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Day 168 (of 2024/25) Highlighting #tcaf Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics #tcaf2025

So many great guests that I’m hoping to see! Can’t wait to see who emerges as my favourite(s)

⬆️(On my ‘hope to find the location’ list of things to start with!)⬆️

And an amazing program schedule (not even counting the many booths that are expected to be set up) https://www.torontocomics.com/programming-schedule <— gonna be wild to be even a small part of this! But I can’t emphasize enough that a formal comic book library has been a good thing (rather than just a collection of comics-I-don’t-care-if-they’re-damaged available in my classroom/office) and our school comic-con has been amazing at creating connections with students/community that have mindfully not been part of any ‘school event’… until now!

First Round of Featured Guests
Name – recent project – other note

Faith Erin Hicks – Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy: https://technolandy.com/2025/05/21/day-159-of-2024-25-tcaf-booktok-share-hockey-girl-loves-drama-boy-by-faith-erin-hicks-faitherinhicks/

Kate Beaton – Ducks: https://technolandy.com/2025/05/20/day-158-of-2024-25-tcaf-booktok-share-ducks-by-kate-beaton-kate-beaton-beatonna/

Cole Pauls – We See Stars only at Night – Yukon shoutout!

Guy Delisle – Muybridge – about the man who made pictures move… 

Gigi Muraka – Resenter – a Viz Originals one-shot!

Second Round of Featured Guests
Name – recent project – other note

Derek Kaufman – Crimson Fall – also Ruinworld & I hate Fairyland

Sofia Alarcon – Endsickness – Guatemala, but now in Halifax/Kjipuktuk

Cassandra Calin – the New Girl – webcomic Cassandra Comics

Henry Barajas & Rachel Merrill – Death to Pachuco – a chicano noir set in the zoot suit riots! 

Third Round of Featured Guests
Name – recent project – other note

Sanya Anwar – Betty & Veronica – c’mon: Assassin’s Creed, Wonder Woman, Red Sonja too?!?!

Jesse Jacobs – New Pets – Mad Magazine (I’m in awe!)

Dani Diaz (aka memoryfuel) – Dreamover – shared lucid dreaming!

Ned Wenlock – Tsunami – New Zealand artist!

Rachel M. Thomas – Shrink – a professor comics (maybe I have a ‘next job’!!

Fourth Round of Featured Guests
Name – recent project – other note

Jay Odjick – Kagagi: The Raven – from KIitigan Zibi Anishinabe community!

Maria Medem – Land of Mirrors – Spain!

Magnus Merklin: Disconnect – Danish – earlier coin: Coffee Brake

Anna Meyer – Saint Catherine – catholic guilt & a demon!

Aron Nels Steinke – Speechless – Mr Wolf’s Class bestselling series!

5th Round of Featured Guests

Name – recent project – other note

Boum – The Jellyfish – Boumeries series!!

Thom (Thomas Blais-Leblanc) – Botanica Drama – français

James Albon – Love Languages – illustrates for Guardin, NYT etc

D Boyd – Denniveniquity – Chicken Rising takes place in New Brunswick!

Maria Scrivan – Not a Chance – syndicated comic: Half Full https://www.gocomics.com/half-full

Michael Grover – Deeply Dave – webcomic here: https://deeplydave.com

6th Round of Featured Guests

Name – recent project – other note

Ryan North – Danger – loved adaption of Slaughterhouse-Five!

Katarina Thorsen – Salt Green Death – swede now in BC!

Ramon Perez – Tales of Sand – also did Amazing Spider Man!!

Hugh D’Andre – The Murder Next Door: A Graphic Memoir – from Oakland!

Mary Shyne – You and Me On Repeat – Schultz Studio!! 

Makee – Call me Emma – claims to have experience with a clean desktop…