Sunday, May 10, 2009
Scenes from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
After visiting Michael's gallery showing on Saturday, I still had time left over and decided to head up-town to check out/reconnoiter the Toronto Comic Arts Festival which was happening at the Toronto Reference Library on Yonge just above Bloor. I was planning on talking my daughters to it the next day (which I did) but I thought I'd scout things out first.
Glad I did because I knew what might interest the girls and what might not. I also found the place to be pretty crowded, so I vowed to take the girls here early On Sunday in an effort to avoid the crowds.
On the first run-through I discovered that David Malaki, who is the artist for one of my favourite online cartoons (Wondermark), was there. I ended up buying all three of his comic strip compilations from him directly, along with his autograph.
I brought the girls on the second day and they had fun making their own comic strips, and enjoying a lot of the freebie comic books stuff that was being handed out. They both ended up buying posters from Imaginism Studios, Annie bought a book from Matt Forsythe (which was signed by him), and I bought a signed illustration from him.
Annie and Vanessa creating their own comics during the second day of the event
Annie explaining her "Super-Budgie" comic strip to Vanessa
Annie and Vanessa having fun with a cut-out
Comic artist Matt Forsythe adding a dedication in one of his books for Annie, drawing one of his trademark squid characters on the frontispiece.
Graphic novel artist Seth
She knitting "Plushtaches" for sale. $8 apiece.
Labels: Annie. Vanessa, comics, library, Matt Forsythe, Seth (cartoonist), Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto Reference Library
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