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The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is proud to announce its guest list for TCAF 2005.
Update, May 27th: Want to find your favourite guest? Check out this seating chart! If the person you're looking for isn't listed, chances are they're sitting at their publisher's table, or are only speaking. Make sure to read the bios and events listings for further info.
Update, May 11th: We're pleased to announce our final round of guest additions, and they're pretty awesome! We're pleased to announced our two new three new Honoured Guests, Cerebus' Dave Sim and the Dutch Cartooning Duo known as EILAND (or separately, Tobias Schalken and Stefan van Dinther). Other new attendees include Sonja Ahlers, Andy Brown, Sam Brown, Svetlana Chmakova (Saturday), Michael Cho, Nick Craine, Alex Fellows, Brendan Fletcher, Matthew Forsythe, Leanne Franson, Lydia Gregg, Richard Hahn, Kevin Huizenga, Karl Kerschl, Derek Kirk Kim, Jeff Ladouceur, Andy Lee, Billy Mavreas, Brian McLachlan, Nadia Moss, Liam O'Donnel, Lorenz Peters, Nate Powel, Lianne Sentaur, Richard Stevens, and Gary Taxali. Scroll down for biographies on all of these participants!
Unfortunately, previously announced guests Maureen McTigue, Jason Lutes, Chynna Clugston, Julie Doucet, Gabrielle Bell, and Craig McKenny will have to bow out due to various commitments. Hopefully we'll see them in 2007...!
Due to scheduling confusion, Marc Bell will not be attending TCAF.
Honoured Guests
Canadian Guests
American Guests
Attending Publishers
Complete Alphabetical Guest Listing
Atilla Adorjany, Sonja Ahlers, Rick Altergott, Ho Che Anderson, Kalman Andrasofszky, Neelam Arora, Adam Aylard, Matthew Blackett, J Bone, Ariel Bordeaux, Paige Braddock, Vera Brosgol, Chester Brown, Jeffrey Brown, Andy Brown, Sam Brown, Genevieve Castree, Scott Chantler, Svetlana Chmakova, Michael Cho, Becky Cloonan, Michael Comeau, Darwyn Cooke, Nick Craine, Willow Dawson, Arthur Dela Cruz, Salgood Sam Douglas, Eiland, Ray Fawkes, Alex Fellows, Tim Fish, Brendan Fletcher, Matthew Forsythe, Leanne Franson, Friends of Lulu, Amy Kim Ganter, Phoebe Gloeckner, Lydia Gregg, Steven Guarnaccia, Marcel Guldemonde, Richard Hahn, Sammy Harkham, David Heatley, Sam Hiti, Paul Hornschemeier, Kevin Huizenga, Chris Hutsul, James Jean, Karl Kerschl, Kazu Kibuishi, Kid Koala, Eric Kim, Derek Kirk Kim, Jeff Ladouceur, Hope Larson, Jeff Lemire, Corey Lewis, Jasen Lex, Jason Lutes, Jim Mahfood, Steve Manale, Johane Matte, Billy Mavreas, Sean McCarthy, Tyrone McCarthy, Brian McLachlan, Kagan McLeod, Carla Speed McNeil, Tara McPherson, Maureen McTigue, John Mejias, Tony Millionaire, Nadia Moss, Marc Ngui, Anders Nilsen, Michael Noonan, Liam O'Donnel, Bryan O'Malley, Gary Panter, Ramon Perez, Florentine Perro, Lorenz Peters, Chris Pitzer, Paul Pope, Nate Powel, Dave Roman, Jim Rugg, Andy Runton, Lianne Sentaur, Seth, Ben Shannon, Dash Shaw, Dave Sim, Jeff Smith, Fiona Smyth, Kean Soo, Zack Soto, Vincent Stall, Leslie Stein, Richard Stevens, Cameron Stewart, Diana Tamblyn, Gary Taxali, Raina Telgemeier, Peter Thompson, J Torres, Dean Trippe, Maurice Vellekoop, Brett Warnock, Brian Wood, Zach Worton, Ryan Yount, Chip Zdarsky...and more!
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Jeff Smith
Jeff is the star creator of the immensely popular comic book series BONE, from his creator-owned imprint Cartoon Books. "Bone is about growing up and leaving home for the first time," says Smith. "The story is about what happens when the Bone cousins leave Boneville...this sheltered little world they grew up in and then go out into this wilder, outside world." Bone is currently printed in thirteen languages around the world, and in 1998 was given the Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist - Humor, as well as the Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist, Italy's Yellow Kid Award for Best Author, Spain's Premios Expocomic for Best Foreign Comics, and Finland's Lempi International for Best International Cartoonist. In 2005 Bone will begin to be re-released in a full-colour digest-format by publisher Scholastic Books. Jeff Smith appears at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival courtesy of Scholastic Books.
Related Links:
Bone
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Chester Brown
Writer and artist, and the renowned creator of books such as THE PLAYBOY and I NEVER LIKED YOU, and the ongoing series' UNDERWATER and YUMMY FUR. His graphic novel ED THE HAPPY CLOWN earned him the accolades of Rolling Stone magazine, naming him one of their IT Comics Creators. Most recently, Chester drew the eyes of historians, press publications and all those appreciative of comic art with the collection of his series detailing the life of Canadian rebel LOUIS RIEL from Drawn & Quarterly. Chester is currently working on the definitive edition of ED THE HAPPY CLOWN, to be released as a quarterly comic series from publisher Drawn & Quarterly in 2005.
Related Links:
Drawn and Quarterly |
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Darwyn Cooke
A storyboard artist for Batman/Superman Adventures animated series and creator of the main title design for Batman Beyond, Darwyn has since moved from animation to become a widely recognized name in comics. His most notable early work was a one shot entitled BATMAN: EGO, and while his work has spread to such titles as X-STATIX and TANGLED WEB it all comes back to the bat mythos. From redesigning CATWOMAN into a sleek retro style which lead to writing and drawing the intricately designed original hardcover SELINA'S BIG SCORE which no doubt paved the way for Darwyn's most recent mini-series set in the DC Comics Silver Age: THE NEW FRONTIER.
Related Links:
Darwyn Art For Sale
New Frontier Page at DC Comics |
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EILAND - TOBIAS SCHALKEN and STEFAN van DINTHER
Tobias Schalken and Stefan van Dinther are known around the world as EILAND, the creative duo responsible for the brilliant EILAND anthology of comic art, published by Bries. Hailing from Holland, both are accomplished cartoonists and their work must be experienced to be believed. Please visit the Eiland website and their individual websites to find out more.
"Breathtaking. Stunning. These are artists completely unaware of the concept that talent has limits." - The Comics Journal
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival would like to thank Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands for all of their assistance in bringing ELIAND to Toronto.
Related Links:
The Eiland Website
Tobias's Site
Stefan's Site
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James Jean
From his earlier work in the pages of MEATHAUS to his stylish paintings gracing the covers of FABLES, we've watched this School Of Visual Arts graduate receive awards from The Eisners, the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators of LA, American Illustration, and appear in The New York Times, SPIN and Playboy magazine. James was born in Taiwan, raised in New Jersey, and educated in New York, where his love of comics inspired a career in illustration and dreams of painting. PROCESS RECESS is a full colour hardcover collection from Adhouse books that will feature selected drawings, paintings and illustrations of the artists work over the past five years. A special edition of this book will be made available at The Festival.
