Toronto Comic Arts Festival
@torontocomics.bsky.social
Official account for The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)!
TCAF returns June 6-7, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Stay in touch comic friends! Sign up for our newsletter!
https://www.torontocomics.com/
TCAF returns June 6-7, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Stay in touch comic friends! Sign up for our newsletter!
https://www.torontocomics.com/
Snag a one-of-a-kind item for the indie comics fan in your life!
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Snag a one-of-a-kind item for the indie comics fan in your life!
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
Attention comics creators!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Attention comics creators!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
Comics are under attack in Canada. We cannot stay silent.
Read and share TCAF’s statement on censorship in Alberta’s public schools, then join us in taking action! www.torontocomics.com/post/comics-...
Read and share TCAF’s statement on censorship in Alberta’s public schools, then join us in taking action! www.torontocomics.com/post/comics-...
September 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Comics are under attack in Canada. We cannot stay silent.
Read and share TCAF’s statement on censorship in Alberta’s public schools, then join us in taking action! www.torontocomics.com/post/comics-...
Read and share TCAF’s statement on censorship in Alberta’s public schools, then join us in taking action! www.torontocomics.com/post/comics-...
We’re thrilled to announce that the TCAF will return next June to the Mattamy Athletic Centre!
Want to be a part of it?
Watch this space!
We’ll soon be posting our exact festival dates, application form for exhibitors, call for programming, and loads of other chances to contribute to #TCAF2026.
Want to be a part of it?
Watch this space!
We’ll soon be posting our exact festival dates, application form for exhibitors, call for programming, and loads of other chances to contribute to #TCAF2026.
September 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that the TCAF will return next June to the Mattamy Athletic Centre!
Want to be a part of it?
Watch this space!
We’ll soon be posting our exact festival dates, application form for exhibitors, call for programming, and loads of other chances to contribute to #TCAF2026.
Want to be a part of it?
Watch this space!
We’ll soon be posting our exact festival dates, application form for exhibitors, call for programming, and loads of other chances to contribute to #TCAF2026.
Help make TCAF even better!
We're asking our community of exhibitors, attendees, and volunteers to tell us what you loved about #TCAF2025, and what we can improve on next year.
Take the 10-minute survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We're asking our community of exhibitors, attendees, and volunteers to tell us what you loved about #TCAF2025, and what we can improve on next year.
Take the 10-minute survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Help make TCAF even better!
We're asking our community of exhibitors, attendees, and volunteers to tell us what you loved about #TCAF2025, and what we can improve on next year.
Take the 10-minute survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We're asking our community of exhibitors, attendees, and volunteers to tell us what you loved about #TCAF2025, and what we can improve on next year.
Take the 10-minute survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Now that we’ve all recovered from the #TCAF2025 weekend (and the afterparty), we want to see your comic hauls!
What are you reading? Who’d ya meet? Tag us and the creators so we can all keep making comics friends post-fest.
What are you reading? Who’d ya meet? Tag us and the creators so we can all keep making comics friends post-fest.
June 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now that we’ve all recovered from the #TCAF2025 weekend (and the afterparty), we want to see your comic hauls!
What are you reading? Who’d ya meet? Tag us and the creators so we can all keep making comics friends post-fest.
What are you reading? Who’d ya meet? Tag us and the creators so we can all keep making comics friends post-fest.
TCAF 2025 is coming to a close, and we are thrilled to share that this was our biggest festival since 2019!
To everyone who joined us, whether you travelled from around the world or down the street, thank you. Your love for comics and the people who make them filled every corner of the fest.
To everyone who joined us, whether you travelled from around the world or down the street, thank you. Your love for comics and the people who make them filled every corner of the fest.
June 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
TCAF 2025 is coming to a close, and we are thrilled to share that this was our biggest festival since 2019!
To everyone who joined us, whether you travelled from around the world or down the street, thank you. Your love for comics and the people who make them filled every corner of the fest.
To everyone who joined us, whether you travelled from around the world or down the street, thank you. Your love for comics and the people who make them filled every corner of the fest.
Our exhibitors are the sweetest (and the strongest)!
Meet 315+ of the most exciting voices in comics at the Mattamy Athletic Centre 10am-5pm today at #TCAF.
Plus, catch free programs at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel just around the corner. Visit torontocomics.com to see the full schedule.
Meet 315+ of the most exciting voices in comics at the Mattamy Athletic Centre 10am-5pm today at #TCAF.
Plus, catch free programs at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel just around the corner. Visit torontocomics.com to see the full schedule.
