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Oni Press is coming toEmerald City Comic Con 2019!

2/27/2019

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PORTLAND, OR., Feb. 27, 2019 — It's that time again! Welcome to the 2019 convention season. We are so excited to announce that we will be kicking off this year at Emerald City Comic Con at booth #216 in Seattle, WA., March 14-17th.
Please note that in addition to the creators listed below, we also have the following creators in attendance and available for interviews for their upcoming Oni Press titles: Kimberli Johnson (Emiline: Knight in Training), Daniel Barnes and D.J. Kirkland (The Black Mage), Meredith McClaren (Super Fun Sexy Times), and Isabella Rotman (Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up).
If you happen to be in town Wednesday, March 13th, you won't want to miss Dylan Meconis (The Long Con) and Sarah Graley (Our Super Adventure) signing at Phoenix Comics and Games (113 Broadway E., Seattle) from 5-7pm!
For additional press queries such as on-site interviews with our creators, please contact me directly.

Check out all of our ECCC plans below! 


Available at Oni Press Booth #216
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Check out our convention exclusives: Morning in America #1 with exclusive cover by Rii Abrego; Dream Daddy deluxe limited edition hardcover (based on the popular Dad dating simulator video game by Game Grumps); Rick and Morty™ Presents: Jerry #1 convention exclusive cover by Christopher Uminga; and the Aquicorn Cove pin as well as the new Floral Tea Dragon Pin Set forThe Tea Dragon Society based on the Oni Press graphic novels by Katie O'Neill!
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In addition to your new favorites, pick up a couple of Oni Press licensed trade paperbacks! Our latest editions to these collectible volumes are Invader ZIM Volume 6, with variant cover by Megan Lawton, and Rick and Morty™ Volume 8 with exclusive variant cover by Julieta Colás.
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​We will have new releases including The Long Con Volume 1 by Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman, and EA Denich; Cretaceous by Tadd Galusha; Rick and Morty™ vs. Dungeons & Dragons trade paperback; Our Super Adventure: Press Start to Begin by Sarah Graley; Long Road to Liquor City by Macon Blair and Joe Flood; The Ballad of Sang Volume 1 by Ed Brisson and Alessandro Micelli; and the Guerilllas Omnibus by Brahm Revel.
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ECCC 2019 Signings
Thursday, March 14

Sarah Graley
Our Super Adventure, Kim Reaper, Rick and Morty™ Lil' Poopy Superstar
11am-12pm

Yehudi Mercado
Sci-Fu
12-1pm

Cat Farris 
My Boyfriend is a Bear
1-2pm

Sam Logan
Invader ZIM
2-3pm

Ryan Maniulit & D.J. Kirkland
Dream Daddy
3-4pm

Chris Uminga
Rick and Morty™ Presents: Jerry #1 Convention Exclusive
4-5pm


 
Friday, March 15

Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota, Tess Stone
Buzz, Lucky Penny, Not Drunk Enough
10-11am

Dylan Meconis
The Long Con
11am-12pm

Kyle Starks
Rick and Morty™, Kill Them All, Dead of Winter
12-1pm

Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan
Drawn to Sex: The Basics, Oh Joy Sex Toy
1-2pm

Josh Trujillo, D.J. Kirkland, Jeremy Lawson
Dream Daddy
2-3pm

Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover
Banana Sunday, Made Men, Small Favors
3-4pm

Chris Uminga
Rick and Morty™ Presents: Jerry #1 Convention Exclusive
4-5pm

Magdalene Visaggio
Morning in America #1
5-6pm

Sarah Graley
Our Super Adventure, Kim Reaper, Rick and Morty™ Lil' Poopy Superstar
6pm-7pm

Request an Interview with a Creator
Saturday, March 16

Sarah Graley
Our Super Adventure, Kim Reaper, Rick and Morty™ Lil' Poopy Superstar
10-11am

