CAFs

A lot of information on small press, indie. CAF evets have piled up in my inbox. Here's some of the news: • The newly revamped...

Special correspondent Christian Hoffer went to the SPACE indie comics expo in Columbus and got a lot of comics and met a lot of people. Here's his report.

Rounding out our pre-game with a few of the signing schedules not widely spotlighted. SLG/Slave Labor will be occupying a prime slot at the...

It's a little hard to find concrete reports from indie shows these days unless Secret Acres or Robyn Chapman post reports, from the social media, looks like CAKE Chicago this weekend was a successful indie show. I've heard mixed reports on sales in past years, but based on the "haul photos" I've seen, a lot of comics were purchased. I dug up a few more concrete reports:

I have to admit, if I hadn't committed to going to SE: NYC I would totally be at the Grand Comics Fest, a small one day indie show that has a great lineup or cartoonists and some exciting comics debuts. You can see the lineup in the card above.

Things are kicking into high gear worldwide for comics shows. So much is kicking off tomorrow. Here's a very quick look at some of them. In London's Crouch End a 2nd year CAF is taking place, the Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival or CECAF, organized by Sean Azzopardi.

The new two day launch event for CXC in Columbus has been the buzz among cartoon circles for a while now and the website is now open with the initial guests: Kate Beaton, Jerry Beck, Bill Griffith, Françoice Mouly, Jeff Smith, Art Spiegelman and Craig Thompson. AND the first round of events, below. The exhibitor application form is in the above link and, well, this is surely going to be a hoedown for the comics. Oh and a new logo by Dustin Harbin, above.

Jamie Coville deserves immense praise for his efforts at recording panels at the conventions he attends, and he was at it again at TCAF...

After a few very successful years with Paul Karasik steering the programming, Comics Arts Brooklyn has announced a new Programming Director for 2015,...

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival takes place this weekend, but as regulars know, it's really more of a whole week of comics related events and exhibits. While the TCAf site has a perfectly awesome site listing all the events, just in case you are too lazy to click on the link, I've presented a digest version below. The programming for TCAF proper is now available on the Guidebook app, but I don't have a copy to point you to. I can tell you I'll be mad busy with four panels! And the entire slate is as star packed as you'd expect. The weekend is also the anchor for a series of satellite events as follows:

  § There's been some chatter over the last week or so over this public FB thread by Stephen Bissette about what he sees as...

Just as a reminder, this weekend is the first big West Coast Caf of the year: LINEWORK NW which is FREE to attend in...