OWL + Toronto Comic Arts Festival = Fun!
Hey all. Guess what this weekend is. Ding! Ding! Ding! It’s the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and Owlkids is a sponsor again. The event is going down at the Toronto Reference Library on Saturday and Sunday.
This year, we’re sponsoring a whole day of cool seminars and sketching stuff on Sunday, May 10. Here’s a hyperlinked schedule of events (just click on a name to see an example of that person’s comic stylings!):
11:15am-12:00pm: Storybook Theatre with Hilary Leung, David Bruins and Matt Hammill
12:00pm-1:00pm: Owlkids: Kids Draw! with Clayton Hanmer, Scott Chantler,
Patricia Storms, and Wendy Ding
1:00pm-1:30pm: Eric Wight Presents: Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
1:30pm-2:00pm: Alexis Frederick-Frost Presents: Adventures in Cartooning 2:00pm-2:30pm: John Mejias Presents: Paping: A Puppet Show!
2:30pm-3:30pm: Spotlight: Emmanuel Guibert’s SARDINE
3:30pm-4:30pm: Kids Draw! with Kean Soo, Frank Cammuso, Tom Fowler, and John Martz
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On top of all that, we’ll also have a table with awesome OWL artists — such as Brian McLachlan, writer of “Alex and Charlie” — drawing personalized stuff all weekend.
What’s not to like about that?
Craig, owlblog@owlkids.com
May 5th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I don’t think I can go…. I don’t live in Toronto
May 5th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
COOL! sigh that sucks how i have a swim meet that day! i so wish i could go!
somebody tell me how it was!
Criag are you going to be there?
May 6th, 2009 at 10:33 am
You bet, Katherine =). I’ll be there as much to help out at the OWL table as I will be to meet some cool artists. I don’t know about you, but I love comics!
May 6th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
WHY?!?!? why must i live so far from Toronto?!?!? why must it mock me with it’s amazing festivals and special events?!?!?!?!?! *sob*
May 6th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Isn’t this what was advertised on the back of the May Issue? I though Eric Kim(Sidesteppers) was going to be there? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Hey Katie! Yup, Eric Kim is going to be there — he’s just not giving a seminar. He’ll be drawing at the OWL table at 11:00 sharp on Saturday morning.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Toronto not the best place for me
May 6th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
WAAAAAAAAAAHHH! I’mwith you Sinead!! WHY MUST WE LIVE SO FAR AWAY!!!!!
May 6th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
cool! now i really wish i could go…sigh! but maybe i could… I’ll try to make it! OMG IT’S IN DOWNTOWN!?!? wow… okay… maybe not… BUT I SO WISH I COULD GO!
will OWL have anymore birthday parties like the one at the CN Tower?!? that was soooooooooo cool! I met Liam O’Donnell and MIchael Chao there! i got their autographs twice! one on a poster and one in the 1 case collected book!
May 7th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Q: For the contest, can I submit my entrees by e-mail or do I have to do it by letter? E-mail would save a lot of money and paper.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Hey any ideas for Mother’s Day????
May 7th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Hi Joeseph. Thanks for the question! The only reason we don’t suggest that kids submit comics and drawings by email is that they need to be scanned at a really high resolution to be able to print in the magazine. (That makes the digital files really big, and tough to send.) Sorry about that! If you want more info on this, email me at owlblog@owlkids.com.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Craig, that makes me wonder can I write out my poems instead of printing them? I will send them by mail though
May 7th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Hey Craig, can you do an blog entry with stuff we could buy and do for Mother’s Day?
May 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Hi Mara. Yup, you can write them on lined paper, print them off from the computer, or whatever. Just make sure we can read it!
Hey Sydney. Good idea! I’ll see what I can do…
May 7th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
What will Eric Kim be drawing? Portraits of characters and fans?
May 7th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Okay thanks Craig
May 7th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
the worst part is that the comic festival is in SOUTHERN Ontario, and i’m in NORTHERN Ontario!?!?! so close, and yet so far……
May 8th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I live not in Toronto but close enough that it’ll take 1 hour. But, im probably not going. Oh and Craig, how come you post blog entries on random days now??????
May 8th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Whooooooa…..wait a sec, is craig the only one here who’s actually gonna be able to go? Who loves Roald dahl Books!? IdoIdoIdo!!!
May 9th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
hey sinead im in northern Ontario 2
July 24th, 2009 at 9:46 am
thank you so much for making me a part of the think tank
and.. i think i can go cause i live in Pickering which is just half an hour away
July 24th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hey Kiana! We’re very happy to have you on the Think Tank. Can’t wait to see your comments throughout the year. Sadly, though, the comic arts festival was a little while ago! Sorry you missed out.