Dylan Meconis & Ben Coleman
The Long Con
11am-12pm

Jim Zub
Rick and Morty™ vs. Dungeons & Dragons
12-1pm

Chris Uminga
Rick and Morty™ Presents: Jerry #1 Convention Exclusive
1-2pm

Kris Anka
Dream Daddy
2-3pm

Magdalene Visaggio
Morning in America #1
3-4pm

Jackie Lewis 
Merry Men
4-5pm

Greg Smith & Michael Tanner
Junior Braves of the Apocalypse
5-6pm

Sunday, March 17

Terry Blas, Molly Muldoon, Matthew Seely
Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom
11am-12pm

Yehudi Mercado
Sci-Fu
12-1pm

Megan Rose Gedris
Spectacle
1-2pm

Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan
Drawn to Sex: The Basics, Oh Joy Sex Toy
2-3pm

Ted Naifeh
Kriss, Night's Dominion, Courtney Crumrin, Princess Ugg
3-4pm

Sarah Graley
Our Super Adventure, Kim Reaper, Rick and Morty™ Lil' Poopy Superstar
4pm-5pm

 
ECCC 2019 Panels
Marketing Your Own Comics Without Being a Nuisance
The key to success in comics is knowing you are the direct line to your fans—but how do you shamelessly promote your work without going overboard? Join marketing teams from Oni Press and Dark Horse Comics, with a handful of successful self-made comics creators to learn the best social media and marketing tactics for your self-published comics.
Date: 3/14/2019
Time: 1:30:00 - 2:30:00
Location:  TCC L3-R1
Speakers: Melissa Meszaros, Cara O’Neil, Daniel Barnes, Sarah Graley, Paul Tobin, Greg Smith, Anne Smith
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Becoming Your Hero: Creating Comics for Licensed Properties
What's it like to play around with your favorite TV, movie, and comic characters—and get paid for it?! Learn comics creator's approach to writing, drawing, and coloring licensed properties to maintain the integrity, even stretching the boundaries of your favorite characters and their worlds. Panelists: Sarah Gaydos, Sarah Stern, Josh Trujillo, Drew Rausch, Andrew MacLean, Kris Anka, Irene Koh
Date: 3/15/2019
Time: 11:00:00 - 12:00:00
Location:  TCC L3-R3
Speakers: Sarah Gaydos, Sarah Stern, Josh Trujillo, Drew Rausch, Andrew MacLean, Kris Anka, Irene Koh
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Kids Can Make Comics, Too!
Calling all kids! We know you love to read comics, but are you making YOUR OWN?! Come and learn the secrets of comics creation from word balloons to panel layouts to character building, hosted by Oni Press's Editor in Chief Sarah Gaydos and friends. Panelists: Sarah Gaydos, Kimberli Johnson, Terry Blas, Greg Smith, Michael Tanner, Yehudi Mercado
Date: 3/15/2019
Time: 2:45:00 - 3:45:00
Location:  WSCC 210 - Family HQ Stage
Speakers: Sarah Gaydos, Kimberli Johnson, Terry Blas,  Greg Smith, Yehudi Mercado,  Michael Tanner
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Limerence Press Presents: The Future of LGBT+ Comics
2018 was a great year for LGBT+ comics—what does 2019 and beyond hold? Join Limerence Press editorial director Ari Yarwood in conversation with a panel of top indie creators, featuring Josh Trujillo (Dream Daddy), Meredith McClaren (Super Fun Sexy Times), Mildred Louis (Agents of the Realm), Isabella Rotman (Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up), Tess Stone (Not Drunk Enough), and Megan Rose Gedris (Spectacle) discussing representation, craft, and their hopes for the future of queer comics.