June 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our exhibitors are the sweetest (and the strongest)!
Meet 315+ of the most exciting voices in comics at the Mattamy Athletic Centre 10am-5pm today at #TCAF.
Plus, catch free programs at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel just around the corner. Visit torontocomics.com to see the full schedule.
Meet 315+ of the most exciting voices in comics at the Mattamy Athletic Centre 10am-5pm today at #TCAF.
Plus, catch free programs at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel just around the corner. Visit torontocomics.com to see the full schedule.
There are still loads of fresh new comics for you to snag at #TCAF Day 2!
We’re open at the Mattamy Athletic Centre until 5pm tonight, plus programs and panels at the nearby Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Visit www.torontocomics.com for the full schedule.
We’re open at the Mattamy Athletic Centre until 5pm tonight, plus programs and panels at the nearby Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Visit www.torontocomics.com for the full schedule.
June 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There are still loads of fresh new comics for you to snag at #TCAF Day 2!
We’re open at the Mattamy Athletic Centre until 5pm tonight, plus programs and panels at the nearby Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Visit www.torontocomics.com for the full schedule.
We’re open at the Mattamy Athletic Centre until 5pm tonight, plus programs and panels at the nearby Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Visit www.torontocomics.com for the full schedule.
Hello out there! We're on the air! It's TCAF time today!
Head to the Mattamy Athletic Centre (50 Carlton St.) until 7pm today for a stacked lineup of exhibitors, panels, workshops, and 28,000+ new comics friends.
Head to the Mattamy Athletic Centre (50 Carlton St.) until 7pm today for a stacked lineup of exhibitors, panels, workshops, and 28,000+ new comics friends.
June 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hello out there! We're on the air! It's TCAF time today!
Head to the Mattamy Athletic Centre (50 Carlton St.) until 7pm today for a stacked lineup of exhibitors, panels, workshops, and 28,000+ new comics friends.
Head to the Mattamy Athletic Centre (50 Carlton St.) until 7pm today for a stacked lineup of exhibitors, panels, workshops, and 28,000+ new comics friends.
Incredible energy at Libraries & Education Day! Today, TCAF brought together 200+ librarians, educators, and creators to discuss comics' immense power to excite young readers.
Thank you TMU Libraries, @graphicmedicine.bsky.social, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & Ontario Library Association!
Thank you TMU Libraries, @graphicmedicine.bsky.social, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & Ontario Library Association!
June 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Incredible energy at Libraries & Education Day! Today, TCAF brought together 200+ librarians, educators, and creators to discuss comics' immense power to excite young readers.
Thank you TMU Libraries, @graphicmedicine.bsky.social, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & Ontario Library Association!
Thank you TMU Libraries, @graphicmedicine.bsky.social, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & Ontario Library Association!
Last night's launch for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks" paperback edition was a beautiful blend of music, storytelling, and spreadsheets!
Missed it? Catch Kate at TCAF Saturday 2-3pm in a spotlight interview with @crifkind.bsky.social www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
@dandq.bsky.social
Missed it? Catch Kate at TCAF Saturday 2-3pm in a spotlight interview with @crifkind.bsky.social www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
@dandq.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Last night's launch for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks" paperback edition was a beautiful blend of music, storytelling, and spreadsheets!
Missed it? Catch Kate at TCAF Saturday 2-3pm in a spotlight interview with @crifkind.bsky.social www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
@dandq.bsky.social
Missed it? Catch Kate at TCAF Saturday 2-3pm in a spotlight interview with @crifkind.bsky.social www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
@dandq.bsky.social
Tonight! 7-9pm! Just a few tickets left!
Come celebrate the paperback launch of @katebeaton.bsky.social’s award-winning graphic memoir "Ducks" with a music by Peter MacInnis and an interview with Kate by @markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social
Come celebrate the paperback launch of @katebeaton.bsky.social’s award-winning graphic memoir "Ducks" with a music by Peter MacInnis and an interview with Kate by @markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tonight! 7-9pm! Just a few tickets left!
Come celebrate the paperback launch of @katebeaton.bsky.social’s award-winning graphic memoir "Ducks" with a music by Peter MacInnis and an interview with Kate by @markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social
Come celebrate the paperback launch of @katebeaton.bsky.social’s award-winning graphic memoir "Ducks" with a music by Peter MacInnis and an interview with Kate by @markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social
We kicked off #TCAF2025 with some comics legends!
