News & Events

Weekly Open Life Drawing: ends April 17

Our weekly Open Life Drawing sessions have come to a close as of April 17. Thank you to all of you who took the time to come out and draw with us!

YMCA and Toronto Cartoonists Workshop team up to battle childhood obesity

Introducing Y Guy! YMCA’s newest superhero and champion of healthy living. Read about him in first issue of the Adventures of Y Guy as he battles the evil Sloth and childhood obesity. Brought to you by TCW alumni Kathleen Gallagher, Christopher Yao and Keiren Smith. For more information on the YMCA Megathon event, click here. [...]

TIFF Kids Festival launches on April 10!

  TIFF KIDS 2012: INDUSTRY PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCED! There is still time to register for TIFF Kids and TIFF Next Wave. Together these festivals represent the evolution of the Sprockets International Film Festival for children and youth. TIFF Kids (April 10th – 22nd) will celebrate content for children ages 3 to 13 through an informed selection [...]

Visit us at Toronto ComiCON: Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 12!

The TCW will have a booth at Toronto ComiCON and we invite all of you to drop by, say hello and ask any questions about our upcoming March workshop schedule. As a special bonus, the TCW’s own Ty Templeton will be offering a FREE seminar on his upcoming Comic Book Bootcamp Level I! If you’ve thought about [...]

Industry Night with Ramon Perez: A TALE OF SAND launch party!

Industry Night returns in 2012 with Ramon Perez and his hotly anticipated adaption of Jim Henson’s unfinished screenplay, A Tale of Sand. The TCW gallery will feature a vast selection of pages from the graphic novel juxtaposed with pages from Henson’s actual script. All of Ramon’s gorgeous A Tale of Sand artwork will be available for sale exclusively [...]

Open Life Drawing returns in March, 2012

Our weekly Open Life Drawing sessions will return in March, 2012. In the meantime, we encourage you to try one of our mentored life drawing sessions currently available.

TCW Faculty Art Show

You’ve seen them teach, here’s a chance to take a look at their resumes: original works from Ty Templeton, Leonard Kirk, Eric Kim and our newest faculty member, Dave Ross!All artwork will be offered for sale ONE night only! Have a question about an upcoming course in J…anuary that you’d like to get answered? Ask [...]

The Art of Lamin Martin Solitude Exhibit

The Art of Lamin: Solitude gallery show explored artist Lamin Martin’s fantasy concept art hosted by the Toronto Cartoonist’s Workshop and Guerilla Printing.

Industry Night with Francis Manapul: DC New 52 – Flash #1

The debut of Flash #1! Original art, comics, Francis and more! Join us for our next Industry Night – this one is sure to be packed to the gills, so we recommend you come early! Francis Manapul brings the original art to his brand new Flash #1 to the TCW studio. Pick up a copy of [...]

Photos from our Industry Night with J.Bone & Andy Belanger!

Our industry night with local artists J.Bone & Andy Belanger was a huge success! See the photos here.

The Making of Holmes Inc. #2

Interview With Holmes Inc. Assistant Editor Rob Pincombe Re: the Making of Holmes Inc. #2 Comic Book Interviews recently caught up with Assistant Editor Rob Pincombe regarding our just published Holmes Inc. #2. Holmes Inc. is a comic book anthology created by alumni of the TCW. Check it out below!  http://comicbookinterviews.com/2011/08/interview-rob-pincombe/  

Holmes Inc. meets Electric Playground

Electric Playground dropped by the TCW studios last month just as we were wrapping up production on the second issue of Holmes Inc. Check it out by clicking on the cover below: