I made a last minute decision to attend the Baltimore Comic Con. What tipped the balance for me was the desire to attend the Harvey Awards, as I’m up for an award for my work on The Chelation Kid.

I’ll be flying to Baltimore early Saturday morning and should be at the con by noon and will be there all day Sunday as well. I will be hanging out at the Insight Studios booth, so if you are attending the show, stop by and say hello. I’ll have some original art on hand, and will be doing the odd commission sketch.

I have been invited to, and will be attending TCAF: The TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL. The details are below (and have been cut and paste from the TCAF website which is linked in the convention links on the right). I hope to see you all there!

“The Toronto Comic Arts Festival exists to promote the breadth and diversity of comics, and what is considered comics, as legitimate medium of literary and artistic worth. We seek to promote the creators of these works in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics and to reach as wide an audience as possible for them.”

The third Toronto Comic Arts Festival will occur on Saturday August 18th and Sunday August 19th, 2007. It will be held in the Old Victoria College building and the Burwash Quad on the University of Toronto Campus.

For the purposes of correspondence, the official address of the Festival is:

Toronto Comic Arts Festival
c/o The Beguiling
601 Markham Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6G 2L7
Phone: 416-533-9168

For the purposes of hotel searches and/or directions to TCAF events, the address of the Festival is:

Old Victoria College
93 Charles St. West
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5S 2C7

Show Hours:
Saturday, August 18th: 10am-7pm
Sunday, August 19th: 10am-6pm

I received a phone call from the events co-ordinator of the New York Comic Con informing me my application for an Artist Alley table had been accepted. I had pretty much assumed I wouldn’t get a table as the show has been reportedly sold-out for months. So, it looks like I will be attending the show after all.

I turned down joining my friends last year because I was a little wary of the weather in February. But, my friends had a great time and highly recommended the show. So, in a few months I’ll get to see for myself what all the fuss is about.

I will be driving to Montreal on Saturday November 25 to attend the 5th annual Expozine. I don’t know much about the show but it was recommended to an exhibitor at a local Ottawa small press book fair. The Expozine describes itself this way:

“This incredible event brings together over 200 creators of all kinds of printed matter in both English and French. In the past five years, Expozine has grown to become one of North America’s largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from as far afield as Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, and Quebec City! It is one of the city’s cultural success stories, and this year’s edition promises to be the biggest yet!”

Seems worth checking out as it is so close a drive for me. As always I will have a cross section of the Too Hip Gotta Go Graphics catalog as well as the new WAHOO MORRIS TP for sale.

I will be setting up and displaying at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, on the 13th and 14th of October.

It’s been a few years since I’ve attended SPX, and I’ve heard it’s grown quite a bit, but I enjoyed my first time and I’m looking forward to the show this year. I will have copies of the new Wahoo Morris TPB for sale, as well as original art from the series, and a few other goodies on hand.

Please do stop by and say hello if you are at the show.