The Toronto craft fair, City of Craft, will be back later this year (Dec 5-7), near the Theatre Centre (Queen/Dufferin – map). The 2025 Fair will once again include a Small Zine and Paper Goods market. Applications to be a vendor are open now! Deadline to apply is Aug 12 at midnight. The cost to apply is $11.99 (mainContinueContinue reading “City of Craft Vendor Applications now open for Small Zine and Paper Crafts!”
Author Archives: Dave Howard
True North Country Podcast: Creator Resources with Mark J. Jones, The Starving Artist Myth
From the awesome and amazing True North Country Comics Podcast: Made in Canada – Creator Resources with Mark J. Jones about ‘The Starving Artist Myth’. Go listen to it RIGHT NOW! From their site: On this special episode in the series entitled Made In Canada – Creator Resources, I chat with specialists in particular areasContinueContinue reading “True North Country Podcast: Creator Resources with Mark J. Jones, The Starving Artist Myth”
TONIGHT! Drawing and Comics Readings at Squirly’s! 7pm!
From the magic of Instagram hosted by Paterson Hodgson! Fun Monday Party Alert – July 14 join us on the back patio at @squirlys for drawing and comic readings. 7-9pm Drawing Jam + Spaghetti specials night9pm (sundown) Comic readings ! If you haven’t seen a comic reading before, we will be projecting comics on a screen andContinueContinue reading “TONIGHT! Drawing and Comics Readings at Squirly’s! 7pm!”
Élise Gravel, Michel Rabagliati among 83 Appointed to Order of Canada
From Quill and Quire: Prolific Montreal-based children’s book authors and illustrators Élise Gravel and Marianne Dubuc, whose works have been published in many languages, were named as members of the Order of Canada. Dubuc is the creator of more than 25 books and Gravel is the author-illustrator of almost 50 books exploring such topics asContinueContinue reading “Élise Gravel, Michel Rabagliati among 83 Appointed to Order of Canada”
TONIGHT!: Backside to the Drawing Board at the 519, July 10, 5pm to 7pm
Learn-to-draw comics session and Indigenous Storytelling with Cal Badger at The 519! Join Cal tonight for a low-barrier art and storytelling drop-in program.
TONIGHT! Drink & Draw Toronto #77 Still life practice 🗿
The very fun and low-key Drink and Draw Toronto #77 is coming up on Monday July 7 at the very cozy Bampot House. From their event on Luna: https://lu.ma/3ciihohj?tk=3hDp2G About Event Let’s practice drawing still life objects! Bring one (small) object from your home to the event that you think would make a good sketchingContinueContinue reading “TONIGHT! Drink & Draw Toronto #77 Still life practice 🗿”
Toronto Comic Jam: Generous July 27th, 2025!
The seventh and likely biggest-hearted jam of 2025! Come down to the Cameron House! Back room, Sunday July 27, 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Visit torontocomicjam.org for all the deets. Sign up for reminders at lu.ma.
Jim Munroe and Eric Kim sign Zeroed Out at The Beguiling Wed July 3!
From Jim’s website: Happy to announce the release of my new sci-fi rom-com graphic novel, Zeroed Out! What if shapeshifting aliens came to Earth, but instead of taking over they just fix all our problems? Matias might be living in a utopia, but being dumped still sucks. So he distracts himself with his work, taking theContinueContinue reading “Jim Munroe and Eric Kim sign Zeroed Out at The Beguiling Wed July 3!”
Toronto Comic Jam Recap: June 29, 2025
It was a hot night on a long weekend and about 20 brave souls made it out to the cool back room of The Cameron House to draw comics together! Was nice to see new and old jammers hanging out together! We published a very thick May jam book featuring a cover by the alwaysContinueContinue reading “Toronto Comic Jam Recap: June 29, 2025”
Video Hosers Special with Special Guest Prof. Caitlin McGurk of The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library!
A fun episode where our Video Hoser hosts revisit Canadian/Ontario based comics nostalgia touchstones such as Canadian-produced, old-skool documentary, Comic Book Confidential, comic book store the Silver Snail and TVO program Prisoners of Gravity, among other stuff, and discuss with Caitlin McGurk, Curator of Comics and Cartoon Art at Ohio’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library andContinueContinue reading “Video Hosers Special with Special Guest Prof. Caitlin McGurk of The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library!”
The Toronto Comic Jam 