Little Island Book Club

I'll be at Little Island Comics Kids'Comics Book Club this Saturday, March 17th at 3:00 to talk about The Never Weres.

http://www.littleislandcomics.com/

What Makes A Baby

I'm illustrating a great new kids' book written by Cory Silverberg and designed by Zab Design. What Makes a Baby is a book about where babies come from for every kind of family and every kind of kid.
Funds for the project are being raised on kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1809291619/what-makes-a-baby

Canzine 2011-this Sunday, October 23

Canzine 2011 poster by Hyein Lee

I'll be at Canzine this year as a judge in the 1-2 Punch Book Pitch. No new The Wilding #5 yet but plans to print before the new year:

2pm – 1-2 Punch Book Pitch
Live on our mainstage in front of a crowing crowd, you get two minutes to pitch your book to our panel of judges. They get one minute each to tell you why you’ll never get published in a million, billion years, or why they want to see your manuscript in their inbox ASAP.

Sign up in advance to participate in the 1-2 Punch Book Pitch at Canzine. To sign up email canzine@brokenpencil.com with your: 1. name 2. email address 3. phone number 4. two or three line description of the project you are going to pitch. Sign up now, we only have room for 8 participants and this will be first come first served.

The winner of the pitch gets bragging rights and a Broken Pencil prize pack worth $200.

This year’s judges are…

Evan Munday

Evan Munday is the publicist for Toronto-based publisher Coach House Books and an illustrator whose work has appeared in books and magazines, including the novel Stripmalling, by Jon Paul Fiorentino. Evan has written and illustrated a young adult book The Dead Kid Detective Agency, which will be published this fall by ECW Press.

Fiona Smyth

Fiona Smyth is a Toronto based painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is currently producing two art projects funded by the TAC and the OAC, and teaches illustration and comics at OCADU. Fiona’s first graphic novel “The Never Weres” was published by Annick Press in 2011. A collection of her Exclaim comics “Cheez 100” was published by Pedlar Press in 2001. Fiona edits the drawing and comics zine The Wilding.

Amy Logan Holmes

Amy Logan Holmes is the Executive Director of Open Book: Toronto & Open Book: Ontario, an organization that works to connect readers with Ontario authors, books and literary events. Read all about it at www.openbooktoronto.com and www.openbookontario.com.

Little Island Comics -Comic Book Store for Kids! Opens in Toronto!!

Little Island illustration by Geneve Firanski. Little Island logo by Steve Manale.

11am-7pm Saturday October 1^st

12pm-6pm Sunday October 2^nd

742 Bathurst Street,Toronto

It’s official: Little Island Comics’ inaugural events on the first weekend of October 2011 will mark the debut of its events space with visits from local comics creators and the launch of Claudia Dávila’s new book Luz Sees the Light.

Our Grand Opening festivities will be a celebration of children’s comics and of Toronto’s comics community. A stellar schedule of local creator visits will be augmented by fun, informal activities for kids from open to close each day during the Grand Opening weekend. As well, select titles will be offered at door-crasher prices, so be sure to check back here next week to find out about the Grand Opening deals!

Scheduled creator appearances include:

Saturday October 1st

• 1:00pm – Fiona Smyth (The Never Weres)
• 3:00pm – LAUNCH: Claudia Dávila (Luz Sees the Light)

Sunday October 2nd

• 12:00pm – Clayton Hanmer (Cton’s Super A-Maze-Ing Year Of Crazy Comics!)
• 2:00pm – Jeremy Tankard (Boo-hoo Bird)
• 4:00pm – Kean Soo (Jellaby) and Tory Woollcott (Mirror Mind)

We’ll see you there!(post from Little Island Comics)

http://www.littleislandcomics.com/

FanExpo 2011

Visit the Koyama Press booth at FanExpo: featuring these fine Canadian cartoonists:

Thursday, August 25th.
Chris Kuzma
Steve Manale
Diana McNally
Maurice Vellekoop
Britt Wilson
Jesjit Gill
John Martz
Fiona Smyth
Steve Wolfhard
Michael DeForge

Friday, August 26th
Steve Manale
Diana McNally
Brian Fukushima
Maurice Vellekoop
Mark Laliberte
Jesse Jacobs
Diana Tamblyn
John Martz
Fiona Smyth
Steve Wolfhard
Ginette Lapalme
Patrick Kyle

Saturday, August 27th
Brian Fukushima
Vicki Nerino
Alex Perkins
Mark Laliberte
Diana Tamblyn
John Martz
Fiona Smyth
Aaron Costain
Steve Wolfhard
Ginette Lapalme
Patrick Kyle

Sunday, August 28th
Steve Manale
Diana McNally
Vicki Nerino
Alex Perkins
Britt Wilson
John Martz
Fiona Smyth
Aaron Costain
Steve Wolfhard

http://joeshusterawards.com/2011/08/23/happenings-fan-expo-appearance-schedule-at-the-koyama-press-booth/
http://www.fanexpocanada.com/genre/guest/view/577

Girls' Day Out at Paradise Comics Saturday August 20 and FanExpo

I'll be part of the fun at Paradise Comics this Saturday, drop by and check out the Girl Power. Next week I'll be at FanExpo at the Koyama Press table, please check back here for specific days and hours. See you soon!!

http://paradisecomics.com/news
http://www.fanexpocanada.com/genre/guest/view/577

POSTPONED, will reschedule soon:Guess What?! at the other White House

Talking about zines at the White House in Toronto, join us if you can.

http://www.theotherwhitehouse.ca/main.html

Earlier in the day attend the zine event at OCAD:

International Zine Library Day: Collaborative Zine Fest

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186263001432890