Date: 3/15/2019
Time: 4:00:00 - 5:00:00
Location:  TCC L3-R1

Speakers: Ari Yarwood, Josh Trujillo, Meredith McClaren, Mildred Louis, Isabella Rotman, Tess Stone, Megan Rose Gedris

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Rick and Morty™ vs. Dungeons & Dragons Live!
What happens when the original fantasy role-playing game and Adult Swim's zany hit show collide? Join Oni Press on a Rick and Morty™ VS. Dungeons & Dragons live RPG encounter, dungeon mastered by comic creator Jim Zub (who co-wrote the R+M VS D&D comic mini-series). It's 5th edition D&D meets Rick and Morty dimension-crashing sass with dice-dealing damage, strange creatures, exciting surprise guests and prizes for the lucky or foolhardy - Don't miss it!

Date: 3/15/2019
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 
Location: TCC L3-R5


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Tales from The Long Con
What happens at Con, stays at Con... sometimes. Join comics creators and comic industry powerhouses in an epic storytelling event, sharing their convention adventures—horrific, romantic, and comedic—from comic cons across the globe. Panelists include Robin Herrera, Ben Coleman, Dylan Meconis, Sarah Graley, and more!
Date: 3/16/2019
Time: 4:00:00 - 5:00:00
Location:  TCC L3-R1
Speakers: Robin Herrera, Ben Coleman, Dylan Meconis,  Sarah Graley, Stef Purenins, Ashley Poston, DJ Kirkland
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Be a Character: Creating Autobiographical Comics in the Internet Age
Autobiographical comics are among the medium's best-loved works, but how has creating personal stories changed since Fun Home? Join a panel of non-fiction comics creators featuring Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins (Our Super Adventure), Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota (Johnny Wander), and Abby Howard (Junior Scientist Power Hour) in conversation with Oni Press senior editor Ari Yarwood to talk about navigating privacy, authenticity, and storytelling in the digital age.
Date: 3/17/2019
Time: 12:00:00 - 1:00:00
Location:  TCC L3-R1
Speakers: Ari Yarwood, Sarah Graley, Stef Purenins, Yuko Ota,  Ananth Hirsh, Abby Howard
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Monster Battle Time KO!
Three teams of artists go head-to-head in the biggest Monster Battle Time of the season! This year we have three teams of stellar cartoonists to design your monsters and battle for ultimate artistic glory! Free comics to all attendees!
Date: 3/17/2019
Time: 2:45:00 - 3:45:00
Location:  WSCC 210 - Family HQ Stage
Speakers: Robin Herrera, Arielle Jovellanos, Yehudi Mercado, Sarah Graley, Stef Purenins, Kimberli Johnson, Rin Howell
Available from Oni Games
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Renegade Game Studios and Oni Games bring you Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game, and The Tea Dragon Society Card Game
with white variant box.
More Available from Oni Press!
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Pick up a couple of Oni Press faves while you're out and about at the convention! We'll have Aquicorn Cove by Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Katie O'Neill and fan-favorite A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson. If you're looking for the next big thing, check out Kyle Starks' Kill Them All, which was just optioned for film by Paramount, and Stumptown by Greg Rucka and Justin Greenwood, which was optioned for TV by CBS!
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ABOUT ONI PRESS
Oni Press is a premier comic book and graphic novel publisher located in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1997, Oni Press is run by Founder Joe Nozemack and Publisher James Lucas Jones. Oni Press’s curated line includes a variety of bestselling, award-winning, original and licensed comic books and graphic novels, including: [adult swim]’s Rick and Morty, Nickelodeon’s Invader ZIM, Scott Pilgrim, The Tea Dragon Society, Queen & Country, Courtney Crumrin, My Boyfriend is a Bear, The Sixth Gun, Sci-Fu, Wet Moon, Letter 44, The Coldest City, and Kaijumax.
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Valiant Heads to SC Comicon for Its First Convention Appearance of 2019

2/27/2019

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New York, NY (February 27, 2019) – Valiant is excited to announce its first convention appearance of the 2019 season will be at SC Comicon in South Carolina!

