(Past Event) TCAF 2016 at the Toronto Reference Library

D+Q is exhibiting at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2016 and we have a lot of special guests in store for you, including Marguerite Abouet, Kate Beaton, Chester Brown, Brian Chippendale, Michael DeForge, Brecht Evens (debuting Panther), Lisa Hanawalt (debuting Hot Dog Taste Test), Keith Jones (debuting Secretimes), Bendik Kaltenborn, Seth, and Jillian Tamaki! Join us in the Toronto Reference Library (aka TRL, 789 Yonge St.) and the Marriott Bloor Yorkville (90 Bloor St. E.) for a weekend of comics fun. TCAF runs Saturday May 14th from 9 am to 5 pm and Sunday May 15th from 10 am to 5 pm. It is free and open to the public.

You can read about our five beautiful debut books (Evens! Hanawalt! Jansson! Jones! Mizuki!) right here.

PLEASE NOTE: All signings take place at the D+Q booth, tables 143-145 on the ground floor of the Reference Library. Full programming descriptions can be found on the TCAF website.

Saturday, May 14^th

10:00am                Tom Devlin at Anthologies panel at Marriott High Park II/III Ballrooms (until 11am)

                              Michael DeForge and Seth signing (until 11:00am)

10:30am                Kate Beaton at TCAF Kids Day at St. Paul’s Church, 227 Bloor St E (until 11:30am)

11:00am                Chester Brown at Historical Comics panel at Learning Center, TRL 1st floor
                              (until 12pm)

                              Lisa Hanawalt and Jillian Tamaki signing (until 12:00pm)

11: 15am               Marguerite Abouet at The Black Comics / Comics and Race panel at Marriott Forest
                              Hill Ballroom (until 12:15pm)

12:00pm                Chester Brown signing (until 1:00pm)

12:15pm                Marguerite Abouet signing (until 1:00pm)

1:00pm                   Brecht Evens and Bendik Kaltenborn signing (until 2:30 pm and 2 pm respectively)

1:30pm                   Brian Chippendale Abstract Art panel w/ R Sikoryak at TRL's Learning Center
                               (until 2:30pm)

2:00pm                   Keith Jones signing (until 3:00pm)

2:30pm                   Brian Chippendale signing (until 3:30 pm)

2:45pm                   Kate Beaton and Lisa Hanawalt at Niche Comics panel at The Pilot, 22 Cumberland
                               St (until 3:45pm)

3:00pm                   Chester Brown signing (until 5 pm)

3:45pm                   Lisa Hanawalt signing until (4:45pm)

4:00pm                   Brecht Evens and Bendik Kaltenborn In The Studio panel at Marriott High Park
                               II/III Ballrooms (until 5:00pm)

Sunday, May 15^th

11:00am                Chester Brown and Michael DeForge signing (until 2pm and 12pm respectively)               

11:15am                Lisa Hanawalt Spotlight panel at Marriott High Park II/III Ballrooms (until 12:15pm)

12:00pm                Bendik Kaltenborn signing (until 1 pm)

12:15pm                Lisa Hanawalt signing (until 1:15pm)

                              Brian Chippendale and Keith Jones Spotlight panel at Marriott High Park I Ballroom
                              (until 1:15pm)

1:15pm                  Brian Chippendale and Keith Jones signing (until 2:15pm)

1:30pm                  Kate Beaton & Chip Zdarsky Spotlight panel at Marriott Forest Hill Ballroom (until
                              2:30pm)

                              Brecht Evens Spotlight panel at Marriott High Park I Ballroom (until 2:30pm)

2:30pm                  Brecht Evens signing (until 3:30pm)

2:45pm                  Marguerite Abouet Spotlight panel at TRL's Learning Center (until 3:45pm)

3:00pm                  Seth signing (until 4:00pm)

3:45pm                  Marguerite Abouet signing (until 4:45pm)

4:00pm                  Chester Brown Spotlight panel at TRL's Learning Center (until 5:00pm)

                              Bendik Kaltenborn Spotlight panel at Marriott High Park I Ballroom (until 5:00pm)

                              Lisa Hanawalt Food panel at Marriott High Park II/III Ballroom (to 5:00pm)

                              Michael DeForge and R. Sikoryak Carousel panel at The Pilot, 22 Cumberland St
                              (until 5:00pm)

Poster by TCAF 2016 special guest Kate Beaton.