Bill Amend was born in New England and moved to the San Francisco Bay area when he was twelve. He is a former Eagle Scout, tuba player, math club president, and contributor to the student newspaper with twice-weekly editorial cartoons. He graduated from Massachusetts Amherst College with a degree in physics. After working for …read more
Christian Hincker, who uses the pseudonym Blutch, is the creator behind Peplum, a homosexual tragedy that was serialized in the French magazine A Suivre and later collected at Cornélius. As an illustrator he has contributed to Libération, Les Inrockuptibles, and The New Yorker. His other works include Sunnymoon, Tu Es …read more
Ivan Brunetti, Assistant Professor in the Art and Design Department of Columbia College Chicago, teaches courses on drawing, design, illustration, cartooning, and graphic novels. In 2005 he curated The Cartoonist’s Eye for the A+D Gallery of Columbia College Chicago, an exhibit that served as a preview for An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and …read more
David B. is a French comic book artist and writer, and one of the founders of L’Association. After studying advertising at the Duperré School of Applied Arts in Paris, Beauchard began working in comics in 1985, and wrote and illustrated stories in numerous magazines, including Okapi, À suivre, Tintin Reporter, …read more
Boulet, the pen name for Gilles Roussel, is a French comic book creator and cartoonist born February 1, 1975 in Meaux, France. He was among the first French cartoonists to become famous by publishing a comic strip weblog, starting in July 2004. Roussel studied art at the Graduate School of …read more
C.F. is an artist and musician based in Providence, RI. A prolific cartoonist. He will debut his latest book, MERE, at TCAF 2013. he has completed three editions of the projected multi-volume Powr Mastrs series and one book of drawings and graphics entitled Sediment. He widely considered one of the most important …read more
The Topato Corporation, or TopatoCo for short, is a company started in Oklahoma by cartoonist Jeffrey Rowland, who has been making internet comics since 1999. In about 2004 he created TopatoCo to legitimize the sale of merchandise related to his internet webcomics. Shortly thereafter he began taking on the duties …read more
Koyama Press’s mandate is to promote and support a wide range of emerging and established artists. Projects include comics, art books and zines.
Domino Books is a publisher and distributor of artists books, comics, and all types of printed media. We publish artists that remind us that art is worth devoting your life to, even if there are no tangible rewards. It is our sincere hope that readers of our publications will have …read more
AdHouse Books has been a boutique publishing juggernaut since the year of 2002. Over the years, they have won and been nominated for awards within the comic profession (Ignatz, Harvey, Eisner) and the design world (AIGA, Communication Arts, Domtar Paper). Their library of publications is an eclectic mix of sequential …read more
This stand-alone work will feature three all-new, full-color short stories that explore varied dystopian societies. From a Sherlock Holmes-style investigator who must complete his high school degree to filmed “voluntary” nudity to prison camps full of jaded children, Shaw pens each story with his signature style and unique spin, all …read more
[close]Follow the adventures of Mr. Cupcake as he hangs out with his friends Ms. Cupcake, Cotton Candy, Popcorn and Doughnut. Presented by Soda Pop Comics (Carla Rodríguez and Rosa Colón), the art is bright and colorful, and the stories are all ages.
[close]Jeremy Knowles is a 17-year-old outcast who dreams of being a great artist. But when he suffers a severe mental breakdown brought on by bullying and other pressures at school, his future is called into question, as is his very existence. Can he survive the experience through the healing power …read more
[close]A collection of wordless stories. Sometimes strange, sometimes absurd, but mostly funny, Garder le rythme is a follow up Tranquillement pas vite and Il faut que ça bouge. Which are all comics that include faceless characters in really small squares.
[close]We Will Remain by Andrew White is a 44 page comic collecting comic stories about place and how places affect our lives. This collection of stories varies in subject from an astronaut entering that spot right between dimensions to a boy and a swimming pool.
[close]What would you do if someone you trusted asked you to believe what you thought was impossible? When high school science teacher and pragmatic realist Mark is inexplicably drawn to renting a cheesy alien-abduction flick, it sets in motion a chain of events that makes him rethink everything he has …read more
[close]A collection of works by the undisputed gay bondage comics master Gengoroh Tagame is being published for the very first time in North America by PictureBox in The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: The Master of Bara Manga, designed by Chip Kidd and introduced by literary icon Edmund White. Tagame (pronounced Tah-gah-mé) is …read more
[close]Behold: Obituary Man! A nondescript man who gains indescribable energy from reciting the eulogy at the funerals of strangers. He has never felt so alive! Maurice Petit is the unremarkable type, unaware of his own loneliness until, one morning, on his way to work he feels the crowds in the …read more
[close]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
[close]Back in 1984, a rebellious,17-year-old, punked-out Ulli Lust set out for a wild hitchhiking trip across Italy, from Naples through Verona and Rome and ending up in Sicily. Twenty-five years later, this talented Austrian cartoonist has looked back at that tumultuous summer and delivered a long, dense, sensitive, and minutely …read more
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The Doug Wright Awards
TCAF Queer Mixer: Featuring Tagame & Vellekoop!
