Author Archives: Dave Howard

Lee Lai chats about ‘Cannon’ and award nominations

True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Lee Lai about ‘Cannon’ The post Lee Lai chats about ‘Cannon’ and award nominations appeared first on True North Country Comics.Lee Lai chats about ‘Cannon’ and award nominations

Michael DeForge, April 28, 2026 at 7pm EDT

The 452nd meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 7 pm EDT. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register for this event. Free and open to the public The Comics of Michael DeForge One of the defining comic artists of the last two decades joins us to discussContinueContinue reading “Michael DeForge, April 28, 2026 at 7pm EDT”

Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse Nominated for Peabody Award

From The Daily Cartoonist: The 86th Peabody Award nominees have been announced. The Art Spiegelman documentary “Art Spiegelman Disaster Is My Muse” made the list of 20 films up for the award in the documentary category. Read more: https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/04/07/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-nominated-for-peabody-award/

Tillie Walden tours Charity & Sylvia 

From the Drawn & Quarterly newletter Join cartooning powerhouse and Eisner winner Tillie Walden as she tours her new book, Charity and Sylvia, this summer with stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York, Vermont, and Montréal!IN STORES JUNE 16 Read more: https://drawnandquarterly.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a88ccefd5b77631d0c60cb20&id=609c594f5d&e=bf943a3e95

Jillian Tamaki, Monday, April 13, 2026 at 7pm EDT

The 450th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday,  April 13, 2026 at 7 pm EDT. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register for this event. Free and open to the public. NOTE: THIS IS A MONDAY EVENT! Jillian Tamaki: Collaboration Within Comics Discussion of various collaborations, conventional and esoteric. Topics will includeContinueContinue reading “Jillian Tamaki, Monday, April 13, 2026 at 7pm EDT”

The Comics Journal Reviews Joe Ollmann’s The Woodchipper

Tate McFadden reviews Joe Ollmann’s new short story collection from Drawn & Quarterly for The Comics Journal. The stories in The Woodchipper are a mix of uproarious comedy, neurotic drama, and depression. Each story, with the exception of the last entry, follows the foibles of a mundane protagonist as they cope with an extraordinary incitingContinueContinue reading “The Comics Journal Reviews Joe Ollmann’s The Woodchipper”

THIS SUNDAY! Toronto Comic Jam! Mar 28 7:00 pm

The next Toronto Comic Jam is Sunday March 28 at 7pm, in the back room of The Cameron House. Bring your art supplies to draw collaborative comics with friends while listening to groovy music! Bring your zines to share or sell at our Zine Table! Visit torontocomicjam.org for all the deets. See you there!