Search Results by tag: Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Toronto Comic Arts Festival unveils 2017 poster

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival unveiled the poster design for its 2017 edition, taking place at the Toronto Reference Library May 13–14. This year's promotional poster was created by Eleanor Davis, a cartoonist and illustrator from ... Read More »

March 10, 2017 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 11th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were presented at a ceremony as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival on Sunday. Toronto artist Nina Bunjevac won the award for best book for Fatherland ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced that its pop-up festival shop will remain in the Toronto Reference Library for the foreseeable future. Rebranded as Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop, the store offers a ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Bookselling, Events, Libraries

Ten years of TCAF

By Laura Godfrey

If you've attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in recent years, you may find it hard to believe that this thriving event began a decade ago in a modest church space, with about 70 artists ... Read More »

May 7, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Doug Wright Awards finalists announced

By Natalie Sequeira

A mix of comic book stalwarts, past winners, and first-time nominees have made their way onto the shortlist for the 2013 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. Celebrating the best in English-language comics, the annual ... Read More »

March 21, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Book links roundup: Lost Pulitzer for fiction finds winners, Pocket Star goes digital, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Literary critics choose the winners of the lost 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction Simon & Schuster's Pocket Star returns as ebook imprint Five up-and-coming comic artists discovered at TCAF Can the Internet save book reviews? ... Read More »

May 8, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Killer comics, part two: Editions Tchai, Top Shelf, and Jeff Lemire

By Natalie Samson

In less than a decade, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May 5“6) has grown from a niche event into an annual gathering that attracts upward of 15,000 attendees. In the May 2012 issue, Q&Q takes ... Read More »

May 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Killer comics, part one: Koyama Publishing and Conundrum Press

By Stuart Woods

May 3, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

D&Q dominates Doug Wright Award nominations

By Sue Carter

Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has secured five out of six nominations for the 2012 Doug Wright Award for Best Book, with veteran D&Q artists Joe Ollman, Chester Brown, and Seth competing against popular ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

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