Related Links:
James' Homepage
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Kid Koala
Kid Koala a.k.a Eric San was born in Vancouver, Canada, and is an internationally respected DJ and Turntablist. Koala's first album "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" featured a 32-page comic illustrated by Kid Koala himself, and the album received press around the world. Having toured with the Beastie Boys and Radiohead, Koala was also a member of groups including Deltron 3030, Lovage, and Bullfrog.
In 2003 Koala released his second album, "Some of my best friends are DJs" with another comic included. 2003 also saw the release of his first full-length graphic novel. Published by ECW press, Nufonia Must Fall is a thick, 350 page love-story about an out-of-work robot and a workaholic girl, and it came accompanied by a 'soundtrack' of short record of original, experimental piano-based compositions.
Kid Koala will be appearing at TCAF on Saturday the 28th, following a sure-to-be excellent performance for TCAF's kick-off on Friday May 27th.
Related Links:
Kid Koala's Official Homepage
NinjaTune Records
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Gary Panter
Oklahoma-born illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician, Gary Panter's fame began as the Emmy Award-wining head set designer for the successful kid/adult TV show Pee Wee's Playhouse, but his career as an underground cartoonist began much earlier. Generally credited with giving a graphic identity to the L.A. punk scene, and has been a leading figure in underground comics for more than 25 years, having had a profound influence on everyone from Chris Ware to Matt Groening. His comics work includes 2004's JIMBO IN PURGATORY, a massive sketchbook excerpt in KRAMER'S ERGOT 5, and 2005 has already seen the release of Panters's new self-published book, 100.1 DRAWINGS.
Gary Panter will be on hand at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to officially launch his newest book, SATIROPLASTIC (Drawn & Quarterly), the first in a three-volume series of Gary Panter's sketchbooks from December 1999 to November 2001. This facsimile edition of the pocket sketchbook diary shows the everyday creative spasms of this iconic designer-painter-cartoonist-illustrator. Panter will be launching the book as part of Harbourfront's Reading Series on Wednesday, May 25th 2005 at Harbourfront, and then staying in the city of Toronto through until the Festival on May 28th and 29th.
Related Links:
Gary's Homepage
Drawn & Quarterlys |
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Paul Pope
(Appearance sponsored by The Silver Snail)
In America, he's been called the "comics destroyer;" in France, he's been called the "Jim Morrison of comics" and "comics' Petit Prince." New York’s Paul Pope creates comics that defy genre and period, straddling the line between artistic capriciousness and commercial appeal. One of a handful of young cartoonists consistently gaining critical praise and media attention, Pope has been featured in Canada on MuchMusic and Space channel, among others, and his work has appeared in print outlets like Spin, Entertainment Weekly, Jalouse, V Magazine and The Village Voice. He is also the only American cartoonist to have worked for Japan's largest manga publisher (Kodansha), for more than five years now. Pope’s recent work includes the near-future sci-fi romance 100%, the career spanning THB, as well as recent stints on iconic comic character series like Batman and Spider-Man.
Related Links:
Paul Pope's Homepage |
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Seth
Seth is a talented Canadian artist and illustrator. Known primarily for his autobiography-tinged series PALOOKA-VILLE, his sketchbook VERNACULAR DRAWINGS, and his graphic novels IT'S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN and CLYDE FANS. In addition to his comics work, Seth is a much sought-after illustrator whose work appears regularly in such prestigious publications as The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal.
Related Links:
Drawn and Quarterly |
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Dave Sim
Hailing from Kitchener, Ontario, Dave Sim is the main creative force behind the 300 issue, 16 volume, 6000+ page comic book CEREBUS. Fresh from his appearance at April's Toronto Comicon, Dave will be appearing at TCAF to sign, greet fans, and speak on his career.
Further information will be forthcoming regarding Dave's speaking engagements and signing times. However, it is very likely that Dave Sim will only be appearing on Saturday the 28th.
Related Links:
Dave Sim's Entry at Lambiek |
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Attila Adorjany
Comic book creator and Artist Attila Adorjany makes up one quarter of the Hive Art Collective. His work has appeared in all areas of the print and entertainment industries from magazines, gaming and comic books to film, TV and Video Games. His credits include work for Dungeon Magazine, Warner Bros, Mirimax, EA Games, and BBDO. Attila is steering towards comics with the forthcoming projects THE NIGHT and BREATHE and has been providing cover art for such titles as VICTORY from Image comics.
Related Links:
Atilla's Homepage
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Sonja Ahlers
Sonja Ahlers is a self-taught visual artist and writer. Her work is a blend of
the artist book and zine. Ahlers is a pioneer of what could be called the
highbrow zine, a writing style pertinent to the West Coast underground. She
shows her visual work regularly, running the gamut of public spaces. Her work is
also published in magazines and anthologies. Ahlers' goal is to continue to
refine her style, falling somewhere between Beatrix Potter tales, Gary Larson's
Far Side and public service announcements. She lives in Vancouver, B.C.
"I am always game for anarchy. I want to find that perfect balance between expression and connection ... I want to crawl into someone else's head and see what they see ... I want to be the selfless narcissist. I want this book to be ... essentially, my life" — Sonja Ahlers
She is the author of the books Fatal Distraction and Temper, Temper.
Related Links:
Sonja Ahlers @ Insomniac Press
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Ho Che Anderson
A renown creator, Anderson's stories are as diverse and unique as his art styles. Ho Che Anderson was named after the popular sixties revolutionary icons Che Guevarra and Ho Chi Minh. Anderson is the creator of the groundbreaking KING series from Fantagraphics. KING is the comics biography of American Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Anderson is also the co-creator of POP LIFE along with artist Wilfred Santiago, a series focusing on urban life in Toronto, where Anderson currently resides and works as a journalist and illustrator. The complete edition of KING has just been released from Fantagraphics Books.
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Kalman Andrasofszky
Kalman has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Wizards of the Coast, White Wolf Games, Devils Due Productions and Harris Publishing. He’s currently drawing a Vampirella vs. Witchblade one-shot, and is gaining some notoriety as a cover artist, having produced cover art for Infantry, Vampi, Vampi vs. Xin, Gi Joe: Master & Apprentice 2, and Vengeance of the Mummy. In 2003 he designed drew and colored the comic book series iCandy for DC Comics. Before that he spent a year as lead character designer on a Massively Multiplayer Online Game.
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Neelam Arora
Neelam's work has appeared in the anthologies WHAT'S WRONG? and SPX 2003. Her first full-length graphic novel is a collaboration with artist and better half Arthur Dela Cruz entitled MY DESTROYER from Oni Press. While aspiring to write full time, Neelam works in a call centre dealing with frustrated callers about their student loans.
Related Links:
Neelam Arora's Homepage
Arthur Dela Cruz's Homepage
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Adam Aylard
Adam Aylard is a member of the 'Clothesline Comics' group, an association of creators who have attended the Savannah College of Art and Design (or are about to!). Aylard and clothesline were the folks who made quite a stir at SPX 2004 with their ingenious mini-comics dispenser/gumball machine. A student at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the mini-comics program, he's pushing the boundaries of comics formats and storytelling.
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Adam's Homepage |
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M@B
Also known as Matthew Blackett, MattB has been self-publishing the critically-acclaimed comic m@b since 1998, which can now be seen appearing in Toronto's Eye Weekly. Matt B released a graphic novel collection of the M@B strips in 2003 with WIDE COLLAR CRIMES. Blackett is the owner and operator of the graphic communications business Matt B Media and is also the creative director of Toronto's urban landscape magazine Spacing.
