Author Archives: Dave Howard

Maurice Vellekoop Wins The 2024 Toronto Book Awards!

Maurice Vellekoop’s graphic novel memoir I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together is the first graphic novel to win the Toronto Book Award. Congrats! Check out Reactor Art + Design’s Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCPaVn1S-6Y/?igsh=MWRrYjRzeXhtaTZhNw==

Ben Katchor’s New York Comics & Picture-story Emposium

Acclaimed cartoonist Ben Katchor hosts an amazing, free, online “weekly lecture series about comics, picture-stories, animation and other text-image work.” Definitely worth checking out and becoming a part of. According to Wikipedia:  “A Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Katchor was described by author Michael Chabon as “the creator of the last great American comicContinueContinue reading “Ben Katchor’s New York Comics & Picture-story Emposium”

Toronto Zine Library Zine Swap!

Come down to the Tranzac Club for the Toronto Zine Library ZINE SWAP and COLLECTIVE ZINE MAKING EXPERIENCE! Well, all 45 tickets to participate are sold out, but folks are still encouraged to come down to bear witness to this awesomeness! Link below, and more details here. https://www.instagram.com/p/DCKk9C4yxnn/?igsh=dWRqNXM4ZTg4eG5j

James Spencer Hosts Cold Cat, Comics WIP Workshop!

Attention all aspiring and practicing cartoonists! Super exciting news! James Spencer of Read More Comix is hosting a weekly Tuesday night meetup to share your work-in-progress with other cartoonists, for support and community at Noble Space! Check out his Instagram for more! https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHR-fqRdtL/?igsh=MTZ6dDFzYm5nNG40Ng==

28th Anniversary of The Toronto Comic Jam! Sunday Nov 24 2024

November is upon us once again and that means it’s time to celebrate our anniversary! 28 years! November also means it will be the last jam of 2024. We’ll have another trivia contest and give away more comic books! This time, Dave Howard wants to write the questions so they won’t be too impossible! BesidesContinueContinue reading “28th Anniversary of The Toronto Comic Jam! Sunday Nov 24 2024”

TCJ Recap: Oct 27 2024 Celebration of the Life of Tom King

We had a packed house for Tom’s celebration, along with a Zoom call displayed on a large TV so that Tom’s sisters Wendy and Sue could join in from Victoria and Fredericton. The Cameron House graciously set up a mic for us, and David Bragdon hosted the evening with great charm and warmth. Many manyContinueContinue reading “TCJ Recap: Oct 27 2024 Celebration of the Life of Tom King”