2007]
Well the falling snow in Milwaukee tells us that it's Spring, and that means SPRING BREAK FOR KEVIN DUBROW!
A new Wallpaper can be found on the Wallpaper/Icon page of Transparent Life and consequently the Transparent Life page has new images!
Also make sure to bookmark Kevin's Blog which is newly updated too!


[April 4th, 2007]
Often we get asked "Why aren't there more pictures of Charlie?" Well, we're not going to lie to you, so we'll avoid the question by presenting you with a quite old comic that is quite new to you- The Hot or Not Project in the Miscellaneous section.


[March 28th, 2007]
The Dressed to Fail Site has been updated with a "State of the Failure Address" in the Franchise Section from Frank himself.

one would usually try to coordinate this with the President's "State of the Union Address" But not our Frankie!


[March 21st, 2007]
Did you know Kevin DuBrow has a blog? Go check out The Kevin DuBlog!

It looks as if Kevin has even taken up the fine art of comic creating.


[March 14th, 2007]
This is what all you UnderToadites have been waiting for, the Final Chapter in the History of Undertaod Comics, Super-sized for your reading pleasure!


[March 7th, 2007]
The History of Undertoad Comics enters the 60's and 70's this week in the Seventh Chapter, Groovy man.


[February 28th, 2007]
We catch up with the Global Street Journal this week with the Sixth Installment of the History of Undertoad Comics.


[February 21st, 2007]
This week, our second intermission from the History of Undertoad: Ruth and Jasper star in COMEUPPANCE a Transparent Life instant classic.


[February 14th, 2007]
Chapter Five of the history of Undertoad Comics is up this week.


[February 7th, 2007]
We dive right back into the History of Undertoad Comics this week with the Fourth Installment.


[January 31st, 2007]
Breaking New: We Just received word that Frankwear's new line of clothing "Dressed to Fail" has just launched a new "Sports" line!

You can check out a new Look and Print Ad over on the D2F site.


[January 24th, 2007]
We take in intermission from Undertoad's illustrious history as Transparent Life returns with the brand spankin' new GRADUATION DAY starring Kevin DuBrow!


[January 17th, 2007]
This week we continue our fabulous text-based trip through what used to be with Chapter 3 of the history of Undertoad Comics


[January 10th, 2007]
The spectacular history of Undertoad Comics continues with Chapter 2.


[January 3rd, 2007]
We proudly kick off 2007 with the first chapter of the spectacular history of Undertoad Comics provided by the fine folks over at the Global Street Journal.