 
From Saturday, March 9th to Sunday, March 10th, head to Booth #911/1010 at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, SC, where Valiant will be set up to bring congoers an unbeatable selection of trade paperbacks and deluxe hardcovers—including titles like FAITH: DREAMSIDE, X-O MANOWAR, SHADOWMAN, BLOODSHOT SALVATION, NINJA-K, QUANTUM AND WOODY!, and much more! Valiant staff will be on hand to help existing fans and the curious alike pick out their new favorite reads from Valiant’s slate of award-winning titles, including Volume 1 collections that are specially priced at only $9.99!
 
Valiant will also have for sale at its booth limited quantities of the SC Comicon exclusive of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA #1 with a cover illustrated by the legendary Neal Adams, available in full-color and black-and-white versions. The six-issue limited series by Joshua Dysart and CAFU about the most powerful man in the Valiant Universe debuts in comic shops everywhere on March 13th.

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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA #1 SC COMICON EXCLUSIVE
Covers by Neal Adams

 
Plus, staffers will distribute FREE copies of the VALIANT SPRING 2019 PREVIEW, which contains sneak peeks of upcoming titles PUNK MAMBO #1 by Cullen Bunn and Adam Gorham; FALLEN WORLD #1 by Dan Abnett and Adam Pollina; and PSI-LORDS #1 by Fred Van Lente and Renato Guedes, so be sure to pick one up!
 


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Valiant Spring 2019 Preview Cover art by Dan Brereton
 
Valiant is the proud sponsor of the SC Comicon staff T-shirts, so if you’re at the show and have a question, you can easily spot a staff member from their snazzy Valiant t-shirt, featuring art by JG Jones!

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Art by JG Jones. Look for this image on SC Comicon staff t-shirts!
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For tickets and other information about SC Comicon, visit http://sccomicon.com.


About Valiant Entertainment

Valiant Entertainment, a subsidiary of DMG Entertainment, is a leading character-based entertainment company that owns and controls the third largest library of superheroes behind Marvel and DC. With more than 80 million issues sold and a library of over 2,000 characters, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, Archer & Armstrong, and many more, Valiant is one of the most successful publishers in the history of the comic book medium. Valiant consistently produces some of the most critically acclaimed comics in the industry and has received numerous industry awards and accolades, including a Diamond Gem Award for Comic Book Publisher of the Year. For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and ValiantEntertainment.com. For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com.
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CHICAGO COMIC & ENTERTAINMENT EXPO EMPOWERS CHICAGO-AREA STUDENTS TO READ WITH FIRST-EVER “POWER UP TO READ” PROGRAM

2/21/2019

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Incentivized Program Will Offer Free C2E2 Badges to Students Who Read Eight Books by March 9
 
CHICAGO, IL – February 21, 2019 – Today, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), the largest pop culture convention in the Midwest, announced that they are teaming up with 194 local schools and libraries to launch “Power Up To Read.” The free program gives students between ages 6-14 the chance to earn a free 3-day badge to C2E2 simply by reading! In its inaugural year, ReedPOP is distributing 57,000 “Power Up To Read” participation worksheets and coupon codes to participating schools and libraries to help incentivize students to read more.


To partake in the program, students must attend a participating school and obtain a “Power Up To Read” worksheet from a school representative or download a copy from the Power Up To Read website. To complete the program, students must read eight books, comic books, or graphic novels from their school or library between now and March 9, 2019 and fill out the provided worksheet with the requested details on the books they read.


“We’re always looking for new ways to work closely with the communities where our shows are,” said Kristina Rogers, Event Director, ReedPOP. We’re thrilled to be partnering with the Chicago Public Schools to rewards our youngest superheroes for reading and can’t wait to welcome them to this year’s C2E2. Who knows, we could be inspiring the next great author or comic creator!”


Once the students complete their worksheets, they can turn in the completed sheet to their school’s representative in exchange for a promo code which can be redeemed by a parent or guardian and are valid for a free 3-day badge for the student, and 50 percent off two additional 3-day badges. Codes can be redeemed at C2E219.com/badges.