Related Links:
M@B Homepage
Matt B Media
Eye Weekly
Spacing |
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J. Bone
A talented Toronto-area artist and writer, Bone is the co-creator of the series ALISON DARE, and artist on MUTANT, TEXAS and MR. GUM for Oni Press. He has contributed to numerous series for publishers including Marvel, Dark Horse and DC Comics. J. is also a talented illustrator and is trained as an animator. Not to be confused with the Hip-Hop artist of the same name.
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Oni Press |
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Andy Brown
Publisher of Conundrum Press.
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Conundrum Press |
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Genevieve Castree
Described as a 'prodigy' for her "meticulously illustrated, emotionally charged flights of dark fancy", Genevieve is the creator of PAMPLEMOUSSI. A story about a girl in different stages of her life as she faces her fears, nightmares and other terrible memories that she is having a hard time dealing with. The book itself is One foot by One foot and comes accompanied by a record of Genevieve's music, which can be enjoyed separate but also accompanies the story in the book.
Related Links:
L'Oie de Cravan Homepage
Genevieve's art The Beguiling art store |
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Scott Chantler
Illustrator and animator, co-creator and artist of the J. Torres-penned graphic novels DAYS LIKE THIS and SCANDALOUS published by Oni Press. Scott's first solo book, an historical adventure set in the Canadian West, is titled NORTHWEST PASSAGE, and will be released by Oni Press this summer."
Related Links:
Scott Chantler's Homepage
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Svetlana Chmakova
Svetlana is the creator of the original manga debuting from Tokyopop this fall, DRAMACON. She will be participating in a panel discussion Saturday afternoon at 1pm on manga. See the events page for more information.
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DRAMACON at Tokyopop |
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Michael Cho
Michael Cho is a Toronto-area cartoonist and illustrator, and a guest of Owl Magazine.
Related Links:
Michael Cho's Homepage |
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Michael Comeau
Zine artist, head of the CUT AND PASTE zine fair and designer of the REGAL BEAST collection. Michael also publishes the work of a number of talented artists and zinesters, including Chris Hutsell and Marc Bell. Michael is an administrative member Toronto Comic Arts Festival staff. |
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Nick Craine
Nick Craine is the artist who has adapted movies including DANCE ME OUTSIDE and HARD CORE LOGO into graphic novels. Craine is probably best known to superhero fans for his recent work on Peter Milligan and Mike Allred's X-FORCE and X-STATIX series for Marvel. |
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Willow Dawson
Willow is very excited because she has a brand new comic out called VIOLET MIRANDA: GIRL PIRATE with writer Emily Pohl-Weary. She has contributed to the anthologies DRAWING THE LINE and GIRLS WHO BITE BACK: WITCHES, MUTANTS, SLAYERS AND FREAKS. Willow also self-publishes an autobiographical zine titled NOT YER PRINCESS, and was the artist on MOTHER MAY I #1, a four issue mini-series with author Sarrah Young. Willow eats bugs and wants to be Amelia Earhart when she grows up.
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Willow at SheBytches.com |
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Arthur Dela Cruz
Toronto native Arthur Dela Cruz is the creator of KISSING CHAOS for Oni Press. Arthur is also working with writer/partner Neelam Arora on the forthcoming graphic novel MY DESTROYER. Along with artist Takeshi Miyazawa, the pair maintain the online BFX Project. A site dedicated to their comic creations produced with B Strength Leads.
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Arthur Dela Cruz's Homepage |
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Max Douglas/ Salgood Sam
Max Douglas, aka Salgood Sam, is a Canadian illustrator and sequential artist with over 15 years professional experience. This highly talented artist has had work published in various publications, in both sequential and commercial illustration roles. Recently Sam self-published a one-man graphic novel, REVOLVER, which is a mix of short stories, work journal entries, poems, previews of upcoming projects and more. Sam is a true artist who continues to experiment in a multitude of mediums and stylistic choices. Sam is also working with Rick Redeemer and Kieron Dwyer on the SEA OF RED series from Image Comics.
Related Links:
Salgood Sam's Homepage
RevolveR Comix
Sketch Blog
Sequential Blog
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Ray Fawkes
Creator of the SPOOKSHOW graphic novel, originally self-published by Piper Snow Studio and later collected by Cyberosia Publishing. Ray is currently co-writing the Vertigo Comics mini-series MNEMOVORE with screenwriter Hans Rodionoff. Ray is a staff member of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
Related Links:
Piper Snow Studio
Cyberosia Publishing
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Alex Fellows
Creator of the Xeric-grant winning graphic novela CANVAS, and the forthcoming graphic novel for Fantagraphics.
Related Links:
Blank Slate Comics
Alex's Homepage
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Brendan Fletcher
Illustrator and member of Team Horhaus, with Kalman Adrasofszky, Matthew Forsythe, and Karl Kerschl.
Related Links:
Horhaus Studio Site
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Matthew Forsythe
Matt Forsythe hails from Toronto, but has worked as an illustrator
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Ireland, England, and Korea. His acclaimed web-comic, OJINGOGO, is due
for publication later this year, with a preview available at TCAF.
Matt is also a regular contributor to the popular illustration-news
site, Drawn!, and his work will be showcased in the upcoming FLIGHT
III anthology.
Related Links:
Matt's homepage: http://www.comingupforair.net/
Drawn!: http://www.drawn.ca
Horhaus Studio Site
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Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson is the creator of the comic series LILIANNE, BI-DYKE which is available online at Keenspot.com, and in the graphic novels ASSUME NOTHING, TEACHING THROUGH TRAUMA, and DON'T BE A CROTTE. Franson is a contributor to numerous anthologies including BOY TROUBLE and PRISM COMICS.
Related Links:
Lilianne Bi-Dike at Keenspot
Biography at Prism Comics |
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Marcel Guldemonde
Artist and Writer, creator of the acclaimed short stories UNDER A SLOWLY SPINNING SUN and IN THE DARK under his own Aporia Press, later collected with those and other shorts by Cyberosia Publishing in the volume APORIATICA. Also from Cyberosia is Marcel's DOT DOT DOT, a collection of experimental short stories. Marcel continues to publish mini-comics through Aporia Press and is currently working on his next graphic novel BALANCE, his most ambitious work in both scope and size.
Related Links:
Marcel's Homepage
Cyberosia Publishing |
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Chris Hutsul
Canadian artist Chris Hutsul might be better-known under his pseudonym, ACE HAMMERSMITH, because it's under that name that he wrote and drew the weekly comic strip DUNK McDOUGAL for Eye Magazine for a number of years. Toronto readers are intimately familiar with his work, whether from the strip or in his new position as cartoonist, illustrator, and columnist for the Toronto Star.
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Chris' Homepage |
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Karl Kerschl
Illustrator and member of Team Horhaus, with Kalman Adrasofszky, Matthew Forsythe, and Bredan Fletcher.
Related Links:
Horhaus Studio Site
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Eric Kim
Eric has lived in Canada all of his life and attended Sheridan College. His work in entertainment began with 4 Elements Studios in Montreal, and then onto visual effects in Toronto. Since then, he's begun his career in comics with J. Torres on the series Love As A Foreign Language which is being published by Oni Press.
His other credits also include working with UDON Entertainment, White Wolf, Dungeon Magazine, AEG and Guardians of Order.
Eric also collaborates regularly with his friends Attila Adorjany, Tom Fowler and Ramon Perez in a group called the Hive. Related Links:
www.enterthehive.com.
www.inkskratch.com.
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Jeff Ladouceur
Noted Canadian artist Jeff Ladouceur creates artworks in a multitude of media, including the graphic narrative SCHMO published by L'Oie de Cravan.
