Author Archives: Dave Howard

TCJ Recap: Feb 23 2025, 2nd Toronto Comic Jam of 2025!

A very successful February 2025 Jam! New people came! Old people came! It was a good time all round. Thanks so much Francis (again!) for the yummy treats and the mini comic on cookie etiquette, for others who donated yummy things as well (cookies and timbits – whoever you are – thank you!) and toContinueContinue reading “TCJ Recap: Feb 23 2025, 2nd Toronto Comic Jam of 2025!”

TONIGHT: Toronto Comic Jam: Sunday Feb 23 2025, 7:30 – 10:30

Book your calendar for February’s Toronto comic jam! This is the second jam for 2025, come pick up January’s jam book, draw in the back room with us, and maybe catch some fantastic live music in the front room! It’s at the Cameron House. The event is free but jam books are $5 (or pwyc).ContinueContinue reading “TONIGHT: Toronto Comic Jam: Sunday Feb 23 2025, 7:30 – 10:30”

The Comics Journal Writes on the Making of Paying For It, with Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown

William Schwartz talks with Chester Brown and Sook-Yin Lee on the making of the movie version of Chester Brown’s graphic novel Paying For It, for The Comics Journal. From the intoduction to the interview: Sex work isn’t any less of a hot button issue now than it was ten or twenty years ago. But Paying ForContinueContinue reading “The Comics Journal Writes on the Making of Paying For It, with Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown”

Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman Collaborate on Comic Critical of Netanyahu, ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Gaza in The Guardian

Page one of the comic strip.  From  The Guardian: What happens when two comics artists ‘meet on the page’ to explore the tragedies of the Israel-Gaza war? Art Spiegelman, best known for his Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust memoir Maus, and Joe Sacco, author of bestselling graphic reportage Palestine, grapple with the ongoing crisis Read the wholeContinueContinue reading “Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman Collaborate on Comic Critical of Netanyahu, ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Gaza in The Guardian”

The Daily Cartoonist Appreciates the 100th Anniversary Issue of The New Yorker and Seth’s Comic About Rea Irvin

D. D. Degg of The Daily Cartoonist spotlights Seth’s comic appreciating Rea Irvin, the first art director of the New Yorker who created the magazine’s iconic look and its first cover, in its 100th Anniversary issue. Irwin’s font, design, and style defined the magazine in a way that is essential to its identity and enduresContinueContinue reading “The Daily Cartoonist Appreciates the 100th Anniversary Issue of The New Yorker and Seth’s Comic About Rea Irvin”

True North Country Comics: Andy Brown reveals 2025 plans for Conundrum Press

From the True North Comics Podcast site: True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Andy Brown about the graphic novels planned this year from Conundrum Press.Here’s my chat with publisher Andy Brown about graphic novels planned this year from Conundrum Press.Please like and subscribe to this website by hitting the subscribe button. You’ll be notifiedContinueContinue reading “True North Country Comics: Andy Brown reveals 2025 plans for Conundrum Press”