What to Expect at TCAF 2025!

Eyes emoji and bold text on red background: "Look who's coming to TCAF!" Over 350 indie comics creators at TCAF June 7-8.

We're so excited to introduce the amazing artists, comics creators, publishers and community and industry partners who will be tabling in the Mattamy Athletic Centre on June 7-8 — all 350+ of them!

View the 2025 Exhibitor List!

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Volunteer with TCAF

TCAF is run largely by the hard work and enthusiasm of our amazing volunteers. Our team of 100+ volunteers set up the festival, help facilitate programming, direct attendees, and more. Want to help run TCAF? Visit our volunteer page to learn more!

Volunteer at TCAF

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Meet Our Poster Artist!

TCAF has a long tradition of working with iconic Canadian cartoonists and graphic novelists on our annual posters, and for 2025, we're thrilled to announce our poster artist will be none other than award-winning Canadian artist Faith Erin Hicks!

Faith is a writer and artist living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her published works include The Adventures of Superhero Girl, Friends with Boys, The Nameless City trilogy, Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell), One Year at Ellsmere, Ride On, Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy and the young adult novel Comics Will Break Your Heart. She has won two Eisner Awards, and Pumpkinheads was a New York Times bestseller.

See you at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, June 7 and 8!

Don't forget, registration is currently open for our professional development programming on June 6 - sign up for Libraries & Education Day here, and for Word Balloon Academy here.