Podcasts about toronto comics art festival

This week Jordan and Jesse welcome comedian Todd Glass back to the pod to talk about The Mask, Son Of The Mask, and his fabulous new live comedy event Todd Glass: The Event Of A Lifetime. Go see Jordan's co-author of "Youth Group" Bowen McCurdy at the Toronto Comics Art Festival! Also, pre-order a copy of Youth Group right away!Right now, Nuts.com is offering new customers a free gift with purchase and free shipping on orders of $29 or more at Nuts.com/jjgo.Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code JJGO at Manscaped.com

Conferences, conventions, and festivals! As a comics creator, should you go to them? What should you do there? What's the best way for you to work with all the very different public event spaces there are to promote and support your comics and your career? Today, we talk to the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Toronto Comics Art Festival, Christopher Butcher, about how conferences, conventions, and festivals work, and how best to plan to interact with them as an author. For more information about the Toronto Comics Art Festival, you can check them out on Twitter (https://twitter.com/torontocomics) or at their website (http://www.torontocomics.com). For more on Christopher Butcher, you can follow him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Comics212).

Mark first came to Aaron's notice on the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel. The hosts Jim Rugg (Street Angel) and Ed Piskor (X-Men Grand Design, Hip-Hop Family Tree) did an episode showcasing picture books that spotlighted Mark's underrated classic, “Who Needs Donuts?” On this episode of Speech Bubble, Mark explains the bizarre story of how the book got its non sequitor title among other unlikely tales from his life as a prolific cartoonist for The Village Voice, The Washington Post and other equally high profile American publications of record, including The New York Times Book Review.In all three of the publications named here, Mark wrote and drew long-running comic strips – the most well-known of which was arguably McDoodle Street, which developed quite a cult following in the pages of The Village Voice among the miscreants living in 1970s New York. He tells Aaron that inspiration for the content of such a thing came on long meandering walks through the city streets at all hours of the night where he would just let his mind wander into all manner of dreamy tangents. Later, in his rent-controlled apartment – where he once heard the music of Kris Kristofferson wafting through the floor boards – he would draw what he saw. What came out was often a Where's Waldo-esque acid trip where every inch of the panels were covered in a warped-ly detailed cityscape with sight gags strewn throughout. Maybe this was at least partially due to the fact that both Mark's parents were gag cartoonists themselves. In fact, growing up he sometimes found himself playing in the backyard with the real Dennis the Menace (son of the strip's creator Hank Ketcham).In addition, to its busy pages, McDoodle Street gained attention for its biting social commentary and satirism. A combination Mark was later asked to repeat when targeting America's seat of power for his Washingtoon Strip in the Washington Post and then his Boox Strip for the New York Times Book Review. Though special in their own right, these two strips never quite captured the imagination like McDoodle St., which ended abruptly, without explanation. Mark offers that explanation here and in the pages of the newly published McDoodle Street collection from The New York Review of Comics and Penguin Random House Canada, which he came to the Toronto Comics Art Festival to promote at the time of this interview. This episode of Speech Bubble is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.Mark's websiteMark's Wikipedia entryCartoonist Kayfabe – Show and Tell 04: Picture Books feat. Who Needs Donuts?The publisher of the re-issued MacDoodle St. New York Review of ComicsPenguin Random House CanadaYellow Yellow reissued by Drawn and QuarterlyMark Alan Stamaty on Bullseye with Jesse ThornMark Alan Stamaty on All of It with Alison StewartMark Alan Stamaty on Leonard Lopate At Large on WBAISponsorHairy Tarantula

Inspire Your Business at the Toronto Comics Art Festival This episode is brought to you by Constant Contact offering email marketing solutions to help you connect with your target market. Visit www.cashinginoncreativitypodcast.com  for more information Our Tune of the Week is There’s a Song in There Somewhere by Thomas Wade off his Seven Years on album. Purchase Thomas’s music at www.thomaswade.com About the Show A business and career podcast helping inspire creative entrepreneurs such as artists, authors, and musicians to create a fulfilling life using their talents. Get started on your journey today! Artists, authors, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs with talent will benefit from this podcast. This is a podcast that helps you take that creative talent and offers you ways to turn it into a viable business, product, or service. The podcast is hosted by artist Bruce Outridge who shows you through the eyes of others how you can take an idea or talent and make it something that brings you money in over time allowing you to create a career doing something that you love. The show features topics, interviews, and ideas to take your creative talents and turn them into profitable ideas. Want to know how a musician takes their love of music and makes a living? How about learning how a cartoonist created a business because he loves to draw? How did that author write their latest book? How does a jewellery maker, photographer, or software maker make money with their passion? The show interviews real people actually making money from their creative crafts hopefully inspiring you to do the same no matter which level of creative entrepreneur that you are subscribe to the podcast at www.cashinginoncreativitypodcast.com

