SATURDAY: I had a few things to do before Deb and I headed down to TCAF. Because I was only going to be there for a few hours my report is truncated significantly. 2:30-2:45. Arrived. What’s with the construction blocking the one entrance? Interesting that there’s a girl handing out flyers telling people to go… Read More My TCAF Thoughts 2011: Day 1
Not every comic city is engaging in a battle for attention. London, ON is holding it’s annual passport to FCBD event, where the comic shops in the city actually work together (…for the most part, 5 out of 6 is a great number…) for the good of the industry and the retail environment in the… Read More FCBD in London, ON — comic shops actually working together?
International Guest Coordinator Tiziano De Santis and I (Kevin Boyd, your Canadian guest and Artist Alley Guest Coordinator) as well as the rest of the administrative team for FAN EXPO CANADA (TM) 2011 are very pleased to announce the Comic Book Expo Guest List. We’ve been assembling this list for many months now, and while… Read More Happenings: Fan Expo Canada (TM) announces the Comic Book Expo Guests for 2011
Thanks to Kevin Hickey at Brampton’s STADIUM COMICS for forwarding along these two videos they have shot in anticipation of FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2011: First is a video they shot of going through all the available releases for FCBD, to give people a sense of what they might find at their local shops on… Read More Stadium Comics: Free Comic Book Day videos
Canada is set to love comics this weekend as we go in for the first major comics weekend of the year with multiple events taking place all over the country. On Thursday, May 5th Fan Expo Canada (TM) will be announcing the bulk of the comic book guests for the annual event that takes place… Read More Happenings: Canadians – Are you ready for this week? THOR movie, FCBD, TCAF & more!
Chester Brown’s PAYING FOR IT Book Launch & Party Date: Sunday, May 1, 2011 Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Type: Party Location: Goodhandy’s, 120 Church St. Chester Brown’s PAYING FOR IT – Book Launch & Party Hosted by NOW Magazine’s Sasha Von Bon Bon Sunday, May 1st, 2011 7:30PM-10PM – Doors at 7 @ Goodhandy’s, 120… Read More Happenings: Paying for It Book Launch & Party – 05/01/2011 in Toronto
Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Pencil it In from Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Vimeo. Director: Christopher Hutsul Director of Photography: Vinit Borisson Producer: Nick Sorbara Executive Producer: Jacinte Faria Editorial: Melanie Hider, Bijou Editorial Score: “Background Noise (Don’t Become)” by Solvent, Courtesy Ghostly International Sound Design: Vapor Music Online Artist + Colourist: Hardave Grewal, RedLab… Read More TCAF: Pencil it In video
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will be in Toronto, appearing at Gendai Gallery, which will be exhibiting the graphic works of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Joanne Hui. Both artists use the form of manga to address unique moments in Canadian history that are particular to their culturally specific histories of activism and resistance. Yahgulanaas is known for… Read More Happenings – Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas in Toronto May 7/8, 2011
According to Postmedia News and other sources — Hobby Star Marketing, the Toronto based producers of the comics and pop culture event Fan Expo Canada (TM) have filed an injunction against the producers of the UFC Fan Expo taking place this weekend in Toronto at the Direct Energy Centre over the use of the name… Read More Hobby Star Marketing files an injunction against the UFC over the name “Fan Expo”
Sunday, May 1st • 11:00am-5:00pm Place Bonaventure • $6 at the door* Half of ticket sales will be donated to the Red Cross to help Japan and its people. The mini-Comiccon is hosted by the Montreal Comiccon. This is a small-scale event where visitors can meet a dozen of local artists, participate in a masquerade… Read More Happenings: Montreal Mini-Comic Con 05/01/2011
The Toronto Cartoonists Workshop is happy to announce that it is launching it’s first “Industry Night” this Wednesday, April 27th at the Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton Street, near College Street) in Toronto, ON. The evening starts around 8pm and should run until 11pm or later. The first edition of the event will feature Marvel Comics… Read More Happenings: TCW launches the new monthly “Industry Night” on 4/27/2011 in Toronto
The Calgary Expo is proud to have a strong Canadian creator presence at this year’s event! Don’t forget that the Calgary Expo is hosting the Joe Shuster Awards this year for the first time. Come cheer on your favourite Canadian creators, eh? Ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 18th. Stuart Immonen Fear Itself, Ultimate… Read More Happenings: Calgary Expo Announces Canadian Creator Guests
Guelph was the place to be on Saturday for anyone interested in independent comics, webcomics and zines. The Kazoo Fest Zine and Comic Expo saw more than forty creators (including Gene Day Noms Jason Bradshaw and Nick Maandag!) gather in the Norfolk United Church for this free event that drew a steady crowd out of… Read More Kazoo report
Before traveling across Canada last week to promote the release of the Drawn & Quarterly published English translation of his latest book Reunion, Pascal went to New York to attend MOCCA and produced a cartoon blog about his experiences there: Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four
Yesterday at the Revival Bar in Toronto, ON – a group of concerned individuals within the city’s comic book, animation and illustration communities organized the Artists Help Japan fundraiser at which a number of creators gathered to produce sketches and run an original art auction to benefit the victims of the devastating earthquakes and tsunamis… Read More Artists Help Japan: Toronto report
April is sure shaping up to be a busy month! I moved recently, and in-between loads of books and other things I had to take over to my new place, there have been a lot of things going on in the comics world, event-wise. Last weekend saw the coming and going of another Toronto ComiCON… Read More Comics, comics, comics…
This Saturday, April 16th in Guelph, ON, Kazoo! fest 2011 and The Dragon are proud to present the Kazoo! Zine and Comic Expo. The Zine and Comic Expo will happen on Saturday April 16th from 11 am to 4 pm at Norfolk United Church in Guelph, located at 75 Norfolk Street, Guelph, ON, N1H 4J4.… Read More Happenings: Kazoo Zine & Comic Expo guest list, Guelph ON – April 16, 2011
A trio of creators unite this evening in Toronto to promote their recent releases from Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly. Pascal Girard has come to promote the English translation of his BD Conventum, originally published by Delcourt. D+Q continue their program of translating Quebec based BD (and it’s their second Girard translation after releasing Bigfoot… Read More Happenings: Girard, Ollman, Worton book launch – April 14, Toronto
Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Floorplan & Table Assignments Exhibitor Name Exhibitor Area – Table Number 1,000,000 Comix 107-112, 207-212 AK Cards 104 All New Comics 105-106 Almar Enterprises 803-806 Anything and Everything 801 Big B Comics 403-406 Bill Chung To be assigned Comic Book Addiction 301-306 Comic Trader 703-706 Comics and More 102-103 Conspiracy Comics… Read More Happenings: April 9-10 Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Floorplan & Table Assignments
Le 24e Festival de la BD francophone de Québec (FBDFQ) du 13 au 17 avril 2011 HÉBERGEMENT Manoir Victoria LIEUX D’ACTIVITÉ Salon international du livre de Québec Musée de la Civilisation Le Cercle Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy Galerie du Faubourg Bibliothèque College-des-Jésuites Galerie Morgan Bridge Engramme Studio P Café l’Entracte Observatoire de la Capitale Auteurs Hicham ABSA… Read More Happenings: FBDFQ – Le 24e Festival de la BD francophone de Québec du 13 au 17 avril 2011
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 