Toronto Comic Arts Festival Gets Freddy Carrasco, Joe Ollmann for 20th Anniversary Edition

The hybrid event will take place in person from June 18 to 19, and online June 18 to 26

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BY Allie GregoryPublished May 19, 2022

Toronto Comic Arts Festival is celebrating 20 years in 2022 with a hybrid-model festival, which promises to be the "biggest, most comprehensive and inclusive" TCAF yet. TCAF's in-person programming and famous exhibition will take place June 18 to 19 at the Toronto Reference Library. For those who want to keep it virtual, TCAF's digital programming and robust online marketplace will take place June 18 to 26

For its anniversary edition, organizers have rounded up an impressive roster of Canadian and international authors, illustrators, publishers, comics organizations and more. This year's lineup includes Doug Wright Award nominee Lee Lai, American cartoonist and graphic novelist Tillie Walden, multidisciplinary artist Freddy Carrasco and Palookaville cartoonist Seth, as well as The Hamilton Spectator and (full-disclosure) former Exclaim! contributor Joe Ollmann.

Featured events will include talks, Q&As, workshops, professional development programming, children's programming and more, plus highlighted panel "Surviving Twenty Years!" with Seth, Brown and Ho Che Anderson, on June 18. 

Additionally, the festival has unveiled its list of 2022 exhibitors, which can be viewed alongside an interactive map via the Guidebook App.

For more information on TCAF's 2022 programming and to check out this year's lineup, visit the Toronto Comic Arts Festival website.  

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