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!”
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Maurice Vellekoop Wins Ontario’s Prestigious Trillium Book Award
Maurice Vellekoop’s memoir, I’m Glad We Had This Time Together (Random House Canada / Penguin Random House Canada) won one of Ontario’s most prestigious book awards last week, just after winning the Doug Wright Award for best graphic novel two weeks ago during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! Maurice Vellekoop’s book is the first graphicContinueContinue reading “Maurice Vellekoop Wins Ontario’s Prestigious Trillium Book Award”
Publishers Weekly: Federal Judge Rules AI Training Is Fair Use in Anthropic Copyright Case
Publishers Weekly reports on the confusing ruling on US Copyright law in relation to AI. From the article: A federal judge in California has issued a complicated pre-trial ruling in one of the first major copyright cases involving artificial intelligence training, finding that, while using legally acquired copyrighted books to train AI large language models constitutes fairContinueContinue reading “Publishers Weekly: Federal Judge Rules AI Training Is Fair Use in Anthropic Copyright Case”
Graphic novel creators join NWT 20th Annual Writers Festival
From True North Country Comics: https://truenorthcountrycomics.com/2025/05/31/canadian-comic-book-news-for-may-31-2025/ MyTrueNorthNow wrote about NorthWords NWT 20th Annual Writers Festival slated for May 27 to June 1 that will feature E.M. Carroll, Richard Van Camp and other writers. Taking place at various NWT locations, the festival brings together writers from the Northwest Territories and the rest of Canada to shareContinueContinue reading “Graphic novel creators join NWT 20th Annual Writers Festival”
True North Country Comics: An Interview with Max Douglas (aka Salgood Sam)
From John Swinimer’s True North Country Comics podcast, an interview with Max Douglas (aka Salgood Sam) about his new graphic novel Mind Engine and his plans for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2025. Salgood Sam, aka Max Douglas, grew up in Toronto, but now resides in Montreal. He’s been a freelance artist for nearly three decades,ContinueContinue reading “True North Country Comics: An Interview with Max Douglas (aka Salgood Sam)”
Conundrum Press Welcomes New Editor Irene Valentzas to Young Adult Imprint Emanta
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”
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!”
The Toronto Comic Jam 