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2026 Doug Wright Awards Introduction by Brad Mackay, hosted by Ho Che Anderson. Winners are in bold The Egghead: The Doug Wright Award for Best Kids’ Book Presented by Jay…

Using Colour to Tell a Story Paterson Hodgson and panelists Michael DeForge, Audra Stang, and Heather Loase discuss doing comics in colour versus black and white, the rules they have…

Exploring Graphic Medicine Matthew Noe speaks with Jeff Lemire, Shreya Davies, Rachel Thomas, and Jon Claytor about how their work fits into the field of graphic medicine. They discuss whether…

Biopics on Bristol: The World of Biographical & Autobiographical Comics Arizona O’Neill, Cole Degenstein, Maureen Burdock, and Emily Yoshimoto, with translator Jocelyne Allen, speak with Megan Halsband about what drew…

Queer Romance MJ Lyons spoke to Tillie Walden, Hazel + Bell, Adeline Kon, and Ky Lawrence about which image stuck in their minds when they were young and changed them,…

The Black Bar: Adult (18+) Comics & Censorship Moderator MJ Lyons talks to panelists Mel Vargas, Garth Graham, and Christine Wong about their journeys from illustration into adult comics, the…

Spotlight on Conundrum Press: 30×30 Publisher Andy Brown gave a short history of Conundrum Press and spoke about the 30×30 anthology book that was just published, along with the box…

Spotlight on Tillie Walden x Lee Lai This talk was moderated by Hazel Newlevant, but she arrived a bit late, and Tillie and Lee had already started chatting. They spoke…

Concrete & Ink: Mythologizing the City Moderator Mark Askwith interviews panelists Joe Ollman, Seth, Chris W. Kim, and Robert Sikoryak. Among the topics discussed were why cities are so important…

Carousel @ the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2026 Kick-Off One of the most entertaining events of the festival’s opening day was the Carousel @ the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2026…