“Students, teachers and school librarians are reading and sharing more comics and graphic novels now than ever before. As graphic novels become part of our literacy toolkit in schools, we are grateful for partnerships like the one we have with ReedPOP, who have generously offered to incentivize student reading by offering free C2E2 attendance to our students who might not otherwise have the ability to attend, through their Power Up To Read program,” said Kara Thorstenson, Library and Digital Media Manager, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Digital Learning, Chicago Public Schools.


Starting in 2010, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) has become the largest pop culture and comic convention in the Midwest. This year’s C2E2 will take place March 22-24 at Chicago’s McCormick Place and tickets are on sale now. Featured talent this year includes: Paul Rudd (Clueless, Ant-Man), Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin) John Barrowman (Arrow, Doctor Who); John Francis Daley (Freaks and Geeks, Bones); Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks, Silicon Valley); The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai stars Ralph Maccio and William Zabka as well as expansive list of comic book talent.
 
For the latest news, visit C2E2.com and check C2E2’s social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram).
 
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ABOUT REEDPOP
ReedPOP is a boutique group within Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading event organizer. ReedPOP is devoted exclusively to organizing and managing events, launching and acquiring new shows, and working with premium brands in the pop culture world to deliver once in a lifetime experiences for fans everywhere. ReedPOP is dedicated to facilitating celebrations of popular culture around the globe that transcend ordinary events by providing unique access and dynamic personal experiences. ReedPOP is proud to be a part of a portfolio of events that include New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) West, East, South, Australia and Unplugged, Emerald City Comicon (ECCC), BookCon, BookExpo, Keystone Comic Con, Oz Comic-Con, Comic Con India, Comic Con Paris, Comic Con Seoul, Star Wars Celebration, TwitchCon, ComplexCon and more. The staff at ReedPOP is a fan-based group of professionals uniquely qualified to serve those with whom they share a common passion.


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Toronto Public Library presentsTCAF 2019 – The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

2/14/2019

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TCAF 2019 – The Toronto Comic Arts Festival @ Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street
Professional Development: Friday, May 10
Public Exhibition: Saturday May 11, 9am-5pm & Sunday May 12, 10am-5pm
Free to attend
www.torontocomics.com
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TORONTO, CANADA: The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is excited to announce its initial round of Featured Guests of the 2019 Festival! Drawing from across North America and highlighting some of the very best adult graphic novels being published today, these authors will join the more than 350 cartoonists from 20+ countries participating in the FREE, two-day exhibition on May 11 and 12 at Toronto Reference Library!
Each year TCAF showcases Canada’s most incredible comics talent on a world stage by promoting top-tier creators and publishers, and inviting the attention of the global cartooning community. TCAF 2019 will see more than 40 Featured Guests in total, from North America and abroad, and for readers of all ages. In addition to the two-day exhibition, the Festival will include a full week of comics-related performances, readings, workshops, gallery exhibitions, parties, and so much more!
Keep reading to see the first official TCAF poster, an amazing variety of Featured Guests, and announcements about two special TCAF anniversaries!
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TCAF 2019 Festival Poster by Junji Ito Already announced, TCAF will welcome Japanese manga-ka Junji Ito to the Festival this year! The master of Japanese horror comics will visit North America for the first time to debut his new short story collection Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection, published by VIZ Media. To celebrate his appearance, Ito-sensei has created this beguiling original poster artwork for TCAF 2019! This is one of three official posters for this year, and all posters will be printed and available for purchase at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival.