Related Links:
L'Oie de Cravan Homepage
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Hope Larson
This rapidly rising star first began her professional comics career with lettering and colouring gigs but now her own creations are taking the spotlight. Having already gained the praise of such talents as Michelle Tea, Lea Hernandez and Scott McCloud, look for her star to shine brighter thanks to a story in the forthcoming FLIGHT 2 anthology and the launch of the webcomics site SECRET FRIEND SOCIETY. The SFS is a joint comics project with artist Kean Soo featuring all age's comics about children and their imaginary friends. Hope's SFS contribution, SALAMANDER DREAM follows the friendship of a girl named Hailey and her imaginary friend Salamander as they both grow up.
Related Links:
Hope's Homepage
Flight Comics
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Jeff Lemire
JEFF LEMIRE is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Toronto, Canada. He has illustrated for Broken Pencil magazine and has self-published two issues of his short story anthology comic book Ashtray. His first graphic novel, the 96 page Lost Dogs will debut at The Festival.
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Steve Manale
Steve is an illustrator whose clients have included YTV, Nickolodeon and The Raptors. His comic strip THE SUPERSLACKERS appears weekly in the Toronto Star's Brand New Planet. The story follows a band of struggling young superheroes as they actually do very little that's super at all. Steve also illustrates SPONGE & STONE. Steve is also a part of GhostMilk Studios, a multimedia company whose work ranges from illustration to work in film and television.
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Ghost Milk |
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Johane Matte
Johane Matte is a Montreal artist who works in animation and video games.
She has contributed to the second Flight book, and will also have a story in
the Zowie Deux anthology coming out this Spring. She self publishes her mini
comic Horus, a fantasy adventure set in ancient Egypt.
Related Links:
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Billy Mavreas
Billy Mavreas is a Montreal-based underground cartoonist. He has contributed to the CYCLOPS anthology, and produced the graphic novels THE OVERLORDS OF GLEE, both published by Conundrum Press.
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Conundrum Press Homepage |
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Tyrone McCarthy
Tyrone McCarthy graduated from Ontario College of Art & Design, majoring in Illustration. He received the Herb McCarthy Award (no relation). Since graduating Tyrone's been busy with Illustration work and self publishing his comic Corduroy High.
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Brian McLachlan
Toronto cartoonist Brian McLachlan might be better-known to some by his pen-name "Obi Wan Shinobi" . Set in Toronto, his first graphic novel NO DEAD TIME is a culture-jamming romantic comedy, published by Oni Press.
Related Links:
Brian's Homepage
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Kagan McLeod
Kagan McLeod is a well-recognized artist in Toronto, serving as graphics director for the National Post, many of his illustrations grace the pages of the paper. In 2000 Kagan released his self-published series INFINITE KUNG FU and soon sold out locally, going back to press to sell through the direct market. Kagan is also a member of the Royal Academy Of Illustration & Design and his work has appeared in the anthologies RUMBLE ROYALE and BIG DUMB FUN.
Related Links:
Kagan's Homepage
Infinite Kung-Fu |
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Nadia Moss
Nadia Moss is a Montreal-based cartoonist. Her graphic album MR NON PIGEON is published by L'Oie de Cravan.
Related Links:
Nadia Moss at L'Oie de Cravan
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Marc Ngui
Toronto native Marc Ngui is an artist and writer, probably best known for his syndicated comic strip ZAK MEADOWS. The complete ZAK MEADOWS has been collected into trade paperback format as ENTER AVARIZ, including a great deal of new material that never initially saw print. Marc Ngui studied architecture at the University of Waterloo. He now spends his days doing illustration, comics, diagrams, storyboards, animation, multimedia installations and performances. Recently Mark did a great short called Crisis Girl in: Springrolls! For the anthology GIRLS WHO BITE BACK.
Related Links:
Marc Ngui's Homepage |
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Michael Noonan
Michael is a Toronto based artist and designer best known for his mini-comics FANCYPANTS and SHORT TERM MEMORY. FANCYPANTS is the crass ongoing series that remains funny and smart, even on the tender subject of fingers in anuses. His new book THE LUXURY OF LIVING is an auto-biographical interpretation of himself as he struggles with a divorce and falling in love again. Noonan's work has also appeared in the anthology WHAT'S WRONG?" |
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Liam O'Donnell
Liam O'Donnel is a Toronto-based illustrator and children's book artist. His work regularly appears in Owl Magazine.
Related Links:
Liam O'Donnell's Homepage
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Bryan Lee O'Malley
Bryan Lee O'Malley's first original graphic novel, LOST AT SEA from Oni Press, expertly captures the aimlessness of what it felt like to be a teenager. The uncertainty of what lies ahead and the feeling that, no matter who or where you are, you're alone. But also how effortlessly friends can be made. O'Malley's new series, also from Oni Press is SCOTT PILGRIM. A series of awesomely sweet arcade rawk graphic novels which focus on Scott Pilgrim, an ordinary 23-year-old guy living in Toronto, playing in a rock band, dating Asian high school girls, falling for an Amazon.com delivery girl who is quite literally, the girl of his dreams, and having huge important fights with evil ex-boyfriends. SCOTT PILGRIM has recently been optioned for development as a motion picture by Universal, with Edgar Wright attached to direct.
Related Links:
Bryan O'Malley's Homepage
Scott Pilgrim.com
Oni Press
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Perro Verlag Group
Perro Verlag was started by Florentine Perro in 2004 with the purpose of producing high quality artists comics and zines. Four titles are currently in print with 3 more due out in the summer. We also represent and distribute a number of west coast artist's comics and zines including Jo Cook; Owen and Terry Plummer of Marching Chicken Press; James Whitman of the Lions; Downer, Drag, and Bummer by my name is scot, and more...
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Ramon Perez
The majority of Ramon’s artistic catalogue can be found in Role-Playing Games, Collectible Card Games and related publications. Currently, Ramon is making his move into mainstream comics. His first projects have seen him work on Marvel’s elusive HULK: GAMMA GAMES and THE INCREDIBLES for Dark Horse Comics. Ramon, along with co-creator Rob Coughler, is one of the masterminds behind the popular weekly webcomic BUTTERNUTSQUASH. Their hopes are to make Butternutsquash a household word. Outside of the kitchen and, uhm, supermarket that is…
Related Links:
Ramon's Homepage
Hive Collective
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Emily Pohl-Weary
Emily Pohl-Weary is one of the founding editors of popular Toronto art/lit/poetry zine KISS MACHINE; co-author of her well-respected grandmother's award-winning (auto)biography BETTER TO HAVE LOVED: THE LIFE OF JUDITH MERRIL; a former editor of Broken Pencil; and is the author of 'A Girl Like Sugar' published by McGillian Books. VIOLET MIRANDA: GIRL PIRATE is the first comic-book writing venture for Emily, which she has co-created with illustrator Willow Dawson. "Drawing from the stories of the most famous women pirates in history, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the fictional protagonists in Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate take control of their lives--and their pirate ships--through their wiles and intelligence."
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Emily's Homepage
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Jason Pultz
Creator of the popular deadpan webcomic COMIC STRIP featuring "a bear, a drunk cowboy and a evil macintosh computer," Jason will debut his new book, a collection of COMIC STRIP at this year's TCAF. Look for more information in the events section of the site regarding a gallery show featuring Pultz and fellow Toronto illustrators/comic artists.
