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Official account for The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)!
TCAF returns June 7-8, 2025 at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.
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Michael Grover is an Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated cartoonist and animator. He wakes up every morning and goes to sleep every night. He lives in a house with his wife and kids. He wants to make a lot of comics before he dies. Read Deeply Dave online at deeplydave.com.
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Connecticut's @mariascrivan.bsky.social's syndicated comic, Half Full, appeared daily in newspapers nationwide for a decade. Her comics have appeared in MAD Magazine, Parade, and many others.
Nat Enough, her debut graphic novel, was an instant NYT bestseller and launched a six-book series.
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James Albon is an award-winning illustrator, writer and graphic novelist in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Graphic novels include Love Languages (2025), The Delicacy (2021) and A Shining Beacon (2019), and he often illustrates for clients like The New York Times, The Guardian, and Libération.
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Montreal-based cartoonist D. Boyd hails from Saint John, New Brunswick—the setting for her first graphic memoir, Chicken Rising.
Her work's appeared in the New Brunswick Chapbook Series and The Montreal Review of Books, and her latest, "Denniveniquity," is a darkly humorous coming-of-age tale.
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Thomas Blais-Leblanc (Thom) was born in Montréal in 1993. He studied cartooning at UQO, where he began VII, the first of his Silent Fables series which won the prestigious Réal-Fillion Award for Best Debut in 2018. His most recent book "Botanica Drama" was nominated for the Quebec Booksellers Prize.
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We're honoured to have you!
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WE'RE EXCITED TOO
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Portland's @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social is a former teacher and the creator of the bestselling "Mr. Wolf's Class" series.
@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls "Speechless," his latest work, "A heartwarming and visually enticing graphic novel that lauds imagination and self-expression."
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Brooklyn's @brusierkee.bsky.social is an artist/author/designer who loves climbing, congregating in the kitchen and coffee.
"Saint Catherine" follows a young woman who skips Sunday mass for the 1st time and is forced to confront a lifetime of Catholic guilt—plus a demon hell-bent on possessing her.
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Magnus Merklin is a Danish illustrator, comic artist, typeface designer, and teacher. His comic "Coffee Brake" was nominated for Best Debut in Denmark.
Now based in Portugal, he's the creator of Disconnect—a graphic novel about grief, music, and friendship now in development for animation.
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One of Spain’s most successful contemporary illustrators, María Medem began self-publishing fanzines after completing her fine arts studies.
Her latest, "Land of Mirrors," is a hero’s journey of love and hope, seeped in flamenco rhythms and published by @dandq.bsky.social.
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Rachel M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Comics, Graphic Novels, and Sequential Arts at Teesside University and an interdisciplinary artist/researcher.
Her smart and candid work "Shrink" seamlessly weaves current research on the fatness debate with her own experiences of living in a fat body.
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Ned Wenlock is an award-winning designer, animator, and comic creator based in Wellington, New Zealand.
His comics have appeared in the anthologies Faction and Bristle, and he was a featured artist in "From Earth’s End: The Best New Zealand Comics." "Tsunami" is his debut graphic novel.
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Dani Diaz @memoryfuel.bsky.social is a transfeminine Filipino-Argentinian American artist from Washington, D.C. Their debut graphic novel "Dreamover" follows a teenage couple escaping their lives through a shared lucid dream. It received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and BookPage.
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A pivotal figure in Canadian alternative comics, Jesse Jacobs' work has been translated into numerous languages and appeared in Best American Comics, Mad Magazine, New York Times, Le Monde Diplomatique, and the TV show Adventure Time. His latest is "New Pets" with @hollowpress.bsky.social
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Aw thanks Tina!
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Aw, thanks Steve!
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We're so excited you'll be here!
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Thank you Jennifer!
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NYC's @ohhhaeee.bsky.social is a comic artist and illustrator who's appeared in The New Yorker, Z2’s Eisner-nominated “Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes,” and the Ignatz Award-winning “Comics for Choice.”
She's also the artist behind “Death to Pachuco” with @henrybarajas.bsky.social.
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@henrybarajas.bsky.social is a Latinx author from Tucson, AZ best known for his graphic memoir "La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo" and "Historias de Resistencia."
His latest, Death to Pachuco #1, is a Chicano noir set during the Zoot Suit Riots/1943 wartime Los Angeles with @rachelmillman.bsky.social
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#CassandraCalin is a cartoonist known for her semi-autobiographical webcomic, Cassandra Comics, where she talks about life with curly hair, high expectations, and other daily problems.
Originally from Romania, she came to Canada as a child. The New Girl is her longform graphic novel debut.
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@sofi-see-sofi-drew.bsky.social is a multi-disciplinary artist from Guatemala, now based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax.
Her self-published series "Endsickness" was nominated for a Broken Pencil award and two Doug Wright awards, and the completed anthology is now available from @conundrumpress.bsky.social!