The Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Next Weekend

Hey everybody! TCAF 2007 is NEXT WEEKEND, August 18th and 19th! It’s a free event celebrating the best and brightest of Canadian cartooning and featuring comics authors from around the world! Check out the TCAF website at http://torontocomics.com/tcaf!

Here are some highlights:
  • A huge guestlist (over 200 comics authors, publishers, artists, and more)!
  • Guests of Honour including Paul Gravett, Chester Brown, Darwyn Cooke, Evan Dorkin, James Jean, Joe Matt, Paul Pope, and Seth!
  • Tons of other guests from webcomics creators like Jeffrey Rowland and R Stevens to Canadian graphic novelists Bryan Lee O’Malley and Svetlana Chmakova to MOME contributors Eleanor Davis and Tom K.!
  • A full slate of programming! Panels, workshops, readings, author signings and more!
  • An Evening with Joe Matt, hosted by Seth and Chester Brown! Friday night!
  • The 2007 Doug Wright Awards! Friday Night!
  • SONGS & PICTURES featuring great comics-related bands at Sneaky Dees Saturday Night!
  • …much, much more!

ALSO: Head to http://www.eyeweekly.com/contests/ for your chance to win a prize pack including signed TCAF posters and a copy of all of this year’s comics and graphic novels nominated for a Doug Wright Award!

Hope we see you next weekend!

http://torontocomics.com/tcaf

– Chris @ The Beguiling