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Via @ThomasRagon on twitter...Tezuka color panels for Princess Knight

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TCAF Programming on Sunday, May 12 in the High Park Ballroom – The Marriott 200 90 Bloor Street East, 6th Floor (10 mins walk from Library)

11:00-12:00         Comics Editing International

The relationship between Comics Editor and Comics Author is very different from publisher to publisher here in North America, but how does that change even further when one looks overseas? Four Comics Editors from around the world gather to discuss the art and craft of editing, and how approaches differ around the world. Featuring Hideki Egami (IKKI/Shogakukan, Japan), James Lucas Jones (Oni Press, USA), Thomas Ragon (Dargaud, France), and Mark Siegel (First Second, France). Moderated by Christopher Butcher.

12:15-1:15           What’s Funny in the Funnies? Comics & Humour

What makes a comic funny?  We couldn’t tell you exactly, but what we do know is that these five panelists have made some damn funny comics, so they’ve likely got some insight.  We’ll refund show admission if they don’t.  Featuring Bill Amend (Foxtrot), Ivan Brunetti (HAW!), Danielle Corsetto (Girls with Slingshots), Lisa Hanawalt (My Dirty Dumb Eyes), and Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed to Thrizzle).

1:30pm-2:30       Judge a Book by its Cover: Designing Comics Outside of the Panels

As a medium that merges pictures and text, the very nature of a comic is to transcend to a form greater than the sum of its parts. But what parts of a comic are there beyond the art in the panels and the words in the balloons? Chip Kidd, Matt Kindt, Fawn Lau, and Tom Devlin talk about fonts, logos, trim sizes, spot gloss, interior layout, and other elements of design that make their books look so good. Moderated by John Green.

2:45 - 3:45pm     Spotlight: Blutch and David B.

 TCAF presents a conversation between acclaimed French cartoonists Blutch (Peplum) and David B. (Best of Enemies) on their life, work, and the French comics industry.  Moderated by Sean Rogers.

4:00 - 5:00pm     Spotlight: Ivan Brunetti

Renowned cartoonist Ivan Brunetti (HAW!) is also Assistant Professor in the Art and Design Department of Columbia College Chicago, teaching courses on drawing, design, illustration, cartooning, and graphic novels. On this special TCAF Spotlight panel, Brunetti will talk about his own cartooning career, and the importance of comics in education, as outlined in his new book Aesthetics from Yale University Press. 

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TCAF takes place May 11-12, 2013, in Toronto, Canada. More at http://torontocomics.com/