Aaron is live from the Toronto Comics Art Festival 2018 serving as the moderator for a Spotlight Q & A on this episode's guest. If you couldn't be there live, now's your chance to eavesdrop on this sit down with Toronto's own Ho Che Anderson. The writer and artist talks about what it was like to go from an admirer of Jack “King” Kirby and Howard Chaykin to aping Chaykin's style before coming into his own on the definitive Martin Luther King graphic novel, King: A Comics Biography for Fantagraphics. He tells of his unlikely route into comics through the broken promises of former Canadian publisher Vortex Comics (Mister X) and his debut in the porn comic I Want to Be Your Dog. Meanwhile, it's touched on how his portrayals of both MLK and the black female lead in his horror comic Scream Queens were miles ahead of their time. Finally, the implications and influences behind his latest work God Head are discussed, including the intersections of capitalism and religion and why its okay to copy your heroes until you find your footing. This episode is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.Ho Che Anderson's InstagramHo Che Anderson's Fantagraphics pageHo Che Anderson on IMDBHo Che Anderson tells CBC the comics that influenced him most at The BeguilingComics Alternative Interviews Ho Che AndersonSponsor Hairy TarantulaCoupon Codes Enter these codes at checkout when you shop online and we'll get some money to support the podcast.Geeky t-shirts – Riptapparel.com – 10% OFF – NEVERSLEEPSLast minute gifts – Giftagram.com -- $15 OFF -- NEVERSLEEPS15

The Beguiling Books & Art is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2017, so Aaron welcomes its current owner Peter Birkemoe and outgoing shop manager and current Toronto Comic Art Festival artistic director Christopher Butcher. Together they trace the shop's history from its beginnings on Harbord Street to its current status as Toronto's destination for independent comics. We discuss how both Chris and Peter grew to mostly detest mainstream superhero comics in favour of the more intellectual and independent fare, before discussing the evolution of the Toronto Comics Art Festival from a small comic convention in the Honest Ed's store parking lot to a showcase of comic art from around the world at the Toronto Reference Library. This conversation finds The Beguiling in a state of transition, as they just moved from their long time location in Toronto's Mirvish Village to a new location on College Street. If that weren't enough, Chris is leaving his post as store manager to become Viz Media's man in Canada. Needless to say, there's lots to talk about. This episode is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.@peterbirkemoe@Comics212@TheBeguilingTheBeguiling.comChris's WebsitePage & Panel Online ShopToronto Comic Art FestivalEpisode Sponsor: Hairy Tarantula

For Chic Pixel Plus’s extra special 20th episode, I’m joined by not one, but four guests: the amazingly awesome Allison Rapp (@mnemosynekurai), Amanada Cosmos (@acosmos), and Arden (@sproutella)! Before getting into the topic of the day, Arden and Amanda give us the lowdown on the Toronto Comics Art Festival and we gush over the superstars… Read More The post Chic Pixel Plus Episode 20 – The A Team Talks Anime appeared first on Chic Pixel.

This week we finally got to chat with the creator of the Toronto Comics Art Festival (or TCAF as it's known) Chris Butcher! Chris manages at the Beguiling Comic shop in Toronto and has now been running TCAF for over ten years! Chris is an overly nice guy and he was a fantastic guest to talk to. In this first part of a two part episode, we go on to discuss the festival origins along with the work that was involved into setting it up and making it one of the premiere comic art festivals in the world. Tune in next week for Part 2 of this episode!Chris Butcher's TwitterThe BeguilingTCAF

IN THIS EPISODE: With the Toronto Comics Art Festival on this weekend, and none of us able to attend, we decided to have our own comics show. With…blackjack! And…hookers! Actually, we talk about cons, including the one Ben attended recently, which comics we read, and Graham’s plan to buy and develop land.

The boys retell their  weekend at TCAF (Toronto Comics Art Festival). Some cool stories and videos from the event!Check out this panel from the event: BALANCING A CANADIAN IDENTITY WHILE WORKING IN THE MAINSTREAM