Some great news from Conundrum Press! Conundrum Press is pleased to announce the appointment of comics editor, scholar,and journalist Irene Velentzas to the role of Editor with Emanata, Conundrum’s young adult imprint!As a scholar of graphic medicine and the former Comics & Graphic Novels Editor for HighWater Press, Velentzas will bring her experience to acquiringContinueContinue reading “Conundrum Press Welcomes New Editor Irene Valentzas to Young Adult Imprint Emanta”
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Glad Day Bookshop: A New Chapter for Glad Day — I Need Your Help 🌈
An email from the amazing people at Toronto’s Glad Day Bookstore: ——— Forwarded message ———Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 at 21:01Subject: A New Chapter for Glad Day — I Need Your Help 🌈To: Hello friends and family, and Happy Pride Month! I’m reaching out with some exciting news in my world, and for the larger 2SLGBTQI+ community in Toronto: theContinueContinue reading “Glad Day Bookshop: A New Chapter for Glad Day — I Need Your Help 🌈”
TCAF Word Balloon Academy: Building Comics Community, Friday June 6, 9:30 am
Check out this Instagram post on one of TCAF’s first panels for their amazing Word Balloon Academy: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKXNXs5twwL/?igsh=MXFmYXV3cjhidGtteg==
True North Country Comics: Executive Director Amie Wright talks about TCAF 2025
John Swinimer’s True North Country Comics continues to provide concise, timely and informative Canadian Comics news, and this time he interviews the wondetful Amie Wright, new Executive Director of TCAF, in his podcast. Really worth a listen! From the True North Country Comics site: Amie Wright is a comics librarian and public historian based inContinueContinue reading “True North Country Comics: Executive Director Amie Wright talks about TCAF 2025”
TCAF! Contribute a page to CCOL’s Still Zine!
From the TCAF Website! Still Zine: TCAF x CCOL Zine Jam Join Still Zine, TCAF, and the Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) for a weekend-long Zine Jam! Still Zine is an ongoing Toronto-based community anthology created by Jordan Reg. Aelick (@endlessfret), where contributors share one-page diary entries about everyday life. This year at TCAF, you’re invited to take part in aContinueContinue reading “TCAF! Contribute a page to CCOL’s Still Zine!”
Winners of the 26th Bédélys Awards Announced at MCAF
From the MCAF home site! Hosted by author and columnist Marylise Hamelin, the opening night also featured the presentation of the 26th Bédélys Awards, in collaboration with SODEC, celebrating the most outstanding comic books published or distributed in Quebec in 2024. Six comics were rewarded, with a total of $5,000 in grants given to this year’s winners.ContinueContinue reading “Winners of the 26th Bédélys Awards Announced at MCAF”
Latest Edition of The Comics Journal, #311, features Kate Beaton!
And (if you read the fine print) Marc Bell! Get it! https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/the-comics-journal/products/the-comics-journal-311
Boom! Studios removed from Library Lending App Comics Plus
From Publishers Weekly: Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Boom! Studios has taken the Boom! digital catalog off the table for library lending app Comics Plus, sparking debates over lending models and unlimited access. Read the article here.
Introducing your TCAF poster for 2025 by Faith Erin Hicks!
From the official TCAF Instagram account, we see this year’s TCAF poster by the very talented and prolific Faith Erin Hicks! This year’s poster shows the new TCAF venue at MCU’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, Maple Leaf Gardens! You can grab your copy of this year’s poster at TCAF!
Conundrum Press has Free Shipping Sale – Pick Up Doug Wright and Eisner Nominees!
Conondrum Press has free shipping this weekend when ordering directly from their website, this is the petfect time to pick up their Doug Wright and Eisner nominated graphic novels! The Field by Dave Lapp has been nominated for both an Eisner for best Graphic Memoir and a Doug Wright award for best book! Dave’s onContinueContinue reading “Conundrum Press has Free Shipping Sale – Pick Up Doug Wright and Eisner Nominees!”
The Toronto Comic Jam 