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Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse Nominated for Peabody Award

From The Daily Cartoonist: The 86th Peabody Award nominees have been announced. The Art Spiegelman documentary “Art Spiegelman Disaster Is My Muse” made the list of 20 films up for the award in the documentary category. Read more: https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/04/07/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-nominated-for-peabody-award/

Tillie Walden tours Charity & Sylvia 

From the Drawn & Quarterly newletter Join cartooning powerhouse and Eisner winner Tillie Walden as she tours her new book, Charity and Sylvia, this summer with stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York, Vermont, and Montréal!IN STORES JUNE 16 Read more: https://drawnandquarterly.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a88ccefd5b77631d0c60cb20&id=609c594f5d&e=bf943a3e95

Tonight’s Comic Jam is Canceled due to the big storm. Stay safe everyone!

Snowday! Snowmageddon part 2 is comimg to town! Tonight’s comic jam is canceled due to the big storm. Please stay home and stay safe! Will post the comic jam booklet online later today, and will be in print when we meet again in February!

All Toronto Public Library branches will soon be open seven days a week

Some really great news! From Toronto Life (link here) The city’s network of 100 locations is the largest and most used public system on the planet By Lindsey King  | September 23, 2025 Photo by the TPL Pulitzer-winning journalist Barbara Tuchman once said, “Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.” Today, Torontonians canContinueContinue reading “All Toronto Public Library branches will soon be open seven days a week”

Zine Dream 15 at Parkdale Hall Sat Aug 16, 11-5pm

Zine Dream is happening this Saturday Aug 16, 11-5pm at Parkdale Hall. Over 70 exhibitors of small press, comics, zines, art multiples and more! Generously sponsored by @koyamaprovides and @colourcodeprint. Poster by @eric.k.w. From @klassic_cool_shoppe’s Insta post here.

CTV News: University of Winnipeg’s Dr. Candida Rifkind shares how graphic novels are changing the way we understand the refugee experience

University of Winnipeg’s Dr. Candida Rifkind shares how graphic novels are changing the way we understand the refugee experience as well as other important life experiences. She and Dominic Davies have written a book on the subject called Graphic Refuge which you can find here. Check out the CTV segment on YouTube here.

Art Spiegelman to Receive Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award

The National Cartoonists’ Society is set to award Art Spiegelman with the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. This is part of The Reuben Awards ceremony happening August 15 2025. From their website: In 1980, Spiegelman and his wife Françoise Mouly launched the groundbreaking magazine RAW, where his seminal work Maus first appeared in serialized form.ContinueContinue reading “Art Spiegelman to Receive Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award”