Snaps from our packed TIFF screening of "Paying For It" alongside director Sook-Yin Lee, creator Chester Brown, and TCAF's own @librarylandia.bsky.social + Ho Che Anderson.
"Paying For It: The Film Edition" is now out with
@dandq.bsky.social
Snaps from our packed TIFF screening of "Paying For It" alongside director Sook-Yin Lee, creator Chester Brown, and TCAF's own @librarylandia.bsky.social + Ho Che Anderson.
"Paying For It: The Film Edition" is now out with
@dandq.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We kicked off #TCAF2025 with some comics legends!
Snaps from our packed TIFF screening of "Paying For It" alongside director Sook-Yin Lee, creator Chester Brown, and TCAF's own @librarylandia.bsky.social + Ho Che Anderson.
"Paying For It: The Film Edition" is now out with
@dandq.bsky.social
Snaps from our packed TIFF screening of "Paying For It" alongside director Sook-Yin Lee, creator Chester Brown, and TCAF's own @librarylandia.bsky.social + Ho Che Anderson.
"Paying For It: The Film Edition" is now out with
@dandq.bsky.social
Just a handful of tickets are left for tonight's special screening of "Paying for It!"
Hear from Sook-Yin Lee, Chester Brown, and TCAF’s own Ho Che Anderson at a live Q&A following the film. 6pm at TIFF Lightbox. am.ticketmaster.com/tiff/ism/NVU....
Hear from Sook-Yin Lee, Chester Brown, and TCAF’s own Ho Che Anderson at a live Q&A following the film. 6pm at TIFF Lightbox. am.ticketmaster.com/tiff/ism/NVU....
June 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just a handful of tickets are left for tonight's special screening of "Paying for It!"
Hear from Sook-Yin Lee, Chester Brown, and TCAF’s own Ho Che Anderson at a live Q&A following the film. 6pm at TIFF Lightbox. am.ticketmaster.com/tiff/ism/NVU....
Hear from Sook-Yin Lee, Chester Brown, and TCAF’s own Ho Che Anderson at a live Q&A following the film. 6pm at TIFF Lightbox. am.ticketmaster.com/tiff/ism/NVU....
The #TCAF2025 program schedule is now live!
Hear from your favourite creators from across Canada and around the world on the issues, ideas, and inspirations behind their work. Then, join hands-on comics workshops!
www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
Hear from your favourite creators from across Canada and around the world on the issues, ideas, and inspirations behind their work. Then, join hands-on comics workshops!
www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The #TCAF2025 program schedule is now live!
Hear from your favourite creators from across Canada and around the world on the issues, ideas, and inspirations behind their work. Then, join hands-on comics workshops!
www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
Hear from your favourite creators from across Canada and around the world on the issues, ideas, and inspirations behind their work. Then, join hands-on comics workshops!
www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
Get feedback on your work from industry pros!
Comics editors and publishers will be doing in-person portfolio reviews over the #TCAF weekend.
Book a free 8-minute consultation with publishers from Annick Press, Éditions Pow Pow, Dirty Water Comics, and more. www.torontocomics.com/portfolio-re...
Comics editors and publishers will be doing in-person portfolio reviews over the #TCAF weekend.
Book a free 8-minute consultation with publishers from Annick Press, Éditions Pow Pow, Dirty Water Comics, and more. www.torontocomics.com/portfolio-re...
June 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Get feedback on your work from industry pros!
Comics editors and publishers will be doing in-person portfolio reviews over the #TCAF weekend.
Book a free 8-minute consultation with publishers from Annick Press, Éditions Pow Pow, Dirty Water Comics, and more. www.torontocomics.com/portfolio-re...
Comics editors and publishers will be doing in-person portfolio reviews over the #TCAF weekend.
Book a free 8-minute consultation with publishers from Annick Press, Éditions Pow Pow, Dirty Water Comics, and more. www.torontocomics.com/portfolio-re...
See your art in the printed #TCAF2025 community zine!
Swing by the Courtyard Marriott anytime during the fest to make your comic alongside Still Zine and the Canada Comics Open Library. All 🎨 supplies provided! www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
Swing by the Courtyard Marriott anytime during the fest to make your comic alongside Still Zine and the Canada Comics Open Library. All 🎨 supplies provided! www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
May 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
See your art in the printed #TCAF2025 community zine!
Swing by the Courtyard Marriott anytime during the fest to make your comic alongside Still Zine and the Canada Comics Open Library. All 🎨 supplies provided! www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
Swing by the Courtyard Marriott anytime during the fest to make your comic alongside Still Zine and the Canada Comics Open Library. All 🎨 supplies provided! www.torontocomics.com/programming-...
