Chris is good, but busy. We launched the TCAF website last week, and I think we finally have all of the bugs worked out and the ...

The TCAF 2010 site is up. A proper PR will go out a little bit later today, but I figured I'd ping everyone first thing ...

- Chris

While the TCAF site is being overhauled I didn't have a handy archive of our Festival posters anywhere, so I'm going to post them here. ...

[caption id="attachment_3995" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="TCAF's set-up at last week's SpeakEasy art show, a plethora of posters and promotional art by talented artists!"][/caption] Just a quick reminder ...

So the orders came in and they were very good, basically cleaning us out of all of our remaining copies (we had a thousand copy ...

Over at Comics Comics, they've printed an interview with Yoshihiro Tatsumi conducted at the 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival. It's by one of our customers ...

Image by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Logo by Chip Zdarsky. :) - Chris

Hey folks! If you're in Toronto this Sunday, September 27th, might I humbly suggest you mosey on over to Queen's Park to enjoy THE WORD ...

Hello folks, I'm Christopher Butcher and I’m the Festival Director and co-founder of TCAF, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Co-founder Peter Birkemoe, a handful of staff, ...

And now, a word from my sponsor... Key Moments from the History of Comics By Francois Ayroles 48 pages,  CDN$10.00 Published by The Beguiling Books Available at Beguiling.com  Published in conjunction ...

Hello! So I am a little sleepy still but feel good, TCAF went well. I want to blog though, but starting a post at 1:00am is ...

Peter Birkemoe and I were interviewed by Robin McConnel on the Inkstuds Radio Programme and Podcast. Today! I'm just listening to it now. We spend ...

We've just put up most of the TCAF Events that will be happening in Toronto surrounding the Festival. We're nailing down the dates on others, ...

[caption id="attachment_2446" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="KTR: Graphically Speaking. (L to R) Christopher Butcher, Kate Beaton, Willow Dawson, Emily Horne, Ryan North, and Brian McLachlan"]   [/caption]   Last night was ...

(Just posted this on The Beguiling's store blog, and I figured it earned a spot here too. Come hang out with webcomics people! It'll be ...

  [caption id="attachment_2431" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Why, what's this event at the refence library?"][/caption]  That was a lovely little surprise today. :) - Chris

That's right! It's the official line-up for COMICS FESTIVAL 2009! Featuring a ton of great Canadian cartoonists doing all kinds of great kid-oriented new stories! ...

TCAF 2009 Poster Image by Bryan Lee O'Malley Design by Chip Zdarsky   Final full-size poster (with less text) available April, 2009   (Just realized I never posted this here, ...

Hey! TCAF is going to be awesome! I just added 30+ new guests and a bunch of new publishers to the website. Here's the bulk ...

It's time once again for The Doug Wright Awards for excellence in (English language) Canadian cartooning! "Founded in 2004 to recognize the best English-language graphic ...

A Drifting Life By Yoshihiro Tatsumi 856 Pages, Softcover, $29.99/$39.99 Published by Drawn & Quarterly I have no doubt that much will be written about this book when it ...

Hey there, I didn't post the press release for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, because I didn't want to step on the toes of my comics ...

Yikes! I woke up this morning and was informed that the January 2009 Previews Catalogue is due... Which means that retailers have gotta place their ...

Mal and I at the Toronto Reference Library yesterday. Photo courtesy of the indomitable Eric Kim. TCAF announcement next week, it looks like. :) - Christopher