An thoughtful opportunity offered by the generous people at TCAF! There are two streams: one for business and another for creative development. Learn how to work in comics! Sign up! From TCAF’s site: Word Balloon Academy (WBA) is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival’s in-person full day of FREE professional development, skills-building and career management programmingContinueContinue reading “TCAF’s Word Balloon Academy Offers Free Day of Professional Development, Friday June 6”
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London Ontario’s Tingfest, A Celebration of Comics and Graphic Novels, Opening Reception Saturday April 19!
A wonderful, month long celerbration of established and new artists, their opening reception in this Saturday, April 19, 6 pm to 9 pm. Old skool comic jammer Dave Lapp will also be there, with original pages from his magnus opus, a truthful telling of childhood, The Field. From their website tapcreativity.org/tingfest-2025 Named after Merle “Ting”ContinueContinue reading “London Ontario’s Tingfest, A Celebration of Comics and Graphic Novels, Opening Reception Saturday April 19!”
Figure Drawing Workshop with Kagan McLeod!
Some amazing news, Kagan McLeod is hosting an affordable four week workshop on figure drawing! Check out his website and Instagram post here. Maybe best known for his amazing illustrations for the beginning and end credits for She-Hulk, Kagan McLeod is a well respected, long-time Toronto illustrator, specializing in portrait and figure drawing. It’s hardContinueContinue reading “Figure Drawing Workshop with Kagan McLeod!”
True North Country Comics: News about Canadian comic books for April 12, 2025
Margaret Atwood’s writing tips, Chip Zdarsky’ new comics-store-only newsletter, and Captain Canuck’s Richard Comely on tariffs and the trade war: all at True North Country Comics weekly news about Canadian comic books.
Art Speigelman Documentary “Disaster is My Muse” Premiers on PBS Tues Apr 15
Here is a link online, though I am not sure it is available in Canada: https://www.pbs.org/video/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-vhpuzs/
TCAF Donation Request!
Please support TCAF! You can donate here. From their Instagram Account: Donate below! https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DPCQNMESXV5TU
The Comics Journal: Sol Brager on inter-generational anxiety in their memoir, Heavyweight
A fantastic interview with Sol Brager by Tina Horn. From Craig Burscough’s weekly links in The Comics Journal: Tina Horn interviews Sol Brager about Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Auschwitz beach reads, keeping the book accessible, and fascist symbols and regalia – “Far too many comics writers treat artists asContinueContinue reading “The Comics Journal: Sol Brager on inter-generational anxiety in their memoir, Heavyweight”
True North Country Comics: Canadian comic book news for April 5, 2025
Just wanted to share what a great resource True North Country Comics is. Go check them out!
Corey Mintz interviews Ryan North for The Globe & Mail
Ryan North talks about his most recent work with Marvel as a writer on the new, critically acclaimed Fantastic Four. Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled for a July, 2025, theatrical release. The big-budget movie will be the fourth in the FF franchise (fifth if you count the straight-to-video 1990s version) based on theContinueContinue reading “Corey Mintz interviews Ryan North for The Globe & Mail”
Drawn & Quarterly ‘At Home With’ Video Series Features Paul B. Rainy!
Creator of D&Q’s newly-published time-travel graphic novel, “There’s No Time Like The Present”, as well as previously published “Why Don’t You Love Me?” Paul B. Rainy talks about the making of his new book -how he did it- and it’s 20 year history! Never give up! Watch the inspiring video here.
The Toronto Comic Jam 