Book bans, travel fears, AI—it's hard to be an artist these days, yet there's so much joy in creation.
Hear from @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @tundrawizard.bsky.social & @librarylandia.bsky.social on "cartooning in a dangerous time."
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
Hear from @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @tundrawizard.bsky.social & @librarylandia.bsky.social on "cartooning in a dangerous time."
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
May 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Book bans, travel fears, AI—it's hard to be an artist these days, yet there's so much joy in creation.
Hear from @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @tundrawizard.bsky.social & @librarylandia.bsky.social on "cartooning in a dangerous time."
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
Hear from @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @tundrawizard.bsky.social & @librarylandia.bsky.social on "cartooning in a dangerous time."
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
Tickets are going fast!
Snag your spot at the paperback launch event for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," feat. live music, book signing, and interview with
@markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social @thebeguiling.bsky.social
Snag your spot at the paperback launch event for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," feat. live music, book signing, and interview with
@markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social @thebeguiling.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Tickets are going fast!
Snag your spot at the paperback launch event for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," feat. live music, book signing, and interview with
@markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social @thebeguiling.bsky.social
Snag your spot at the paperback launch event for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," feat. live music, book signing, and interview with
@markmedley.bsky.social.
www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...
@dandq.bsky.social @thebeguiling.bsky.social
Now in its fifth volume, Seeing Sounds returns to TCAF!
Join the Black Nerds for live beat-making meets live drawing, as the room becomes a living sketchbook of sound and vision.
Free to attend, RSVP here: www.torontocomics.com/special-events
Join the Black Nerds for live beat-making meets live drawing, as the room becomes a living sketchbook of sound and vision.
Free to attend, RSVP here: www.torontocomics.com/special-events
May 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Now in its fifth volume, Seeing Sounds returns to TCAF!
Join the Black Nerds for live beat-making meets live drawing, as the room becomes a living sketchbook of sound and vision.
Free to attend, RSVP here: www.torontocomics.com/special-events
Join the Black Nerds for live beat-making meets live drawing, as the room becomes a living sketchbook of sound and vision.
Free to attend, RSVP here: www.torontocomics.com/special-events
Introducing your 2025 festival poster!
We partnered with the amazing @faitherinhicks.bsky.social to bring the dynamic—and colourful—energy of TCAF to life. Plus, it marks the debut of our new venue, the Mattamy Athletic Centre, in poster form.
Grab your copy of Faith's poster on sale at #TCAF2025!
We partnered with the amazing @faitherinhicks.bsky.social to bring the dynamic—and colourful—energy of TCAF to life. Plus, it marks the debut of our new venue, the Mattamy Athletic Centre, in poster form.
Grab your copy of Faith's poster on sale at #TCAF2025!
May 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Introducing your 2025 festival poster!
We partnered with the amazing @faitherinhicks.bsky.social to bring the dynamic—and colourful—energy of TCAF to life. Plus, it marks the debut of our new venue, the Mattamy Athletic Centre, in poster form.
Grab your copy of Faith's poster on sale at #TCAF2025!
We partnered with the amazing @faitherinhicks.bsky.social to bring the dynamic—and colourful—energy of TCAF to life. Plus, it marks the debut of our new venue, the Mattamy Athletic Centre, in poster form.
Grab your copy of Faith's poster on sale at #TCAF2025!
The Bay Area's @maryshyneonline.bsky.social spent a decade in publishing before getting her MFA at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Now, she works on all things Snoopy at the Schulz Studio.
Her debut "You and Me on Repeat" is a rollicking rom-com about two former friends trapped in a time loop.
Her debut "You and Me on Repeat" is a rollicking rom-com about two former friends trapped in a time loop.
May 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Bay Area's @maryshyneonline.bsky.social spent a decade in publishing before getting her MFA at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Now, she works on all things Snoopy at the Schulz Studio.
Her debut "You and Me on Repeat" is a rollicking rom-com about two former friends trapped in a time loop.
Her debut "You and Me on Repeat" is a rollicking rom-com about two former friends trapped in a time loop.
Makee is a China-born cartoonist and designer based in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2019. Makee currently works as a designer during the day and draws at night. She enjoys eating, reading, and a clean desktop.
May 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Makee is a China-born cartoonist and designer based in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2019. Makee currently works as a designer during the day and draws at night. She enjoys eating, reading, and a clean desktop.