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TCAF IS THIS WEEKEND!!!

Hey, have you heard?

TCAF 2016 Poster of Paper Dolls by Kate Beaton
TCAF Poster by Kate Beaton

TCAF 2016 is happening this weekend! The main exhibition is on Saturday May 14th and Sunday May 15th, but we have events starting as early as tomorrow night!

We have over 400 cartoonists coming from more than 20 countries around the world. There are nearly 200 events, programs, panels, workshops, talks, film screenings, and gallery shows.

AND IT’S ALL FOR FREE!

The BEST way to stay on top of it all is to download the Guidebook App to your smartphone or tablet, (or check out the web view) and build your perfect TCAF weekend.

Thanks to TCAF sponsor Seneca College for supporting our programming, allowing us to make things like multi-track scheduling a reality for everybody. It makes planning out your TCAF so much easier.

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EVENT! VALOR Book Launch & Creator Signing, Sunday July 19!

Valor Launch Party
with many creators in attendance!
Sunday, July 19th, 12pm-2pm
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street
Free
FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/817402001707519/

valorcoverTORONTO! Join the creators of VALOR, the brand-new comics anthology about courageous heroines in this special launch event!

Pick up a copy of your own (HC and SC available!) and meet the authors, artists and editors who bring you 200+ pages of kick-butt adventures!

VALOR Creators at the event will include Megan Kearney (Beauty and the Beast), Katie and Shaggy Shanahan (Silly Kingdom), and Meaghan Carter (Take Off), as well as editors Megan Lavey-Heaton and Isabelle Melançon (Namesake).

An amazing book that was previewed (and sold-out!) at TCAF. Don’t miss this event!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Now in stock! Exclusive Kate Beaton 2015 Tea Towel!

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The Toronto Comic Art Festival and Kate Beaton have teamed to create an amazing new item, the Kate Beaton 2015 Red Riding Hood Tea Towel! Featuring an original illustration with Little Red Riding Hood, this unique item is as practical as it is lovely. Available in-store at The Beguiling for $18. Proceeds go to supporting The Toronto Comic Art Festival.

UPDATE: We are shipping this item! Because these are less than 100g and will fit in a letter-sized envelope, we can ship these out lettermail. No tracking information, but very inexpensive shipping.

Canada $22 CDN – (includes shipping and HST)
US $20 USD – (includes shipping)
International $24 CDN – (includes shipping)

Orders accepted via PayPal. Pay the amount listed to mail@beguiling.com, include shipping address and any further details in the comments field.

If you require faster shipping or shipping with tracking numbers, you can email mail@beguiling.com for details, but please be aware that shipping from and within Canada is VERY expensive, usually $20+ per package.

Thanks!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

TCAF Reveals 2014 Poster by Michael DeForge

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The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is proud to present its first poster image for the 2014 show, by Toronto artist Michael DeForge.

DeForge is an integral part of Toronto’s comics scene and community, and has come to international prominence for his rapidly expanding catalogue of work. In 2013 Koyama Press debuted DeForge’s first book collection of work at TCAF 2013, entitled Very Casual, and it has found its way onto many critics’ Best of 2013 lists. In winter 2014 Drawn & Quarterly will publish his graphic novel Ant Colony, and Koyama Press will debut the collection of DeForge’s acclaimed LOSE comic series at TCAF 2014 this May.

Michael DeForge posts online to http://kingtrash.tumblr.com/.

This poster, like all previous TCAF posters, will be printed in advance of the show and be available for purchase at The Beguiling and the event itself. Final design will differ. TCAF Posters from 2003-2013 are available for purchase online from The Beguiling Books & Art.

Look forward to more TCAF 2014 announcements this week!

 

TCAF 2013 Posters, Prints, Shirts, Bags & More Now Available!

You may or may not know, but this year we produced a whole bunch of awesome stuff for TCAF 2013! Purchase of these items supports TCAF and all the good work we do (especially the posters), so we hope you’ll consider buying something pretty and/or useful for your life AND supporting TCAF at the same time.

The full range of items is now available, and we’ll even ship some of the items to you out there in the world! Here’s a quick run-down:

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The Beguiling 25th Anniversary Tote Bag – $10
This sturdy tote is emblazoned with The Beguiling’s 25th Anniversary logo in front, and TCAF logo on the back. It measures 12″ tall x 14″x wide x 6″ deep, is water resistant, features two interior pockets, and is basically the best tote you will ever own. Also available in TCAF 2011 Yellow, and TCAF 2012 Black.

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TCAF 2013 T-Shirt – $20
We have a very limited number of these shirts left, sported by TCAF 2013’s amazing volunteers. American Apparel T, neon green lettering. Available in a variety of Men’s and Womens’ sizes.

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TCAF 10th Anniversary Poster by Maurice Vellekoop – $10
TCAF 2013 Poster by Taiyo Matsumoto – $10
Want to own a little piece of history and keep TCAF going strong? Check out our amazing new posters for 2013! The stunning, detailed 10th Anniversary Poster by Toronto’s own Maurice Vellekoop, and our lovel 2013 poster by Tokyo’s Taiyo Matsumoto. Both posters measure approximately 16″ x 26″, printed on a thick, bright white matte stock. Available in-store and online at http://www.beguiling.com/artproductlist.asp?ID=59

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Gengoroh Tagame – “TORNADO” Risograph Print – $10
TCAF 2013 Featured Guest Gengoroh Tagame created this outstanding original image for us at TCAF, and we’ve turned it into a very limited edition risograph print (11″x17″) with the help of Color Code Printing. Less than 50 of these are left! (Please note, the image shown is a photograph of a framed print, and there are some reflections in the glass.) Available in-store and on-line at http://www.beguiling.com/artproductlist.asp?ID=59.

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TCAF 10th Anniversary Dojinshi Booklet – $10
Produced for TCAF’s exhibition at Kaigai Manga Festa in Japan, the 10th Anniversary book is a wonderful souvenir of the festival! It includes all of the poster-art for TCAF 2003-2012, but it also includes rare and otherwise-unavailable images from Evan Dorkin, Usamaru Furuya, Konami Kanata, Jim Mahfood, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Natsume Ono, Peter Thompson, Noel Tuazon, and Maurice Vellekoop! English/Japanese text.

If you’re a diehard TCAF fan and need us to ship something to you, e-mail mail@beguiling.com and we’ll see what we can do!

– Chris

Thanks to: Model Andrew Townsend (photos 1 & 2), Dustin Harbin for The Beguiling 25th Anniversary Logo Design, Poster/Print artists Matsumoto, Tagame, and Vellekoop, KT for bag & shirt design.