Featured North American Guests of TCAF 2019 include:Emily Carroll: Canadian writer and artist of numerous award-winning comics, including the horror collection Through the Woods, which won both an Eisner and the British Fantasy Award, and the graphic adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak. Carroll attends TCAF in support of her new work When I Arrived at the Castle, published by Koyama Press.
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​Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore: Americans Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore are based in Los Angeles and Chicago respectively, and have teamed together to create the new original graphic novel BTTM FDRS, a brutal Afrofuturist satire about gentrification and cultural appropriation, published by Fantagraphics.
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Inés Estrada: From Mexico City, Estrada likes drawing animals and writing about intense things that some people find very relatable and others straight-up disgusting. Her newest work is Alienation, published by Fantagraphics and debuting at TCAF 2019! Inés Estrada attends TCAF this year as a Featured Guest of the Wowee Zonk Pavilion, celebrating 10th Anniversary of Wowee Zonk at TCAF!
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Bill Griffith: Creator of the syndicated daily comic strip Zippy The Pinhead, Griffith’s prolific output has been included in such publications as the Village Voice, National Lampoon, and the New Yorker. According to Bartlett, Griffith coined the popular phrase “Are we having fun yet?” He lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut. Bill Griffith attends TCAF in support of his new graphic novel, Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie The Pinhead, published by Abrams ComicArts.
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Gord Hill: The author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book, and The Antifa Comic Book. He is a member of theKwakwaka’wakw nation whose territory is located on northern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland in the province of “British Columbia.” He has been involved in Indigenous people’s and anti-globalization movements since 1990. Gord Hill attends TCAF in support of The Antifa Comic Book, published by Arsenal Pulp Press.

Lucy Knisley: The author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family, Knisley is the New York Times bestselling author of Relish: My Life in the Kitchen and Something New. She lives and works in Chicago, with her husband and child. Knisley is attending TCAF in support of her debuting graphic novel Kid Gloves from First Second.

Anders Nilsen: The author of eight books including the phenomenal Big Questions, Nilsen’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Kramer’s Ergot, and Pitchfork, among many others. Nilsen makes his home in Portland, Oregon, and will attend TCAF in support of his ongoing self-published comic book series Tongues.

Brian Selznik: The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, among many other beloved books for children. Selznik attends TCAF in support of his first book for adults, the TCAF-debuting “provocative visual narrative” Live Oak, With Moss, published by Abrams ComicArts. Based on the original poetry by Walt Whitman and reconstructed by Karen Karbiener.
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Seth: Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic book series Palookaville, which continues to this day as a semi-annual hardcover from publisher Drawn & Quarterly. His comics and illustrations have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, New Yorker, the Walrus, and Seth also illustrated TCAF’s very first Festival poster in 2003. Seth will attend TCAF in support of Clyde Fans, his epic graphic novel over a decade in the making.
Vivek Shraya & Ness Lee: Vivek Shraya is the multi-award-winning author of works including God Loves Hair, even this page is white, I’m Afraid of Men, and What I Love About Being QUEER. Shraya has teamed with prestigious Toronto illustrator/artist Ness Lee to release the disturbing Death Threat, an unflinching portrayal of violent harassment and the dangers of online hate, published by Arsenal Pulp Press. Shraya and Lee will attend TCAF in support of Death Threat’sspring 2019 debut.


Mark Alan Stamaty: Acclaimed American cartoonist and illustrator, Stamaty has produced numerous children’s books but is best known for his syndicated comic strip MacDoodle St. Stamaty attends TCAF in support of a remastered collection of MacDoodle St. published by New York Review Comics. Mark Stamaty will only be present at TCAF on Saturday, May 11.
More guests are soon to be announced, including International Guests, Young Adult Guests, and Kids Guests. Stay tuned!


Celebrating 10 years of Wowee Zonk, and 5 years of Word Balloon AcademyTCAF 2019 will see the celebration of two important anniversaries for the Festival; the 10th Anniversary of our Wowee Zonk Pavilion of Small Press and indie artists, and the 5th Anniversary of our Word Balloon Academy Professional Development programming for creators!

The Wowee Zonk Pavilion began in 2010 and has been curated since that time by Toronto artists Christopher Kuzma, Patrick Kyle, and Ginette LaPalme. Its goal is to continuously shine a light on some of the very best and most exciting work being made internationally in comics, zines, and small press publishing. Occupying the ‘Browsery’ space of Toronto Reference Library, Wowee Zonk is frequently cited as an exciting and dynamic space at TCAF, and the Festival will be doing a number of special events around Wowee Zonk this year, including welcoming Wowee Zonk exhibitor Inés Estrada as our Featured Guest! Look for more Wowee Zonk info soon.

