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Welcome to <u>TCAF 2021</u>, home of the <u>Toronto Comic Arts Festival</u>, <u>Canzine</u>, and <u>Comics X Games</u>. Through this portal, you can enter all 3 Festivals to buy merch, play games, and discover amazing artists.
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</div><div class="about"><h2>Welcome to the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival 2021!</h2>
<p>We usually just call it TCAF (Tee-Calf) and it’s a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>FREE</strong></span> festival of celebrating the world’s best comics and the people that create them. This year’s festival is completely online from May 8-15, 2021, at torontocomics.com you can browse 350+ creators’ works, shop, and check out special programming online. </p>
<p>This year we partnered with <strong>Broken Pencil Magazine</strong> and <strong>the Hand Eye Society</strong> to present Spring Canzine and Comics x Games as part of the TCAF 2021!</p>
<p><strong>Canzine</strong> is a festival of zines and underground printed matter that's been running since 1995. The largest zine festival in North America, Canzine is run by <a href="http://brokenpencil.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><em>Broken Pencil Magazine</em></strong></a>, and helps 600+ zinesters each year meet audiences at events across Canada, including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Brampton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Halifax.</p>
<p><strong>Comics x Games</strong> (CxG) from the <strong>Hand Eye Society</strong> fosters collaboration between the independent game and comic communities through a variety of projects, partnerships and events. CxG presents unique, game-focused content — from original games and gallery shows, to panels and talks.</p>
<p>We’re proud to work together with our partners to bring this festival to you! Special thanks to Cole Pauls for this year’s poster and website art. </p>
<p><a href="http://www2.torontocomics.com/tcaf-2021-schedule" target="_blank"> Check out the full program here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www2.torontocomics.com/" target="blank"><img src="https://brokenpencil.com/tcaf/2021/images/sponsors/tcaf/tcaf/TCAFlogo-nodate.jpg" ><br></a></p>
<p><strong>The TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL (TCAF)</strong> is a comic book festival held annually in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2003, TCAF has grown to become one of the world’s largest festivals dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of comic arts. 2021 marks the first ever virtual TCAF! <strong>Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop</strong> is a non-profit store located in the Toronto Reference Library. Opened in March 2015, the shop sells books and merchandise that fund the festival and related activities. <strong>TCAF</strong> is a free-admission event. </p>
<p><a href="https://brokenpencil.com/" target="blank"><img src="https://brokenpencil.com/tcaf/2021/images/sponsors/tcaf/bp/bp-white.png" style="width:500px;"><strong><br></strong></a></p>
<p><strong><em>Broken Pencil Magazine</em></strong> is the force behind <strong>Canzine</strong>. Since 1995, the magazine has been a mega-zine dedicated exclusively to exploring independent creative action. Published four times a year, each issue of <em>Broken Pencil</em> features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary on all aspects of the underground arts.</p>
<p><a href="https://handeyesociety.com/" target="blank"><img src="https://brokenpencil.com/tcaf/2021/images/theme/HES_logo.png" style=";"><strong><br></strong></a></p>
<p><strong>The Hand Eye Society</strong> is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to supporting and showcasing video games made primarily as a form of creative expression. We provide exhibition opportunities, education, creative support, mentorship, knowledge sharing and inspiration to artists, enthusiasts, and the game-curious in Toronto. Founded in 2009, it is one of the first videogame arts organizations of its kind in the world. The Hand Eye Society developed this <strong>online web platform</strong> for the entire TCAF 2021 event and presented the <strong>Comics X Games</strong> part of the festival.</p>
<p>If you'd like to support our organizations, feel free to <span><strong><a data-passage="Donate">Donate here. </a></strong></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The team behind TCAF</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">TCAF</h3>
<p><strong>Executive Director:</strong> Miles Baker<br><strong>Production Manager:</strong> Pip Bradford<br><strong>Marketing & Communications Manager:</strong> Cali Platek<br><strong>Programming & Partnership Officers:</strong> Faduma Gure and Irene Velentzas<br><strong>Production Coordinators: </strong>Jalen Innis and Pedro Salinas<br><strong>Marketing & Communications Coordinator:</strong> Terrence Abrahams<br><strong>Libraries & Education Day Lead:</strong> Lindsay Gibb<br><strong>Libraries & Education Day Programming Coordinator: </strong>Matthew Murray<br><strong>International Guest Liaison, Japan:</strong> Jocelyne Allen<br><strong>Exhibition Curators:</strong> Kim Hoang and Michelle Stafford<br><strong>Intern: </strong>Megan Glover<br><strong>Page & Panel Staff:</strong> Terrence Abrahams, Dylan Magwood, Vivi Partridge, and Jenn Woodall<br><strong>TCAF Board of Directors:</strong> Peter Birkemoe, Patryce Bowling, Coralie D’Souza, Kawai Shen, Gary Sherman, Charles Roy, and Emma Wakelin</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Canzine</h3>
<p><strong>Managing Director:</strong> <a href="canzine.html?passageName=city14" target="blank">Anisa Rawhani</a><br><strong>Production Manager:</strong> Hal Niedzviecki<br><strong>Broken Pencil Staff: </strong>Jonathan Valelly, Lisa Lam, Adel Franklyn, Parker Ducharme, Victoria Hetherington</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center; ">Hand Eye Society</h3>
<p><strong>Executive Director: </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/AlennMakes">Len Predko</a><br><strong>Technology Director & Production Coordinator:</strong> <a href="comix.html?passageName=JordanSparks" target="blank">Jordan Sparks</a><br><strong>Programmers:</strong> <a href="https://phil.schleihauf.ca/" target="blank">Phil Schleihauf</a>, <a href="tcaf.html?passageName=218_gblekkenhorst" target="blank">Gillian Blekkenhorst</a>, Brenden Lehman<br><strong>Sponsorship Director:</strong> Amanda Wong<br><strong>Communications Manager: </strong>Royel Edwards<br><strong>Video Editor:</strong> Aaron Demeter<br><strong>Volunteer Coordinators: </strong>Enna Kim, Sam Cuddy<br><strong>Volunteers: </strong>Erica Coutts, Porter Crease, Kevin Ly, Sonya Tsui, Mobeedah Akhter, Amer Ali Mohammed, Ian Fyfe, Chih-Chieh Chang, Chi Ma, Leif Conti-Groome, Gresa Ago Ago, Jack Chang, Annabelle Wu, Siena Smith, Cass Alvarado, Phoenix Simms, Katelyn Campbell, Adil Sulaiman, and Kit</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center; ">TCAF Sponsors</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.senecacollege.ca/home.html" target="blank"><img src="https://brokenpencil.com/tcaf/2021/images/sponsors/tcaf/seneca/seneca-logo.png" style="width: 25%;"></a><br><a href="http://canadacouncil.ca/" target="blank">
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<h3 style="text-align: center; ">Canzine Sponsors
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<h3 style="text-align: center; ">CxG Sponsors</h3>
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TCAF 2021 was made in collaboration between Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Broken Pencil, and Hand Eye Society. Donating here allows you to directly support our organizations and the work we do. You can choose to donate collectively to all three organizations, or one individually.
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