This Week D+Q in Toronto! TCAF Kicks Off on Friday at the TPL!

Sorry for the delay in posting this, but when you have about 10 authors attending TCAF–Kate Beaton, Chester Brown, Brecht Evens, Pascal Girard, Keith Jones, Joe Ollmann, John Porcellino, R. Sikoryak, Jillian Tamaki, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Zach Worton and Seth-things can get a little nutty!

First off, mark your calendar for Friday night with the Kick Off! Spectacular! A Contemporary Comix Cavalcade featuring Chester Brown, Seth, Adrian Tomine, and Chris Ware! Moderated by Dan Nadel, Editor of The Comics Journal. Last year, Dan moderated one of the best comic book discussions of 2010 when he went "deep-nerd" on Dan Clowes at APE, expect the same high caliber, not your average what do you listen to while drawing discussion.

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
7:30PM-8:30PM, Doors at 6:30PM This event is free, but ticketed. Online tickets are currently "sold-out" but there will be 150 at the door.

And then Saturday at 10 AM at the library, TCAF officially starts! For more information, check out the TCAF website. How crazy awesomely busy will we be? Check out our schedule. Sorry it isn't pretty, but when you have this many things going on, it's hard to be pretty!

SATURDAY
9:15 – 10:15 From Conception to Reality: Bringing Ideas to Fruition (The Beeton)
KATE BEATON
10:30 – 11:30 Creator Roundtable: Evens, Mawil, Debuerme (The Beeton)
BRECHT EVENS
11:00-12:00 PASCAL GIRARD, ZACH WORTON and JOHN PORCELLINO SIGNING
12:00-1:00 KEITH JONES, JOE OLLMANN and R. SIKORYAK SIGNING
12:00-4:00 CHESTER BROWN SIGNING
12:30 – 1:15 Quebecois Comics (Learning Center 1) PASCAL GIRARD
1:00-3:00 CHRIS WARE, ADRIAN TOMINE and SETH SIGNING
1:30 – 2:15 Telling True Stories (Learning Center 1) ZACH WORTON
1:30-3:30 JILLIAN TAMAKI SIGNING at BEGUILING BOOTH
3:00-4:00 JOE OLLMANN and PASCAL GIRARD SIGNING
3:00-5:00 BRECHT EVENS SIGNING
3:10 – 4:10 Spotlight: Chris Ware (The Beeton) CHRIS WARE
3:20 – 4:10 Design (Learning Center 1) ADRIAN TOMINE, SETH
4:00-4:45 Carousel for Kids (OwlKids Area) R SIKORYAK
4:00-5:00 ZACH WORTON SIGNING
3:30 – 4:30 Balancing a Canadian Identity With Working in the Mainstream (The Pilot) JILLIAN TAMAKI
4:15 – 5:00 Machine of Death: Draw & Guess (The Beeton) KATE BEATON

SUNDAY
11:00-12:00 ZACH WORTON SIGNING
11:30-12:30 KEITH JONES AND JOE OLLMANN SIGNING
11:30-1:30 PASCAL GIRARD SIGNING
12:00-4:00 CHESTER BROWN SIGNING
12:30-1:30 R SIKORYAK AND BRECHT EVENS SIGNING
12:15 – 1:00 Framing Comics History: Reprints (Learning Center 1) JEET HEER, SETH, CHRIS WARE
12:30 – 1:30 Illustration (The Pilot) JILLIAN TAMAKI, ADRIAN TOMINE
1:15 – 2:00 Print Culture (The Learning Center 1) JOHN PORCELLINO
1:30-3:30 CHRIS WARE, ADRIAN TOMINE AND SETH SIGNING
1:30-3:30 JILLIAN TAMAKI SIGNING at BEGUILING BOOTH
1:45 – 2:45 Married in Comics (The Beeton) JOE OLLMANN
2:15 – 3:00 Spotlight on John Porcellino (The Learning Center 1) JOHN PORCELLINO
3:00 – 4:00 Studio Tour (The Pilot) KEITH JONES
3:15 – 4:00 Building Visual Language (The Learning Center 1) BRECHT EVENS
3:30-4:30 JOE OLLMANN AND ZACH WORTON SIGNING
4:10 – 5:00 Carousel for Adults (The Pilot) KATE BEATON, R SIKORYAK
4:00-5:00 BRECHT EVENS and JOHN PORCELLINO SIGNING
4:15 – 5:00 New and Upcoming Works (The Learning Center 1) PASCAL GIRARD, JOE OLLMANN



And let's not forget the Doug Wright Awards on Saturday night, at the swank AGO of Toronto hosted by the always charming Don McKellar. Remember to put on your best blazer, men! Good luck to our D+Q nominees:

Best Book
* Bigfoot by Pascal Girard (Drawn and Quarterly)

Best Emerging Talent
* Keith Jones, Catland Empire (Drawn and Quarterly)

The Pigskin Peters Award
* Indoor Voice by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn and Quarterly)
* Stooge Pile by Seth Scriver (Drawn and Quarterly)

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