TCAF 2013

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Of the many comics shows and literary festivals I appear at every year, none is closer to my heart than The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this weekend, May 11th and 12th.

The first TCAF, in 2003, was my first show as a professional comics creator. With only about a dozen guests in a church basement, it had nowhere near the size nor the cultural heft of what the show was to become. But it showed a lot of promise, cutting out the usual three-ring circus of commercialism that accompanies corporate comics conventions in favour of an intimate show for just artists and fans. And such a range of artists! TCAF has always aimed to expose the breadth and diversity of the comics medium to the public, something it’s done a terrific job of right from the beginning.

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Pleasantly surprised and proud to see Raina Telgemeier’s and Dave Roman’s names (among many others) on this video that features American cartoonists calling  for tougher gun legistlation in the U.S. Bonus points if you recognize the voices of actors Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore!

My 2002 short film, Gone with the Wind in Sixty Seconds, which was my final project in Sheridan College’s post-graduate Computer Animation program. The animation is pretty rough (it was done quickly, since I spent most of the semester trying to get my head around rigging these characters) but I’m still pleased with the concept/design/direction, and it’s proven to be fairly popular on YouTube over the years. Enjoy!