| TCAF CELEBRATES TOON BOOKS' 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH KEYNOTE SPEECH BY FRANÇOISE MOULY... and MUCH MORE! The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is proud to join with Toon Books, their staff, and creators, in celebrating the 10th anniversary through programming, appearances, debut books, and more! We're all heading to Toronto! Françoise Mouly Kevin McCloskey Sergio García Sánchez Liniers Jaime Hernandez Frank Viva OUR SIGNING SCHEDULE AT THE TOON TABLE... Jaime Hernandez Saturday 10:15AM-11:00AM Sunday 11:00AM - 11:45AM "Rousing tales, spirited artwork, and rich backmatter" --Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ★ ★ ★ Liniers Saturday 11:15AM - 12:00PM Sunday 10:00AM - 10:45AM Good Night, Planet just named a 2018 Eisner Nominee! Frank Viva Saturday 1:30PM - 2:15PM Sunday 2:00PM - 2:45PM Cybils Award Winner Publishers Weekly Best Books for Summer Kevin McCloskey Saturday 2:45PM - 3:30PM Sunday 2:45PM - 3:30PM "A winning combination of facts and gross-out fun." --The New York Times Sergio García Sánchez Saturday 3:30 - 4:15PM Sunday 4:00PM - 4:45PM ★ ★ ★ A whopping SIX Starred Reviews! ★ ★ ★ TOON PROGRAMMING AT TCAF Librarian & Educator Day Friday, May 11th Keynote Speech by Françoise Mouly 9:00AM Bram and Bluma Appel Salon 2nd Fl. Toronto Reference Library Designer, editor, and publisher Françoise Mouly is best known as co-founder and publisher of the comics and graphics magazine Raw, as the publisher of Toon Books, and since 1993 as the art editor of The New Yorker. Throughout her career, she has played a role in providing outlets to new and foreign cartoonists, and in promoting comics as a serious artform and as an educational tool. Mouly will discuss her life and work, as she celebrates the 10th anniversary of the influential and much acclaimed Toon Books line! Books with Bubbles: Comics for Beginning Readers 11:30AM Bram and Bluma Appel Salon 2nd Fl. Toronto Reference Library Join cartoonist and educator Kevin McCloskey ( Snails Are Just My Speed ) as he explores and explains the whys and wherefores of comics for the youngest students. Saturday, May 12th TOON Books EXTRAVAGANZA! 12:15PM Forest Hill room at the Marriott Happy Birthday TOON Books! To celebrate, some of their best and brightest artists are getting together for a good old fashioned drawing party! Featuring Jaime Hernandez, Liniers, Kevin McCloskey, Sergio García Sánchez, and Frank Viva ! We Dig Comics with Kevin McCloskey 1:30PM Forest Hill room at the Marriott Kevin McCloskey, author, illustrator and professor shares fascinating facts about common creatures from his Toon Books for beginning readers. He will show us how to draw worms and snails, too! Drawing materials will be provided. For all ages from toddler up! Comic Book Confidential - 30th Anniversary Screening 3:30PM High Park room at the Marriott Comic Book Confidential is a landmark documentary, surveying the histories of mainstream, underground, and burgeoning alternative comics scenes. Join documentary subjects Françoise Mouly and Jaime Hernandez in conversation with Mark Askwith (one of the film's producers) as they talk about the film's impact, the past 30 years of comics, and what they see in store for the next 3 decades! Sunday, May 13th Finding Your Publishing Niche 11:00AM Cumberland Terrace Spend one second in the aisles at TCAF and you'll soon get the feeling that there are a million different cartoonists making a million different kinds of comics. And that's true! But how do publishers decide who to publish? How do they look at all of those amazing comics waiting to be shared with the world and decide "Yes! This is what I want to put out! This is my market, my identity!" Featuring Françoise Mouly (TOON Books), Yvan Alagbé (Fremok), Annie Koyama (Koyama Press), and Luc Bossé (Editions Pow Pow). Moderated by Eleris Harris. Celebrating 10 Years of TOON Books 12:30PM High Park room at the Marriott Since 2008, TOON Books have been a leader in creating high-quality comics designed for children. Join TOON's publisher, Editorial Director and Senior Designer Françoise Mouly in discussion with some of her All-Star illustrators, including Jaime Hernandez, Sergio Garía Sánchez and Kevin McCloskey , as they talk about a decade of kids comics excellence. Moderated by Brigid Alverson. Historietas: Comics in the Spanish Speaking World 2:45PM Cumberland Terrace Welcome/Bievenido to a discussion all about Spanish comics! With major scenes in Spain, as well as Central and South America, the world of Spanish comics can sometimes get painted with the same brush. But this is not so! Come and join Liniers, Sergio García Sánchez , Nico Naranjo, and Constansa Salazar as they talk about what makes their comics community unique. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald. Note joke in Jaime Hernandez's self portrait! Spotlight: Jaime Hernandez 4:00PM Beeton room at the Marriott Jaime Hernandez is indisputably one of the greatest comics illustrators of his generation. From the ground-breaking Love & Rockets to his new collection of Latin American folktales for kids, he has a distinct voice and depth to his story-telling that few others can match. In this panel, Jaime will talk about his long comics career, and what still inspires him today. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald. PHEW... That's a lot of events! Can't wait to celebrate and THANK YOU in advance to TCAF organizers for having us! |
TCAF CELEBRATES
TOON BOOKS' 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH KEYNOTE SPEECH BY FRANÇOISE MOULY...
and MUCH MORE! | |
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The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is proud to join with Toon Books, their staff, and creators, in celebrating the 10th anniversary through programming, appearances, debut books, and more!
