#tcaf2021

SPRING CANZINE / TCAF 2021!  ♡( ◡‿◡ )(♡°▽°♡)

Find me and other cool creators selling zines, books, stickers, pins and prints at

brokenpencil.com/tcaf

From May 8-15!

Here we go! ‘The Odyssey of Benedict Arnold’ is an ongoing adventure tale following the infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold. Washing up on the shores of an unknown land, Arnold is plagued by voices detailing his life and all that has been said of him since his act of treason, true or otherwise. Been working on this for some time and as of writing this, there's 120 pages set! Opening Chapter will be available as a 36-Page Mini-Booklet for TCAF 2021 (Starting May 8th! More details soon). Also releasing 12 pages a month online, first through Ko-fi via subscriptions/donations, then gradually on Webtoon & Tapas!

Hey Forgetful Funsters!  As per my last post with the details of all the bundles I’ll have at my Canzine table, Here is the live info and previews of the TCAF Premiere zines! 

To get directly to my table:  https://brokenpencil.com/tcaf/canzine.html?passageName=grotto10

Virtual @torontocomics TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) is here!! It’s running from May 8 to May 15, 2021, and I’m exhibiting! :D 

You can find Now Recharging Book 1 (new cover design debut!!) and Book 2, both with shiny gold foil stamping and nice soft touch coating on the cover! I have a few of my other works available as well - some autobio comics and zines and my Fortune Lenormand art/oracle deck!

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TCAF 2021 Events

Marketplace with over 350 creators from 10 countries! (All consolidated into one storefront so you don’t have to deal with separate stores/shipping etc. This is a lot of hard work to coordinate and super amazing that they are doing this!)

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TCAF is excited to announce that we will be featuring an EXCLUSIVE online art show in partnership with mangaka Akane Shimizu and her publisher Kodansha. Get a peek behind the scenes of the hit series Cells at Work! this May!

Check out a sneak preview of the upcoming final volume (complete with a look at the virus that’s upended our lives), along with rough sketches from creator Akane Shimizu. Dive into the secret world of the human body manga-style!

We will also be hosting a panel to continue our highlight of Cells at Work!. Join us on Thursday, May 13th, at 3:00 PM EDT (link coming soon), as we examine the dynamic, entertaining, and educational world of the hit manga series. A science teacher, a doctor of medicine, and a manga writer band together to look at the series through their respective lenses, talk about the science behind the stories, and consider the intersection between science literacy and visual storytelling.

Thanks to support from publisher Kodansha, you’ll also get a sneak peek of the upcoming English release of Cells At Work! volume 6! Don’t miss it!

More about Akane Shimizu:

Akane Shimizu was born in 1994, Tokyo. After receiving The 27th Shonen Sirius Rookie Award Grand Prize in 2014, she began the Cells at Work! serialization in the March 2015 issue of Monthly Shonen Sirius. This series saw the end of its Japanese run in March 2021. The English-language editions of Cells at Work! volumes 1 through 5 are available from Kodansha, with the final volume 6 set to debut in June 2021.

More about our panelists:

Deb Aoki writes about manga for Publishers Weekly, and is a co-host on Mangasplaining, a weekly podcast introducing comics from Japan to people who don’t normally read a lot of manga. She’s also an illustrator and comics creator. You can see more of her work at debaoki.com, and find her on Twitter @debaoki.

Dr. Yi Ariel Liu (she/they) is a medical doctor who looks at cells under the microscope and diagnoses diseases. They were the co-editor and illustrator for ThinkSkin.ca, a blog dedicated to discussing common dermatology myths. As a surviving cancer patient, they strive to tell stories through comics to raise awareness in chronic illnesses and improve health literacy. Their work has been exhibited at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival and other medical events. Find them on Twitter @YiArielLiuMD or at artofyaliu.com.

After receiving a Bachelor of Science with a major in microbiology and immunology from McGill, Wen Zhao went on to complete his degree in education with a semester abroad in Japan. For the past four years, he has taught math and science in both Alberta and British Columbia. As a fan of anime and manga, Wen has found both invaluable in fostering connections with his students, and a great way to pique interest in the sciences with educational series like Cells at Work!. He is currently a science teacher in Calgary and an aspiring lawyer who will begin law school at the University of Calgary this fall.

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