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Jason's Homepage
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Ben Shannon
Ben Shannon is an illustrator and muscian, and a founding member of the ROYAL ACADEMY OF ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN, along with Kagan McLeod, Cameron Stewart, and Chip Zdarsky. Ben combines sophisticated, yet naturalistic line work and fashionable silhouettes to create illustration with a hip modern edge. His work has spanned the fields of advertising, fashion, beauty, magazines, publishing, and animation. Clients include: Nike, Rolling Stone, National Geographic World, Ogilvy & Mather, IBM, McDonald's, The Globe & Mail, The National Post.
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Ben Shannon's at Magnet Reps
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Kean Soo
Kean Soo is the man behind the popular journal comic keaner.net, has recently become a contributing editor of the hit anthology Flight from Image Comics, and even more recently launched the much-anticipated webcomic site The Secret Friend Society with Hope Larson where he pens his new series Jellaby.
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Kean's Homepage
The Secret Friend Society
Flight Comics
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Fiona Smyth
Born in Montreal, artist Fiona Smyth's work is bold and unique, and it has made a mark on the city of Toronto (particularly in the fantastic murals at concert venue Lee's Palace and eatery Sneaky Dee's). A contributor to early Drawn & Quarterly Anthologies, Fiona's work also includes the unique mini-series NOCTERNAL EMISSIONS and strips for EXCLAIM! magazine and VICE. Fiona's most recent book is CHEEZ 100 from Peddlar Press. With her studio space almost adjacent to the staging area for TCAF, Fiona has agreed to open her studio to the public during TCAF.
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Fiona's Homepage
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Cameron Stewart
Artist Cameron Stewart is probably best known for illustrating the adventures of his co-creation with Grant Morrison, SEAGUY from DC Comics/Vertigo. Breaking out on DC Comics' CATWOMAN series and continuing to work on the the final INVISIBLES trade paperback collection, Stewart is one of those "overnight" sensations who have been in the business for several years. His run on Catwoman with writer Ed Brubaker has propelled him to the forefront as one of DC's young hot pencilers. One of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Illustration and Design, Cameron is currently working on SEVEN SOLDIERS: GUARDIAN with writer Grant Morrison.
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Cameron's Homepage
The Royal Academy of Illustration and Design |
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Gary Taxali
"The work of Gary Taxali takes a basically juvenile bibliophilic impulse
-doodling in the leaves of borrowed books - to a more artistically sophisticated level. The books he appropriates aren't the precious kind one
sees fashioned into delicate, romantic assemblage works but the thick, hardy
sort that fill high school libraries and suffer the consequent abuse. He
arranges their covers and pages in grids of varying sizes and embellished
these grids with an entertaining cast of cartoonish characters, random words
and phrases, and icons of one sort and another. There (sic) is an appealing
sense of play, drawn from childhood but supported by a mature iconographic
sensibility."
-Holly Myers, The Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2005
Gary graduated from The Ontario College of Art and immediately began working
as a professional llustrator. His illustrations have appeared in many
national magazines, public transit ads, greeting cards, TV commercials, wine
labels, CD covers, etc., in addition to numerous other projects for design
firms, advertising agencies and web sites.
Gary shows his work extensively in various exhibitions and galleries
throughout North America including The La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los
Angeles. Gary's is a regular contributor to Blab! and his clients include
Time, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Newsweek,Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Men's
Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, Fast Company, Converse, Sony,
Levi's, MTV, Coca-Cola and Bonny Doon Vineyard.
Gary Taxali appears at TCAF courtesy of Magic Pony.
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Magic Pony's Homepage
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Diana Tamblyn
Diana Tamblyn is a Toronto writer and artist, who has created the short works THAT THING YOU FALL INTO and WRITER'S BLOCK. Her work appeared in the SPX 2002 anthology, which was selected by Time magazine as one of the best comics of the year. Diana's mini-comic DUTY MUST BE DONE about the famous Canadian creator of insulin Frederick Banting has also received rave reviews, not the least of which have been from the Banting family itself.
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Peter Thompson
Reminiscent of sometime-collaborator, comics jam-mate and fellow Ontario native Marc Bell for its sheer dizzying and exhausting inventiveness, Canadian artist Peter Thompson's angular, detailed, logic-defying, artfully-constructed illustrations have shown in many galleries and now are becoming known to comics fans thanks to the publication of The Chronicles of Lucky Ello, from Drawn & Quarterly.
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J. Torres
Toronto-based writer J. Torres began his comic book career in 1995 with Copybook Tales from SLG Publishing. He then went on to write for DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon, Oni Press, and Tokyopop. Highlights include the Eisner Award nominated Alison Dare, the Harvey Award nominated Sidekicks, and Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go, both of which garnered Shuster Award nominations.
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J. Torres' Homepage |
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Maurice Vellekoop
A talented illustrator and artist, Maurice Vellekoop resides on Centre Island in Toronto. As renowned for his illustration work and paintings as his comics, Maurice has produced a number of exquisite books including VELLEVISION, a collection of his art and comics, two volumes of MEN'S ROOM, short erotic comics, and THE ABC BOOK, a homoerotic primer. In 2004 Maurice completed a series of six erotic prints based on Greek Mythology, and plans to release a book of opera-inspired drawings in 2005.
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Lambiek's Biography of Vellekoop
An Extensive Vellekoop Fan-site
Vellekoops' Erotic Greek Prints |
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Zach Worton
A Toronto-area comic artist, Zach's first graphic novella CORPSE saw print in late 2004 and it was very good and it sold out quickly. Zach will be debuting a new project at the event, and may even have more copies of CORPSE available for sale, who knows? Zach is the co-publisher of Candy-Coated Press, which will have several other works available for sale at the event.
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Candy Coated Press |
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Chip Zdarsky
Chip Zdarsky is a Toronto-based cartoonist, and creator of the ongoing PRISON FUNNIES comic book. Chip is a member of the Royal Academy Of Illustration & Design and was featured in the RAID anthology RUMBLE ROYALE and his contribution MONSTER COPS even carried through to a feature in VAMPIRELLA magazine. Considered a Golden Nugget of Canadian comedy Chip pushes it to the max and lives to the extreme as he continues his tawdry tales of prison life and does freelance illustration and design for the likes of The National Post, PopImage.com, Eye Magazine, All-Star Magazine and the upcoming Free Comic Book Day Special: COMIC FESTIVAL. You may also recognize Chip from his appearances as a guest reviewer of films for The Movie Network, you may have even fallen in love with him as well, but don't worry, it happens to us all.
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Prison Funnies
Chip's Homepage |
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Rick Altergott
Rick Altergott is the comics artist of DOOFUS, a strip that has appeared in Peter Bagge's HATE and has since been collected into the DOOFUS OMNIBUS. The series focuses on Doofus and his pal Henry Hotchkiss, two losers in Flowertown, U.S.A. Along with various illustration credits which includes The New York Press, The Stranger and Nickelodeon, Rick is also responsible for the comic creation SLEEP IN THE GRAVE in WFMU's publication LCD, and the comic series RAISIN PIE with artist/partner Ariel Bordeaux.
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Rick's Homepage
Rick on the Comic Art Collective |
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Ariel Bordeaux
Ariel Bordeaux is the creator of the comic DEEP GIRL as well as the book NO LOVE LOST published by Drawn & Quarterly. She also made the comic 'Little Steffie' for magazine Measles in 1999. Along with artist Ellen Forney she has also had work appear in BUST Magazine, and is a contributor to the recent BIZARRO WORLD anthology. With artist and partner Rick Altergott, Ariel is also a creator of the comic series RAISIN PIE from Fantagraphics.