Word Balloon Academy began in 2015, as TCAF’s free, annual professional development program for comics creators local to Toronto and those in town to participate in the Festival. Headed by Georgia Webber and Kim Hoang in the first year, and continuing with Kim as programming coordinator since 2016, Word Balloon Academy has offered presentations on everything from writing grant applications to running a successful crowdfunding campaign, to dealing with depression and maintaining physical health, to how to ink a really great looking comics page! Word Balloon Academy will offer its broadest suite of programming ever in 2019, with more info to be announced soon. Word Balloon Academy logo by Dustin Harbin.


And so much more…!This will be a huge year for TCAF, and in addition to more guest announcements, you can look forward to announcements of our 2019 gallery presentations, the return of Zineland Terrace, new venues, and so much more!

Head over to torontocomics.com to see the more than 350 cartoonists and publishers already announced for 2019!
And keep watching our newsletter and social media for up-to-the-minute announcements!
Website: www.torontocomics.com
Twitter: @TorontoComics
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TorontoComics
Tumblr: torontocomics.tumblr.com


ABOUT TCAFThe Toronto Comic Arts Festival would not be possible without the assistance of our sponsors and partners, including presenting sponsor Toronto Public Library and primary sponsor The Beguiling Books & Art.
TCAF is produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.

We would also like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. / Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.

Seneca College is a proud Sponsor of TCAF 2019.

TCAF would like to thank Abrams ComicArts, Arsenal Pulp Press, Fantagraphics Books, First Second, Koyama Press, New York Review Comics, and VIZ Media and Shogakukan Inc. for their help in arranging the participation of the guests mentioned in this release.
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Sponsorship opportunities for TCAF 2019 are still available, please email us at: contact@torontocomics.com for more info.
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ASPEN COMICS REVEALS LONG BEACH COMIC EXPO EXCLUSIVE AND CREATOR APPEARANCES

2/13/2019

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2-13-2019--Aspen Comics will be appearing at their first convention of 2019 this weekend at The Long Beach Comic Expo 2019 at the Long Beach Convention Center. Aspen creators Frank Mastromauro (Overtaken, Shrugged), Peter Steigerwald (The ZooHunters), Gabe Carrasco (Portal Bound) and Vince Hernandez (Fathom, Artifact One) will be appearing both days at the Aspen Comics Booth #207.
 
Fans can also pick up Aspen’s first con-exclusive variant of the year, the Aspen Visions: Fathom#1 Dan Mendoza Long Beach Comic Expo exclusive limited to 100 copies, only available at the Aspen Comics Booth.
 
The publisher will also be offering a limited quantity of their hottest con-exclusive items from last year in addition to a host of new titles and trade paperbacks including the new Aspen Mascots all-ages activity trade paperback in stores this week.
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For more information on Long Beach Comic Expo please check
 
www.longbeachcomicexpo.com
www.AspenComics.com
www.AspenStore.com
Facebook.com/AspenComics
Twitter.com/AspenComics
Instagram: Aspen Comics

 
 
Aspen Comics is an entertainment publishing company founded in 2003 by superstar comic book artist, Michael Turner, along with Frank Mastromauro and Peter Steigerwald. In addition to producing their own line of hit titles including Fathom, Soulfire, Executive Assistant: Iris, Lola XOXO and many others, Aspen has joined forces with some of the industry’s most notable companies on their best-selling titles. Aspen’s collaborated with Marvel, DC Comics, NBC, Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment, Axe Body Spray, American Express and more. In 2018, Aspen Comics is celebrating their fifteen-year anniversary and has joined forces with powerhouse entertainment moguls David Maisel and Scooter Braun in collaboration with their founding of Mythos Studios, currently developing Michael Turner’s Fathom and Soulfire for film and various multimedia projects.
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