If you’re in Toronto this weekend, check out the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.  Admission is free: I’ve selected a few highlights I hope to check out here – visit the schedule to see way more events and features.

Saturday May 9th

2:00pm-3:00pm: DIY Comics Seminar, with Willow Dawson
Need a kickstart to your comics project but not sure where to start? Willow Dawson (No Girls Allowed, 100 Mile House) explains the process of making a comic from idea to script to finished art. Then you put what you’ve learned to the test and create your own short comics, mini-comics and ‘zines.
Toronto Star Presentation Area, Lower Level

Sunday May 10th

1:00pm-2:30pm: Newspapers, Comic Books, and The Internet.
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years, you know that newspapers—and especially editorial cartoonists and daily comic strips—are undergoing a radical change thanks to the Internet. Comic books are facing this sea-change as well, and everyone wants to know what’s going to happen. What’s next? Luckily, we’ve got the answer. We’ve assembled a crack team of panelists to discuss the future of newspapers, the future of comics, and their possible future on the internet.
Learning Centre 1

Monday, May 11th

QUIET WORK: Kid Koala’s Music To Draw To… soiree
In association with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
The Central, 603 Markham Street
6:00pm-11:00pm, $5 Admission at the Door
Get There Early, Space is Limited!

This event will be quiet and creative… 5 hour set of quiet time tunes to work to by Kid Koala… Bring your sketchbook, yarn or that lump of clay and come on down and get some work done. Five bucks admission includes a free cup of hot chocolate and a pencil. Baked goods will be provided by Corinne, Kid Koala’s wife, who dreams of someday opening a bakery in Montreal but would like to test some of her new creations first. Quiet people are invited. No dancing.

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