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We're all heading to Toronto! | |
OUR SIGNING SCHEDULE
AT THE TOON TABLE... | |
Saturday 10:15AM-11:00AM
Sunday 11:00AM - 11:45AM | |
"Rousing tales, spirited artwork, and rich backmatter"
--Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ★★★
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Saturday 11:15AM - 12:00PM
Sunday 10:00AM - 10:45AM | |
Saturday 1:30PM - 2:15PM
Sunday 2:00PM - 2:45PM | |
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Publishers Weekly Best Books for Summer
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Saturday 2:45PM - 3:30PM
Sunday 2:45PM - 3:30PM | |
"A winning combination of facts and gross-out fun."
--The New York Times
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Saturday 3:30 - 4:15PM
Sunday 4:00PM - 4:45PM | |
★★★ A whopping SIX Starred Reviews! ★★★ | |
TOON PROGRAMMING AT TCAF
Librarian & Educator Day
Friday, May 11th | |
Keynote Speech by Françoise Mouly
9:00AM
Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
2nd Fl. Toronto Reference Library
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Designer, editor, and publisher Françoise Mouly is best known as co-founder and publisher of the comics and graphics magazine Raw, as the publisher of Toon Books, and since 1993 as the art editor of The New Yorker. Throughout her career, she has played a role in providing outlets to new and foreign cartoonists, and in promoting comics as a serious artform and as an educational tool. Mouly will discuss her life and work, as she celebrates the 10th anniversary of the influential and much acclaimed Toon Books line! | |
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Books with Bubbles: Comics for Beginning Readers
11:30AM
Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
2nd Fl. Toronto Reference Library
Join cartoonist and educator Kevin McCloskey (Snails Are Just My Speed) as he explores and explains the whys and wherefores of comics for the youngest students.
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TOON Books EXTRAVAGANZA!
12:15PM
Forest Hill room at the Marriott
Happy Birthday TOON Books! To celebrate, some of their best and brightest artists are getting together for a good old fashioned drawing party! Featuring Jaime Hernandez, Liniers, Kevin McCloskey, Sergio García Sánchez, and Frank Viva!
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We Dig Comics with Kevin McCloskey
1:30PM
Forest Hill room at the Marriott
Kevin McCloskey, author, illustrator and professor shares fascinating facts about common creatures from his Toon Books for beginning readers. He will show us how to draw worms and snails, too! Drawing materials will be provided. For all ages from toddler up!
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Comic Book Confidential - 30th Anniversary Screening
3:30PM
High Park room at the Marriott
Comic Book Confidential is a landmark documentary, surveying the histories of mainstream, underground, and burgeoning alternative comics scenes. Join documentary subjects Françoise Mouly and Jaime Hernandez in conversation with Mark Askwith (one of the film's producers) as they talk about the film's impact, the past 30 years of comics, and what they see in store for the next 3 decades!
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Finding Your Publishing Niche
11:00AM
Cumberland Terrace
Spend one second in the aisles at TCAF and you'll soon get the feeling that there are a million different cartoonists making a million different kinds of comics. And that's true! But how do publishers decide who to publish? How do they look at all of those amazing comics waiting to be shared with the world and decide "Yes! This is what I want to put out! This is my market, my identity!" Featuring Françoise Mouly (TOON Books), Yvan Alagbé (Fremok), Annie Koyama (Koyama Press), and Luc Bossé (Editions Pow Pow). Moderated by Eleris Harris.
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Celebrating 10 Years of TOON Books
12:30PM
High Park room at the Marriott
Since 2008, TOON Books have been a leader in creating high-quality comics designed for children. Join TOON's publisher, Editorial Director and Senior Designer Françoise Mouly in discussion with some of her All-Star illustrators, including Jaime Hernandez, Sergio Garía Sánchez and Kevin McCloskey, as they talk about a decade of kids comics excellence. Moderated by Brigid Alverson.
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Historietas: Comics in the Spanish Speaking World
2:45PM
Cumberland Terrace
Welcome/Bievenido to a discussion all about Spanish comics! With major scenes in Spain, as well as Central and South America, the world of Spanish comics can sometimes get painted with the same brush. But this is not so! Come and join Liniers, Sergio García Sánchez, Nico Naranjo, and Constansa Salazar as they talk about what makes their comics community unique. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald.
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 Note joke in Jaime Hernandez's self portrait! |
Spotlight: Jaime Hernandez
4:00PM
Beeton room at the Marriott
Jaime Hernandez is indisputably one of the greatest comics illustrators of his generation. From the ground-breaking Love & Rockets to his new collection of Latin American folktales for kids, he has a distinct voice and depth to his story-telling that few others can match. In this panel, Jaime will talk about his long comics career, and what still inspires him today. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald.
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PHEW...
That's a lot of events!
Can't wait to celebrate and
THANK YOU in advance to TCAF organizers for having us!
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