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Category Archives: cartoonists
Marc Sobel at the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium
Cold Cat is TONIGHT!
James Spencer is hosting his amazing cartoonist work-in-progress workshop tonight! You must go! Here is his instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHR-fqRdtL/?igsh=MTZ6dDFzYm5nNG40Ng==
800 pages of adventure with hundreds of woodcut illustrations by disciples of Hokusai
Recommended by every aspiring scientists’ favourite master cartoonist, Tom Guald, on everyone’s favourite social media platform, Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/tomgauld.bsky.social/post/3ktanroutsc23 https://bsky.app/profile/tomgauld.bsky.social/post/3ktanroutsc23
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas – Diaries After a Flood at MOCA Toronto
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”
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==
Help Fund Jordan’s Print Plaza!
This is some pretty earth-shattering news that can catapolt Toronto’s independent cartoonist community into the stratosphere! Cartoonist (and long time Toronto Comic Jam alumni) of Endless Fret, Jordan Aelick, is being given the opportunity of a lifetime to buy a print business and internet cafe in the heart of downtown. On top of this, JordanContinueContinue reading “Help Fund Jordan’s Print Plaza!”
Charles Burns Venue Change
From The Beguiling newsletter: Charles Burns in conversation with Seth about his new book, FINAL CUTThursday Oct 24 at U of T 40 St George, Doors 7PMFREE EVENTOne of our most anticipated releases of the fall! We are delighted to again be hosting Charles Burns for his Toronto visit and that Seth has agreed toContinueContinue reading “Charles Burns Venue Change”
The Toronto Comic Jam 