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TCAF 2020: Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Panel Interview

TCAF 2020 DIGITAL SHOWCASE

At the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, we try to celebrate and showcase great cartooning from all around the world. Part of the thrill of the festival is to walk down the aisles of our exhibition and discover new works that you’ll love. After this year’s festival was cancelled, we wanted to replicate part of that experience and have created the TCAF 2020 Digital Showcase!

The Showcase is the result of an open invitation to the creators and publishers who were scheduled to appear at TCAF 2020 to share their art with you. In this book, you’ll discover over 100 comic creators and over 400 pages—a stroll through the exhibition that you can enjoy from your home.

The Digital Showcase also includes an original (and beautiful) comic by Karen Shangguan & Laura Cañas. This comic was commissioned as part of the “Blind Date” initiative, our collaboration with the Entreviñetas Festival in Colombia. We hope you enjoy the showcase and support the exhibitors by clicking on the links provided on their pages.

TCAF 2020 Digital Showcase

Need a little pick me up on this Monday? Highly recommend checking out the TCAF2020 Digital Showcase! Free to download on Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/torontocomics

TCAF 2020 Digital Showcase 

In case you missed it, we released a Digital Showcase of over 100 TCAF 2020 exhibitors yesterday! It's like walking through the exhibition! It's over 400 pages and is FREE on Gumroad! It has original comics, and includes links to the exhibitors for all to check out. https://gumroad.com/torontocomics

DEBUTING AT TCAF 2020: Pimo & Rex - The Interdimensional Wedding by Thomas Wellmann

$29 CDN, Published by Rotopol, available for preorder, ISBN: 978-3-940304-91 Comic, 112 pages, softcover, full colour

In light of TCAF 2020 cancelling, we are sharing comics and zines that were scheduled to debut at the festival.

After the surprising success of the first volume, the adventures of Pimo and Rex continue: Rex is finally led to the wedding altar by his fiancé Leopold while Pimo struggles with his new role as best man. His heart-throb, the magic muse Margret does not stop turning his head and amid the wedding guests is a mysterious cavalier who should not be left unobserved. While the friends celebrate, the sly Yaya embarks on a journey to steal the First Eye, a legendary magic wand that promises immortality. And above everything hangs a sinister threat: in the lonely volcano Roudberg, an extremely dangerous prisoner, is preparing her escape.

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Links: 

http://www.rotopolpress.de/files/9783940304902

Twitter: @rotopolpress 

TCAF 2020 Panel - The Art of Storytelling: Weaving Voice and Images to Inspire Young Readers 

Today we have a brand new panel on our youtube channel, "The Art of Storytelling: Weaving Voice and Images to Inspire Young Readers". This is a really interesting short discussion on the new 'Siha Tooskin Knows' series of children's comics/books, an own voices series about Nakota indigenous traditions! Our thanks to Portage & Main Press for organizing this great talk!

Celebrating #TCAF2020 - Digital Initiatives 

Hi Everyone, join us Friday May 8th at 6pm EST and Saturday May 9th at 1pm EST to celebrate TCAF! 

Use #TCAF2020 to share comics and/or zines from creators who you were looking forward to at TCAF this year. And if you were going to be an exhibitor at the festival, make sure to use the hashtag to share your work. We’re going to try and do our best to share and support you! Use Twitter, Instagram and/or Tumblr! 

TCAF 2020 Spotlight: Scott Chantler

Keep your eyes out for an awesome interview hosted by Irene Velentzas with Scott Chantler.