I just wanted to send a quick thanks to Karen Whaley and the Staff of Torontoist.com for naming The Toronto Comic Arts Festival one of their Heroes of 2007. According to Torontoist “In a city of endless comicons, the behemoths battled it out while the little guy emerged a winner. This year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival (August 18–19) was a huge success…” I’m happy to share the praise for our event with all of the staff, volunteers, cartoonists and publishers (and especially our sponsors!) who helped make the event the success it was.

Special shout-outs to Ryan North for being so gosh-darned handsome that he appeared in every single con report on the internet. Can I get an “aw-shucks”? :)

- Christopher