Posts tagged “TCAF”
Are you sick of hearing about TCAF yet? Well, look, here’s one last update — I’ll have this 11x15 print on hand. It’s archival quality on beautiful watercolour paper, and if you didn’t know better, you’d swear it was painted right on the page.
See you there! Table 238. Here’s what else I’ll have on hand, if you missed it.
One of my Machine Gum strips is reprinted in this collection, certainly marking the only time I’ll share a newspaper page with Blondie.
The Cartoon Crier is a sadness-themed newsprint comic strip anthology, put out as a collaboration between the National Cartoonists Society and the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont.
It’s a tear-filled collection with work from both the newspaper strip world (For Better or For Worse, Mutts, BC, Beetle Bailey, etc.) and indie comics (Chester Brown, Joe Lambert, Laura Park, Michael Kupperman, etc.)
Pick up a copy at TCAF this weekend, or read it online.
TCAF 2012
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is this weekend. This weekend! It’s my favourite weekend of the year.
Books
Here are the books I’ll have for sale this year:
- Heaven All Day
- The big hardcover Team Society League Omnibus
- Team Society League #4 (NEW!)
- Dear Flyary, my first kids book (NEW!)
- Machine Gum #2
- Machine Fum #3 (NEW!)
I’ll also have prints, and a handful of copies of Machine Gum #1, and TSL Books #2 and #3. Get ‘em while they last because they won’t be printed again. Excelsior 1968 is officially out of print.
Also not pictured: Team Society League fans can expect a collectible teaser for an upcoming project with the First Lady of Canadian Comics.
Comics vs. Games
Also also, I’m also part of the Comics vs. Games jam as part of TIFF Nexus. It’s currently on exhibit at Magic Pony, but will be at TCAF all weekend, so come play Cumulo Nimblers, the game I made with Farbs. It’s part Super Mario, part Pinball, all awesome. Here’s the launch screen and the project trailer:
Panels
Programmingwise, I’ll be on two panels this year.
The first is the Comics vs. Games panel at 12:15 on Saturday to talk about making the game. I’ll only be there for the first 20 minutes, after which I must rush off to battle some Australians at 12:45 on Saturday for the Ed Mirvish Rollerball Derby Draw-Off at the Pilot Tavern where three Aussies from the Caravan of Comics take on three Canucks to duke it out on the page.
Doug Wright Awards
Finally, I was on the jury for this year’s Doug Wright Awards, so expect to see me at some point during Saturday night’s ceremony.
See you there! I don’t think the floor plan is finalized as I write this, but I thiiiink you can expect to find me on the second floor this year, I’ll be at table 238.
I took part in this jam between game developers and comic artists called, appropriately enough, Comics vs. Games, as part of TIFF Nexus.
Come play the game I made with Farbs called Cumulo Nimblers. It’ll be showcased at Magic Pony (680 Queen Street West, Toronto) from april 29 to May 3rd with the closing reception on May 3rd. Then it’ll be at TCAF On May 5th and 6th.
(Source: youtube.com)
(via Steve Wolfhard - TCAF PALS!)
Seriously. How great is this? That’s me in the bottom right corner surrounded by Aaron, Zach, and Georges.
Dustin Harbin begins his weeklong stint as The Comics Journal’s Cartoonist Diarist, giving his take on the Doug Wright Awards. There I am, making a bearded, bespectacled cameo
My modest contribution to this year’s Doug Wright Awards ceremony — a timely poke at the recent federal election and the release of Chester Brown’s Paying For It.
TCAF panels and appearances
Are you as excited for TCAF as I am? So listen, I’ll be on a few panels on Saturday. Come check them out and say hello:
A7: From Conception to Reality: Bringing Ideas to Fruition
Panelists: Kate Beaton, Joe Lambert, John Martz and Dylan Meconis
Moderated by Dustin Harbin
9:15-10:15, The Beeton AuditoriumFrom graphic novels to mini-comics, working alone or as part of a collaborative effort, from print to web and back again, there are more choices than ever for cartoonists. Coming up with an amazing idea is only half the challenge. Deciding what to do with your idea is almost as important as the idea itself. This panel will be a wide-ranging discussion of the process artists go through to bring their ideas from conception to fruition.
A20: Design
Panelists: John Green, John Martz, Adrian Tomine, Seth, and Colleen AF Venable
Moderated by Chris Hannay
3:20-4:10, Learning Centre 1What’s involved in transforming a comic from a collection of pages of art to a book? What factors play a part in font design/choice, book layout, and cover creation? Join this outstanding collection of comics creators and designers to learn how design affects a book’s final image.
I’ll also be signing and drawing for kids at the OwlKids table on Sunday morning from 11am-12pm.
Oh, and the rest of the time I’ll be on the main floor, at table 122 alongside Aaron Costain.
Team Society League fans and fart-joke lovers alike can now look forward to this 250-page hardcover omnibus debuting at TCAF next weekend.
(Source: Flickr / robotjohnny)
Despite what this comic may lead one to believe, I had a blast at TCAF. I was even reunited with my pencil case.
In fact, I even sold out of all the copies of Heaven All Day I brought with me. That’s never happened. If you missed me, and live in Toronto, copies of all my minicomics can be found at The Beguiling.
Oh goodness, I’ve been immortalized by the mighty pen of Dustin Harbin, who always has nice, considered things to say about both comics and Canada, which makes me happy.
National Post TCAF interview
The National Post has started posting its interviews/questionnaires with cartoonists exhibiting at TCAF. Here is mine.
