Meet the Third Round of TCAF's Featured Guests!

Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially known as Montreal). She was named one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel Stone Fruit, while Cannon won the Stella Prize, the first graphic novel to do so.

Joana Mosi is an award-winning visual artist and cartoonist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Her graphic novel Physical Education is a portrait of creative stagnation, digital saturation, and the strange, sideways momentum of post-modern life.

Frances Lee is a Canadian-Korean former tattoo artist who loves to write and draws stories mostly at night. She often finds herself pondering about the cosmos and wishing for the ability to teleport. Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers, the first book in a trilogy, is her debut.

Jarrett Dapier is an author, librarian, and lifelong drummer. His debut YA graphic novel, Wake Now in the Fire, is about teens fighting censorship in Chicago and is based on true events. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his family and their many pets.

Elisabeth Belliveau is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist and author of five graphic novels. She’s based in Treaty Six Territory, Amiskwaciwâskahikan, Edmonton, Alberta. Birth Story is a graphic memoir about pregnancy, birth, postpartum depression, and new motherhood as an artist.

Megan Kearney is a cartoonist with a background in animation. She works as a writer, illustrator, and educator, and is a frequent guest at conventions across North America. She began her career in webcomics, and for many years managed Comic Book Embassy, a beloved co-working studio in Toronto.