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Ariel's Homepage |
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Paige Braddock
Writer, artist and visual journalist. Paige Braddock has spent her whole life feeling the desire to create comics. In 1991 Jane appeared and took on a life of her own. JANES WORLD is a comic about "nothing," with an androgynous gay female lead, like Ellen meets Seinfeld. First appearing on the web as a comic strip, the story has evolved into a comic book series published bi-monthly. Paige is also the Creative Director at Charles Schulz's studio in Santa Rosa, CA. where her primary responsibility is to oversee all the Peanuts licensing worldwide.
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Vera Brosgol
Vera made her lovely and talented debut last year with her short story "I Wish..." in the first FLIGHT comics anthology, and will also be contributing to the second. A classical animation student, Vera is also the creator of the delightfully clever web-comic RETURN TO SENDER about a man faced with mysterious letters and his wacky friend who forces him to concede to their directions.
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Vera's Homepage
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Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he completed his MFA, he had abandoned painting and started drawing comics seriously. His first self-published book CLUMSY, appeared seemingly out of nowhere to grab attention from both cartoonists and comics fans. Currently known for his autobiographical bittersweet examinations of relationships and superhero parodies, Jeffrey's future projects include fiction, gags, and whatever else 'he feels like that day. To date Jeffrey's Ignatz award-winning body of work has grown to include such graphic novels as UNLIKELY, BE A MAN, BIGHEAD and the recent MINISULK, which collects his earlier works from mini-comics.
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Jeffrey Brown: The Holy Consumption |
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Sam Brown
Biography Forthcoming.
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Exploding Dog |
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Becky Cloonan
Artist and writer, Becky is best known for her most recent work as artist of the Brian Wood-penned 12 issue series DEMO, for publisher Ait/PlanetLar. Becky is currently illustrating an adaptation of Bram Stokers DRACULA with writer Gary Reed for Penguin Books/Puffin Classics to be released later this year. Becky is also a contributor to the second volume of the FLIGHT anthology. Following DRACULA Becky will be writing and drawing a short series of graphic novels for publisher TokyoPop called EAST COAST RISING, which she describes as a cross between "Mad Max and Jason and the Argonauts, except with ancient sea dinosaurs."
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Becky's Homepage
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Tim Fish
Creator of CALVALCADE OF BOYS, MEET ME IN SAINT LOUIE and YOUNG BOTTOMS IN LOVE. CALVALCADE is the self-published series that follows unlucky-in-love Tighe as he hops from partner to partner looking for love and the friends that surround him. MEET ME IN SAINT LOUIE is the serialized story from Moderntales.com which follows Tighe, a recent college grad, to Saint Louis where we see him deal with finding a job, his feuding roommates and a sexually-charged next door neighbor! YBIL is a daily Gay Romance Web Comic published on PopImage.com and featuring numerous guest writers and artists. To date 5 volumes of YBIL have been serialized.
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Tim Fish Works
Modern Tales.com
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Amy Kim Ganter
Born in 1980, Amy has worked as a freelance animator and illustrator. Currently, she is the author/artist of the upcoming series from Tokyopop, "Sorcerers & Secretaries". She also serializes her popular online comic, "Reman Mythology". Amy Kim Ganter is one of the contributors to the upcoming FLIGHT 2 anthology.
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www.felaxx.com.
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Lydia Gregg
Co-creator of the publisher, Mental Note Press, along with Karl Kressbach, and their debut anthology, HOAX. She is currently pursuing a degree in Medical Illustration while working on her series, CANNIBULIMIC and various mini comics.
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http://www.mentalnotepress.com/
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Phoebe Gloeckner
Although Phoebe has created several graphic novels of note, including the remarkable A Child’s Life And Other Stories and Diary Of A Teenage Girl, Gloeckner is probably best known to the Canadian audience thanks to her appearances on the national television program SexTV, where she has talked extensively about her work. Tackling a number of difficult subjects and themes, Gloeckner’s work illuminates the life of an artist of remarkable depth and ability, and TCAF is proud to welcome her back to Toronto.
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Richard Hahn
Richard Hahn is the creator of the Xeric-Grant winning series LUMAKICK, which was picked as one of the best comics of the year by The Comics Journal.
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Richard Hahn's Homepage
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Sammy Harkham
Sammy Harkham was born on May 21st, 1980, in Los Angeles to a New Zealander mother and an Iraqi father. He is the editor of and a contributor to KRAMERS ERGOT, a high quality comics anthology featuring a number of artists working in a variety of mediums. Sammy is also working on his forthcoming ongoing series CRICKETS. Sammy's work was recently featured in The Best American Nonrequired Reading edited by David Eggers. A book version of Sammy's story POOR SAILOR will see print from Gingko Press later this year.
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Sammy Harkham/Kramer's Ergot Homepage
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David Heatley
A contributor of comics to KRAMERS ERGOT and McSWEENEY'S QUARTERLY CONCERN # 13 and illustrations to The Chicago Reader and The New York Press. David self-published DEADPAN featuring fully painted 'dream comics' and along with Bert Stabler published THE NEW GRAPHICS REVIVAL. Heatley has just released DEADPAN # 2, a collection of his strips from KRAMERS ERGOT 5 and McSWEENEY's 13 along with new material.
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David Heatley's Homepage
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Sam Hiti
Writer and Artist, Sam made his initial splash on the comics scene with his first full sized one-shot, the self-published END TIMES and later with the 128 page TIEMPOS FINALES graphic novel. The first in a series of nine graphic novels about Mario Roman, aka the Chilean, who hunts down Demons in the five towns of San Pablo. Sam recently illustrated the comic adaptation of A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS for Nickelodeon Magazine as well as various comic and illustration pieces for NIKE, Disney and more. Sam is also featured in the RUMBLE ROYALE anthology.
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Paul Hornschemeier
Paul Hornschemeier is the creator of the inventive mini-comics series SQUENTIAL (recently collected by Adhouse Books), and of the Ignatz-, Harvey-, and Eisner-nominated series FORLORN FUNNIES. His graphic novels and novellas MOTHER, COME HOME, and RETURN OF THE ELEPHANT have earned him accolades from both fans and the press, and Hornschemeier has recently received coverage from Time and Rolling Stone. His next graphic novel, THE THREE PARADOXES, will be debuting this year from Fantagraphics.
Related Links:
The Holy Consumption Website
Paul Hornschemeier's Forlorn Funnies
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Kevin Huizenga
One of the young rising stars of cartooning, Kevin Huizenga has been creating exquisite mini-comics under the SUPERMONSTER banner for years now. With the publication of DRAWN & QUARTERLY SHOWCASE VOLUME 1, Huizenga entered the world of professionally published books and hasn't looked back. His pieces in SHOWCASE, KRAMER'S ERGOT 5, and his recently-launched ongoing series from D&Q, OR ELSE, have earned him a growing reputation in the comics mainstream (catching up to everyone who've been into his stuff for years...).
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Kevin Huizenga @ The USS Catastrophe
Paul Hornschemeier's Forlorn Funnies
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Kazu Kibuishi
Kazu Kibuishi is the creator of COPPER and DAISY KUTTER and is the editor of and contributor to the FLIGHT anthology from Image comics. FLIGHT made its auspicious debut last year with resounding success, so much so that with volume two on the way a third volume is already in the works. FLIGHT is a collection of artists from various animation and comics vocations to celebrate the graphic narrative medium. With such a high quality and successful presentation, new artists are flocking to Kazu in hopes of being involved in a future volume. Look for several additional contributors to the FLIGHT anthology to be added to the guest list for TCAF 2005 closer to the festival date.
