Exhibitors
Alex Woolfson
Alex Woolfson writes and publishes guy-on-guy action-adventure comics for readers of all genders and sexual orientations to enjoy. He is bringing his first graphic novel to TCAF, the sci-fi romantic thriller, Artifice.
Debuting Books
The Grey Museum
Set in the future, The Grey Museum is a galactic romp, following a small group of survivors as they fend with mystic beings, interstellar parasites and themselves. Everything here is decided by narcissistic gods and goddesses, disturbed spirits, and bored aliens. Our clueless captives are left to wander, meandering their …read more
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Black Paths
When the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated after World War I, control of the Adriatic port of Fiume (now Rieka, Croatia) was hotly disputed. Enter “Pirate King” Gabriele d’Annunzio, an Italian poet who stormed the city with 3,000 Italian nationalists. D’Annunzio declared Fiume a free republic and himself commander. He envisioned a …read more
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Starting Monday
WHAT’S THE WEIRD WEIGHT LOSS SECRET THAT YOUR DOCTOR WON’T TELL YOU? It’s impossible to whistle with chocolate cheesecake in your mouth. While that may be true it’s not nearly as helpful as Fiona, Trish and Shanta. These three well-meaning trainers of Promises Fitness, a posh, suburban health club, continue …read more
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Grand Gestures
Simon Moreton weaves an emotional story about the mundanity of life. A man suffers through the Fall, geese, a sales trip barely surviving. Moreton’s brush strokes cary the reader through his story, forcing them to take a deep breath and look around.
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Everything Takes Forever
Manhattan-born and based Victor Kerlow’s Everything Takes Forever is a collection of the cartoonist and illustrator’s ink-and-wash comics that blur the quotidian with the absurd. In Kerlow’s world tacos and toast have bodies and smoke, tiny men who can no longer copulate or consume sandwiches deal with existential angst, and dream logic …read more
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Odd Duck
Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay north when the rest of the ducks fly south for the winter, but there’s nothing so odd about that. Chad, on the other hand, is one strange bird. Theodora quite likes him, …read more
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Very Casual
Culled from mini comics, online comics and anthology contributions, Very Casual collects notable short stories from DeForge’s prolific oeuvre. Included are stories about litter gangs, meat-filled snowmen, righteous cops, beagle/human hybrids, and forest-bound drag queens. Very Casual also collects Spotting Deer, which won the Pigskin Peters Award for best non-traditional, non-narrative or avant-garde work at …read more
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Silent Worlds
Using a grid of 9 panels over 40 wordless pages, Carlos Santos imagines multiple narratives driven by the power of the unconscious. With precise and accomplished images, Santos has created an experimental tour de force rarely seen in comics. “Carlos Santos creates strips in a manner that is essentially intuitive. …read more
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Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens
Join fan-favourite characters Marceline and Princess Bubblegum for riot grrrl rock-fueled excitement in this brand-new Adventure Time mini-series! Thanks to a newfound interest in music, Princess Bubblegum joins Marceline’s paranormal rock band for a tour across the land of Ooo! But when they’re threatened by everything from scenesters to beasts …read more
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Love Lens
A collection of romantic tales set in that glorious time of youth when your heart can shatter as easily as your glasses. Featuring the original work of seven Canadian artists, themed around our favourite fashion accessory! Follow us to a workld fresh with magical girls, first loves and self-discovery. This …read more
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