VanCAF

Also known as the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival! Experience loads of awesome comics, graphic novels, zines and more on May 20 & 21, 2017. For more info, visit vancaf.com or lurk on #VanCAF

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VanCAF 2018 is in full swing—comics, creators, fans, panels, and more! 

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VanCAF is this weekend!

The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival is a free event, open to everyone. If you’re a fan of comic books, graphic novels, zines, or just interested in learning more about the people who create them, you should come!

With over 300 comic creators, panels and workshops, plus lessons on comic creation for kids, there’s something for everyone at VanCAF this weekend.

For more info and details, visit VanCAF.com

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We're excited to announce that Ronald Wimberly (Black History In Its Own Words, Prince of Cats) will be appearing at VanCAF as a featured guest!

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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Steve Skroce, comic artist (We Stand On Guard, Maestros) and storyboard artist (The Matrix, V for Vendetta), is a featured #VanCAF guest!

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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Cartoonist Craig Thompson, known for his award-winning graphic novels Blankets, Habibi, and Good-bye, Chunky Rice, is a featured guest of VanCAF this year!

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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French comic creators, and collaborators Lewis Trondheim and Brigitte Findakly will be appearing at VanCAF this year to promote the english translation of their book Poppies of Iraq. It’s the first time either has been to the city, and this festival! They will have signing sessions and a panel.

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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Check out this rad illustration by Em Partridge, for the first official VanCAF 2018 poster!!

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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French comic creator Yvan Alagbé will be at VanCAF to promote the English edition of his graphic novel Yellow Negroes and Other Stories, published by The New York Review of Comics. He attends with the support of Europe Comics and the French Consulate in Vancouver.

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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Volunteer at VanCAF!

We are looking for a dedicated group of individuals interested in volunteering at VanCAF this year. Volunteering at VanCAF is a great way to get hands-on event management experience, as well as the opportunity to meet other people who love comics, and help out the folks who create them. Volunteers are an essential part of operating VanCAF, the show would fall apart without them!

If you're interested, or know someone who is, please check out the sign up form on our website.

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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Call for programming

Do you have an idea for a panel at VanCAF? An interesting discussion on a current issue in the comics industry? A new approach that's stirring up the industry? Or a debate between creators from different schools? Tell us about it!

The VanCAF team is looking for suggestions on panels, workshops, and other events during the festival this year. If you have something that you'd like to be part of our festival's programming, please fill out the programming application on our website.

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Comic creator Julia Kaye will make her first appearance at VanCAF this year, as a featured guest!

Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she began her gender transition, in 2016, she decided to use her popular webcomic, Up and Out, to process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren’t alone. Julia's poignant, relatable comics honestly depict her personal ups and downs while dealing with the various issues involved in transitioning—from struggling with self-acceptance and challenging societal expectations, to moments of self-love and joy. Her new book Super Late Bloomer both educates and inspires, as Julia faces her difficulties head-on and commits to being wholly, authentically who she was always meant to be.

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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The Salt & Honey Podcast is Coming to VanCAF!

Salt & Honey is a podcast hosted by two friends who happen to be full-time cartoonists, Sloane Leong and Leslie Hung. It features unique insights into the creative process behind comics, interviews with other creators, and insider perspectives on the comics industry.

Sloane Leong is a self-taught cartoonist, artist, and writer currently living in Portland, Oregon. She explores themes of survival, displacement, relationships, spirituality, identity and mental illness through literary vehicles like science fiction, horror, adventure and slice-of-life genres. Her work focuses on exploring silenced narratives from marginalized communities and people of color, to connect personally with individuals through storytelling, with an aim to cultivate a kinder, more understanding future. She is currently working on a scifantasy series from Image Comics called PRISM STALKER and a graphic novel for First Second called A Map to the Sun.

Leslie Hung is a comic artist and writer from Southern California. She created and is currently drawing the Image Comics series Snotgirl with Bryan Lee O'Malley.

VanCAF is proud to have both hosts as featured guests for 2018. Leong and Hung plan to co-host a live recording of one of @saltandhoneypod​'s episodes in front of an audience at VanCAF as part of our programming!

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VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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VanCAF is proud to announce that we have partnered with local comic book shop Lucky's Comics to create a new on-site experience: Lucky's Lounge.

Lucky's Lounge brings together artists focused on DIY and self-made books, and features artists who are creating new dynamic experimental and inspirational work. It's a chance to create a space to elevate the voices of unique artists that hold a special place in the comics landscape.

If this sounds like the space for you, and you are interested in joining this area, apply directly to [email protected] by February 14. Lucky's Lounge will be curated by the fine folks at Lucky's Comics.

Lucky’s has been an important and vital voice in the Vancouver art and comics community for well over 20 years and we are very excited for this opportunity to work together.

VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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The cartoonist known as Boum @boumdraws will be traveling from Montreal for her first guest appearance at VanCAF! Her slice of life comics give a charming glimpse into the world of parenthood.

After ten years of studies and work in animation, Boum tried making comics and became completely addicted. She is mostly known for her Boumeries, a journal comic, and for A Small Revolution. Her comics are shortlisted for many prizes across the years, including the Bedelys, Expozine Awards, Joe Shuster Awards and Ignatz Awards. She is currently working on several comic projects at once, while also illustrating kids' books.

VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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Artist and writer Emily Carroll, whom you may know from her phenomenal horror comics (Into the Woods, When the Darkness Presses), will be a Featured Guest of VanCAF, to celebrate the release of Speak: The Graphic Novel. Emily, an Eisner Award-winning illustrator and author, is also the creator of many popular web comics including His Face All Red and Some Other Animal's Meat.

This will be Emily's first appearance at VanCAF. VanCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, is May 19 & 20, 2018 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. Attendance is free, and open to everyone.

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VanCAF Exhibitor Application Deadline Extended

For everyone interested in exhibiting at VanCAF, the deadline to do so has been extended an additional month. Rather than December 31, applications are now due Wednesday, January 31, 2018. The decision was made to help alleviate some holiday stress from our potential exhibitors, and to encourage new folks to apply as well!

Here’s a link to the exhibitor application. Thank you for reading!

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Debuting at VanCAF 2017: Daisy Blackwood and the Stolen Socialite By Ryan Howe

When Daisy’s friend is kidnapped, a relaxing afternoon out becomes a race against the clock to rescue her. With bank robbers, air pirates, and the police in her way, Daisy has her work cut out for her.