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Kazu's Homepage
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Derek Kirk Kim
Derek Kirk Kim was born in South-Korea and moved to the USA when he was eight years old. A longtime fan of comics, his early science fiction/fantasy efforts gave way to the bittersweet personal efforts he is best known for. His Xeric-winning graphic novel SAME DIFFERENCE AND OTHER STORIES collects his firs graphic novella, originally serialized online. Kim is currently serializing his next several series online, including HALF EMPTY, and the sequel to SAME DIFFERENCE. Derek is currently living in LA where he works as an prolific illustrator and artist.
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Derek's Homepage
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Andy Lee
Andy Lee has become a convention fixture, thanks to the production of his large Chinese Brush-Painting inspired Zen-drawings at shows across North America. He is set to work on an original KABUKI graphic novel with creator David Mack in the coming year.
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FindAndy.com
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Corey Lewis
Pants of sass and fists of funk, Corey Sutherland Lewis (a.k.a. the REY) is the creator of the Oni Press graphic novel series SHARKNIFE. A timeless tale about a busboy that transforms into an awesome magical robo-ninja to battle giant freaky monsters and gangsters who attack the restaurant he works at, The Guangdong Factory. Corey's art has appeared in such books as CANNON BUSTERS, DARK STALKERS and STREET FIGHTER.
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Corey Lewis' Homepage
Skarknife Homepage
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Jasen Lex
Jasen received his BFA in graphic design from Indiana University of Pennsylvania but when the company he was working for went belly up Jason turned to freelance design and illustration. Lex has been featured on OPI8 and SERIALIZER with his webcomics AWEFUL SCIENCE FAIR and LUNAR CADAVER. THE GYPSY LOUNGE: LUNCHTIME VARIETY CRIMINALS is Lex's first graphic novel, a story about superheroes that isn't really about superheroes. GYPSY LOUNGE tells the story of heroes if they'd really existed, not super or smiley but bitter and being a villain pays better. Look for a new graphic novel, a western, from Lex in 2005.
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Lex's Homepage
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Jim Mahfood
Born on March 29th, 1975 in St.Louis, MO, Jim started drawing and making his own comics at a very early age. In 1993, Jim moved to Kansas City to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. There he met artist Mike Huddleston and formed the studio 40oz Comics. Mahfood's works include the alt-culture vixens of GRRL SCOUTS, the wacky antics of STUPID COMICS. Jim's next comic project will be FELT: TRUE TALES OF UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP which is a interpretation of Slug and Murs' new album, "Felt 2" and will be published by Image comics.
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Carla Speed McNeil
Writer and Artist, the creator of the excellent science-fiction series FINDER which she self-publishes under the LIGHTSPEED PRESS banner. FINDER is currently available in six graphic novels, and Carla's work can also be seen gracing the pages of Queen & Country Volume 5, and in various anthologies. Carla will also be taking over the reigns of Oni Press' QUEEN & COUNTRY for 5-6 issues beginning in April of 2003.
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http://www.lightspeedpress.com
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Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson graduated from the Art Centre in Pasadena, Ca in 2001 with honours in illustration and a minor in fine arts. While in college she interned at Rough Draft Studios and worked on Matt Groening's Futurama. McPherson's work has appeared in Juxtapoz magazine, and having graced posters for the likes of The Strokes, The Stills, The Hives, The Dandy Warhols, Peaches and Modest Mouse. McPherson is the cover illustrator for the series THE WITCHING for DC Comics/Vertigo, with other comics projects forthcoming.
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John Mejias
John Mejias is a New York native and the creator of the zine/mini-comic PAPING, a tri-annual comic featuring the work of John and friends. John's contribution, THE TEACHERS EDITION is inspired by his job as a public school art teacher. Focusing on the burnt teachers; the ineffectual bureaucracy; and, of course, the frantic, hopeful, cynical, surreal, shy, angry, loving kids. Mejias has also contributed to the MEATHAUS anthologies and is an honourary member of the PARTYKA group.
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Tony Millionaire
In cooperation with Harbourfront Centre’s literary programme, TCAF is proud to welcome Tony Millionaire to Toronto as a guest of the weekly International Readings series. Tony Millionaire is the creator of the darkly hilarious syndicated strip Makkies, and the comic- and story-book series Sock Monkey. Millionaire will be in Toronto for an evening reading on Wednesday May 25, and likely not in town for the exhibition dates.
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Anders Nilsen
Artist and Writer, creator of the outstanding BIG QUESTIONS. Anders has received the Xeric Grant, and an Ignatz Award nomination for both Promising New Talent and Best Comic. BIG QUESTIONS has evolved from a humble Xerox project to an ongoing graphic novel series. Anders' work has appeared in numerous anthologies including KRAMERS' ERGOT, and BLOOD ORANGE, and his most recent work is the thoroughly excellent 2004 release DOGS AND WATER from publisher Drawn & Quarterly.
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Anders at The Holy Consumption
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PARTYKA USA Group
PARTYKA is the joint effort of four artists, launched on April Fools' Day by a collection of comic-book aficionados, each with a wildly divergent drawing style. Think of it like a sketchblog, but with a store. Members include Shawn Cheng, Sara Edward-Corbett, Sean McCarthy, and Matt Wiegle.
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Chris Pitzer
Chris Pitzer is primarily known as the publisher of Adhouse Books, but is also a comics creator in his own right having created several short works under the title Procrasination Comics. Adhouse's most recent publication is Project: Superior, a 288 pg anthology about superheroes, edited by Pitzer with assistance from Scott Morse and Dean Haspiel.
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Adhouse Books
Review of Procrastination comics
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Nate Powell
In His Own Words: "i'm nate. i'm bony and fidgety and 26 years old. north little rock, AR is my hometown but at present i curl up in bloomington, IN. i really, really enjoy breakfast. favorite foods: quinoa, the avocado, sushi, the pancake, the deviled egg, the collard green. i graduated from School of Visual Arts, like many other Meathaus chumps, in 2000. My books include It Disappears and Tiny Giants (Soft Skull Press) as well as the self-published series Walkie Talkie. I also jump around in costume and yell a lot with the band Soophie Nun Squad, and put out music as Harlan Records, and do full-time support work for folks with developmental disabilities. oh yes, mother fuck the government except for trash collection and the postal system."
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Nate Powell @ Meathaus
Nate's Homepage
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Dave Roman
Dave Roman is the writer/co-creator of two comic book series QUICKEN FORBIDDEN and TEEN BOAT, from Cryptic Press. He works for Nickelodeon Magazine and is the comics editor for NickMag Specials. He has also written stories for DC Comic's Dexter's Laboratory. Dave is also the creator of webcomic Astronaut Elementary on girlmatic.com, and has a story in the recently released BIZARRO WORLD anthology.
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Dave Roman's Homepage
Teen Boat
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Jim Rugg
Jim is the creator of the sensational STREET ANGEL series published by Slave Labor Graphics. 2005 will see Rugg debut his character Afrodisiac in the pages of the PROJECT: SUPERIOR anthology, and this summer will see the release of a STREET ANGEL trade paperback.
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Slave Labor Graphics
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Andy Runton
Andy Runton is the creator of Owly, the breakout, all-ages graphic novel series that follows a kind, yet lonely, little owl who's always on the search for new friends and adventure. Runton currently resides in the greater-Atlanta area, where he works full-time completing two Owly graphic novels a year.
