Keep TCAF Free For All!
TCAF is proud to champion comics as a vital art form: In this political climate, protecting the arts as a source of revolutionary self-expression and source for solidarity has never been more important.
But like so many nonprofit arts organizations in our city, TCAF is experiencing financial challenges. Our new venue is an exciting opportunity for us to reach new audiences, but it also comes with significant new expenses. As a largely volunteer-run festival with no full-time staff members, raising these funds has been an intense sprint.
Meanwhile, the rising cost of living has hit our comics community hard: Through our Access TCAF program, we offer table space free of charge to artists from groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
In previous years, less than 5% of creators applied to the Access TCAF program. In 2025, 45% of creators did. This need dramatically exceeds our resources.
TCAF is about more than just comics. It’s about building a space where people of all backgrounds can connect over a shared love of art, creativity, and storytelling.
If this festival has meant something special to you, we ask that you support TCAF with a donation this year.
Your gift, of whatever size, will enable us to keep this beloved festival free for all.
Here’s how your donation could be used:
Everyone who donates will be listed on our website in gratitude. If you’d prefer to remain anonymous, email Kate at kate@torontocomics.com.
From all of us at TCAF, THANK YOU for helping us protect this beautiful space for the comics community.
We couldn’t do it without each and every one of you.
Amie, Ho Che, MJ, Kate, Aaron, Mandy, Jalen, Faduma, Claire, Hannah, Allie, Matthew, Pip, and everyone else behind the festival.
Thank you to all our generous supporters!
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Abbi Asokan
Adrian Doran
Adrienne Bazir
Aiden Smith
Áine Schryer-O'Gorman
Alanna Cartier
Aldous Russell
Alex Zandra van Chestein
Alexander Mitchell
Alexis Alzo
Alya Somar
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Amanda Etches
Amélie Boudreau
Amelie Shypilova
Amy Poole
Amy W Lee
Amy-Lynn Greig
Amye St John
Andrea Borbely
Andrew Brandon
Andrew Kolb
Andrew Townsend
Angelina Nguyen
Angeline Shea
Anna Starkova
Annellie Samuel
Annie Koyama
Ansuz Halloran
Anuj Opal
Areg Savchenko
Arna Selznick
Avery Peng
Axel Moon
Bella Wei
Ben Damstedt
Benjamin Kahan
Bijan Tabatabai-Shahir
Blair M MacDonald
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Bob Kopman
Brandon Hoang
Brett Feschuk
Brooke Scott
Caitlin Hornby
Caitlin Hyde
Cameron Waller
Candida Rifkind
Candy Zhong
Carol Li
Carol Mark
Cassandra Fulton
Cassandra Peterson
Cecil Castellucci
Cecile Brenton
Charlotte Wiedmann
Chris Heimpel
Chris Kim
Christian Leveille
Christina Tsui
Christine Love
Christine Tenn
Christopher Zeichmann
Claire Niebergall
Claudio Ghirardo
Conilyn Herrera
Connor Lucas
Cyril Chen
Dana Gavin
Dani Zeiler
Daniel Epstein
Daniel Korn
Darcy Morgan
Dave Howard
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Deborah Fong
Deborah Ohi
Derek G Marks
Devon Wiermsa
Donald Simmons
Doug Miller
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Drawn & Quarterly
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Elizabeth Jackson
Ellen Hayes
Elly Hooker
Elsa Hung
Emilia Paivio
Emilie Spatola
Emily Forster
Emma Hambly
Ene Agi
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Erik Chan
Erik Missio
Erika Chan
Erin Roseberry
Evan Graham
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Faiza Khan
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Fionnie Tang
Francis Fauteux
Frank Correia
Genevieve Fitzsimmons
Geoffrey Marshall
Gillian Chen
Gloria Yip
Guy Leshinski
Hana Kitaura
Hannah Toope
Heidi MacDonald
Hope Nicholson
Ian Cameron
Ian Cordingley
Jack Derricourt
Jacquelyn Siklos
Jaleen Grove
James Dray
James Smith
James Spooner
James Tynion IV
James Zintel
Jan Szejko
Jason Li
Jed MacKay
Jeffrey Dodge
Jenna Lee
Jenna Sibley
Jeremy Tsujita
Jessica Peter
Jessie Yelle
Jillian Wakarchuk
Joanna Cacao
Joanna Fishbein
John Bergin
John L. Gehron
John Montgomery
Jonathan Barker
Jonathan Baylis
Jonathan Doda
Jonathan Wirth
Joseph Ollmann
Joshua Morton
Julia Garbe
Julia Mercado
Julie Brown
Juno Zhang
Karlee Morse
Kashuss Belmar
Katarina Gligorijevic
Katarina Thorsen
Kate Fane
Kate Kelly
Katherine Fulfer
Katherine Lavut
Kathryn Hemmann
Kathryn Jeffrey
Katie Turcotte
Keet Geniza
Kelly Erwin
Ken Karp
Kimberly Pham
Kit Anderson
Kohilan Mohanarajan
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Kristina Luu
Kristine Buerano
Kurtis Brown
Kyle Vingoe-Cram
Lar de Souza
Laura Lee
Leander Partington
Liam Wilson
Lindsey Fiddes
Liz Young
Lucy Lin
Luke Pickett
M Thompson
Madelaine Humeniuk
Madeleine Beaupre
Maggy Kadas
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Malcolm Kent
Mallory Scott
Marcel Ramagnano
Margaret Burns
Margot Blankier
Margreet de Heer
Mario Valdivia
Mariya Ysobella Borres
Mary Lau
Mathew Speirs
Mathias Ball
Matt Brown
Matthew McGrath
Meaghan Carter
Megan Ferguson
Michael Abbott
Michael Nachoff
Michaela Cornell
Milo Legge
Monique Timlick
Morgaine Westin
Naseem Hrab
Natasha Shaikh
Ngoc Nguyen
Nicholas Bond
Nicholas Woolridge
Nicolas Kester
Nicole Steeves
Noah Sutton
Noemi Divino
Olivia Li
Olivia Martin
Paige Walshe
Parker Boisvert
Patrick Ahn
Patrick Jenkins
Pauline Zvejnieks
Peggy Burns
Peter Rogers
Phil Richards
Philippe McNally
Philippe McNally
Priscila Simoes Tchorbadjian
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Rebecca J Perry
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Rene Noel
Robert Boisvert
Robert Iveniuk
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Rodney Carter
Rowan Fartousi
Rowan Gayheart
Ryan North
Ryan Yeung
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Sadie Badour
Samantha Leriche-Gionet
Samson Romero
Santiago Perez
Sarah Lalloo-Williams
Savannah Dunham
Sean Kleefeld
Shannon McClatchey
Shannon Spence
Shelley Knox
Shelley Savor
Shivaun Hoad
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Simon MacDonald
Siobhan Gallagher
Sonya Barnett
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Steph Braithwaite
Stephan Goslinski
Stephen R Vrattos
Sumaiya Irfan
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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
Tarun Padmakumar
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Tien Nguyen
Tim Wayne
Tom Lowery
Troy Wagner
Tyra Hayward
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Victoria VanSickle
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Walter Yeh
Yuki Clarke
Zac MacDonald
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