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Andy's Homepage
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Lianne Sentaur
Lianne Sentaur is an editor and re-writer for Tokyopop. She will be participating in a panel discussion Saturday afternoon. See the events page for more info.
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Dash Shaw
Dash is creator of GARDENHEAD, published by Meathaus, and most recently a 120 page graphic novel LOVE EATS BRAINS published by Odd God Press in December 2004. Known for his combination of graphic experimentation and unusual storytelling, comics trade magazine The Comics Journal says Dash has "potential funnybook breakout stardom." GODDESSHEAD will be published by Hidden Agenda Press in 2005 and "Live With Passion" published by Sequent Media expected in mid 2005. Dash lives in Richmond, VA and New York City
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Dash's Homepage
Odd God Press
Meathaus Profile
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Zack Soto
Zack Soto is a printmaker, cartoonist, and editor of the Ignatz award winning anthology Studygroup12. He's produced several mini-comics and been published in various anthologies such as KRAMER'S ERGOT 3, ALL ABOUT F*CKING, HI-HORSE OMNIBUS, PROJECT: TELSTAR, and PROJECT: SUPERIOR, as well as the 2005 Free Comic Book Day comic SUPERIOR SHOWCASE #0. His solo comic series The SECRET VOICE will debut this fall from ADHOUSE BOOKS.
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Leslie Stein
Leslie Stein was born in Evanston, IL and now resides in New York City. Her webcomic BAGHEAD brings Leslie's lush and unique cut-paper visual style and dry sense of humor to a story about a wordless creature trying to survive life and other levels of hell. Tom Spurgeon, in his review of her first comic YEAH, IT IS said "I would definitely pay attention to Stein's next few offerings for the hints of promise displayed here..." . YEAH, IT IS... won a Xeric Grant and is available to buy through Alternative Comics. She also won an award for "Outstanding Acheivement in Cartooning" from The School of Visual Arts.
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Baghead on Serializer.net
Yeah It Is! on Serializer.net
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Richard Stevens
Former graphic designer rstevens has been working on the incredibly popular webcomic series DIESEL SWEETIES since April of 2000. He has produced two books from the series, including the original graphic novella HOW I BLEW MY THURSDAY NIGHT. Richard teaches graphic design and visual communication at the Hartford Art School, and coined the phrase "I'm A Rocker, I Rock Out" for which T-shirt wearers everywhere will be eternally grateful.
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Diesel Sweeties Online
Rich's Homepage
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Raina Telgemeier
Raina grew up reading comics and moping in the fog of San Francisco. She eventually moved to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts, and graduated with a BFA in Illustration in May 2002. She has worked in various fields, including book publishing, radio promotions, and film production. Her mini-comic series, TAKE-OUT, has been nominated for the Ignatz Award for Most Promising New Talent , the Ignatz Award for Best Minicomic, and won the Friends of Lulu's Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent 2003. Check out Raina's webcomic SMILE on Girlmatic.com. Raina is the artist of the forthcoming graphic novel adaptation of THE BABYSITTER'S CLUB for Scholastic Books, and a contributor to the recently released BIZARRO WORLD anthology.
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Raina's Homepage
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Dean Trippe
Dean Trippe lives on a farm in North Georgia. He is presently working on THE SECRETS, a creator-owned graphic novel due out in late 2005. His work can be seen this year in SUPERIOR SHOWCASE #1 from AdHouse and YOU AIN'T NO DANCER, an anthology from New Reliable Press.
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Brian Wood
Brian Wood is a well-respected and critically-acclaimed artist/writer and freelance graphic designer trained at Parsons School of Design in NYC. His comics and graphic novels have been distributed worldwide, most notably his debut book Channel Zero, The Couriers franchise and the recent award winning comics series Demo (with artist Becky Cloonan).
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Ryan Yount
Ryan Yount lives in Oakland and works in San Francisco. He divides his time between working as Production Co-ordinator for publisher AiT/PlanetLar, working in James Sime's comic store Isotope, and writing and drawing the pirate comedy SCURVY DOGS with his co-creator Andrew Boyd for AiT/PlanetLar (after self-publishing the first two issues). SCURVY DOGS follows fearsome pirates as they try to carve out a living in a world where they don't belong: OURS!
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Adhouse Books
Publishers of notable anthologies Project Superior and Project Telstar, Adhouse will be exhibiting with artists including James Jean and Zack Soto in attendance.
Related Links:
Adhouse Books Website
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Buenaventura Press
Fledgling publisher Buenventura Press is probably best-known for their outstanding letterpress art prints. 2005 will see them move into comics, and they will be exhibiting at TCAF with Alvin Buenaventura, Sammy Harkham, Anders Nilsen, and others.
Related Links:
Buenaventura Press Homepage
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Conundrum Press
Montreal-based publisher Conundrum Press is sure to surprise many American visitors to TCAF thanks to their lovely books and the unique talents they publish. Attending Conundrum creators include Marc Ngui, Billy Mavreas, and publisher Andy Brown.
Related Links:
Conundrum Press Homepage
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Drawn & Quarterly
Premier Canadian publisher D&Q is home to some of the best graphic novelists in the industry, including TCAF attendees Chester Brown, Gary Panter, Seth, and Anders Nilsen.
Related Links:
Drawn & Quarterly's Homepage
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Friends of Lulu
This organisation promotes inclusivity and encourages women to get involved in all aspects of the comics industry, from reader to creator!
Related Links:
Friends of Lulu Homepage
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Magic Pony Presents: Team Macho!
Local import toy retailer and gallery space Magic Pony is proud to present the perpetrators of their next art show--Team Macho! Who are these young Torontonian artists and cartoonists? Show up to find out! May also include signings by Gary Taxali, in support of his first-ever toy release. See our Events Page for more info!
Related Links:
Magic Pony's Homepage!
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L'Oie de Cravan
Montreal-based publisher L'Oie de Cravan produces exquisite high-end artbooks and comics, from attending artists including Genevieve Castree, Nadia Moss, and Gigi Perron. Representing L'Oie de Cravan will be publisher Benoit Chaput.
Related Links:
L'Oie de Cravan Homepage
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Parsons School of Design, New School University (New York)
Illustrator and designer Steven Guarrnica will be on hand representing the Parsons School of Design, an institution with a faculty devoted to providing strong fundimentals for comics creation.
Related Links:
Drawn & Quarterly's Homepage
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Pedlar Press
Canadian Publisher Pedlar Press will be at TCAF providing support to their cartoonists and displaying their outstanding catalogue of comics and prose.
Related Links:
Peddlar Press
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Speakeasy Comics
Brand-new Toronto-based publisher Speakeasy Comics has burst into comics with an array of science fiction and fantasy titles of all ages. Speakeasy Comics will be represented at TCAF by Adam Fortier and Chris Stone, and attending artists and writers may include Sebastien Caisse, Dub, Pierre Andre Derry, and Djief.
Related Links:
Speakeasy Comics' Homepage
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Top Shelf Comix
Top Shelf Comix will be represented at the convention by Brett Warnock, and their booth will feature cartoonists Jeffrey Brown, Andy Runton, and more.
Related Links:
Top Shelf Comix Homepage
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Udon Comics
Toronto Studio UDON have worked with the majority of mainstream comics publishers providing a variety of creative services, from penciling to computer colours. Recently they entered publishing field with their licensed titles like STREET FIGHTER and DARKSTALKERS, in partnership with Devil's Due Publishing.
Related Links:
Udon Comics Homepage
Street Fighter Comics Hompage
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