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The Folarin Agbaje African Comics Collection

Folarin served as Diversity Director and on the comics library board from when the library was first founded in 2018 until he passed away on May 16th, 2024. Folarin was a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Master of Information in Library and Information Science, a BA in Communication Studies, and went on to work at Oakville Public Library. Folarin was passionate about comics and their accessibility and was instrumental in bringing Nigerian comics to our community in…

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Comics catalogued in 2023!

Here is a blog post listing new comics that have been catalogued in 2023 so far! We are currently working through a backlog of comics to catalogue. Come visit us and take these comics home to borrow! You can sign up for membership by contributing to our current crowdfunding campaign over here (full link: https://crowdfundr.com/CCOL-2023?ref=sh_8CInJ6_ab_6CKG7a ) Please visit our catalogue for more information about each comic and full creator credits!      

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CCOL 2023 Crowdfunding

CCOL 2023 Crowdfunding Campaign!

Our annual crowdfunding campaign has officially launched! Please consider sharing our fundraising page and donating if you are able, to help our comics library keep going and growing. Thank you for your support! ❤️ Donate to our campaign over here: https://fnd.us/CCOL-2023?ref=sh_8CInJ6_sh_7bTuTHOK3uG7bTuTHOK3uG

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We are reopening!!!

Re-post from Instagram 🙂 Big news! We will now be open and lending our collection out on Fridays, 12noon-6evening!!! Planning for more lending hours in near future, soo consider this a ◔◡◔ ♥ soft openning ♥ inside of our new home at Story Planet’s Alien Art Market: 986 Bathurst St. (2 stop lights north of Bloor) Expect more photos of the space and posts from us over the coming days on Instagram! Our library calendar can be found on our…

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Girl reading a comic book by Richard Sala

Getting your work out there and finding community

Hi everyone, We’ve received many emails in the past couple of years from comics creators wondering how to get their work out and find community in comics. Especially in the wake of the ongoing pandemic which has pushed many artists to move to new cities and towns across the provinces, we’ve seen that a lot of people are feeling isolated and unsure of how to share their work. We’re compiling resources in this post in the hopes that it will…

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Upcoming comics event: “The Pun is Mightier than the Sword:” The Art of Editorial Cartooning at The Standard, 1936-1961″

We wanted to share an upcoming event that was shared with us recently! : “THE PUN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD:”  The Art of Editorial Cartooning at The Standard, 1936-1961 – Overview The Pun is Mightier than the Sword will showcase the careers of six editorial cartoonists who worked at The St. Catharines Standard: 1936-1938 Josh Silburt (1914-1991) 1938-1945 Rubin Kaell (aka ‘James Allen’)  (1913-1968) 1941-1951 Harold Marten (1879-1953) 1950-1951 Charles Pratt (1923-2003 1952-1956 John Ednie (1920-1975) 1956-1961 Harry Harley…

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Canada Comics Open Library- Cleo's October event

Call for President and Board Members

Hello out there, We are looking to fill a couple of board member positions. If you would like to join us and help CCOL continue to exist and grow, we would be so happy to hear from you! We currently have a position open for President and we are hoping a few more board members will join the comics library. To view all Director and Officer positions currently open and the application process, please visit this CCOL Get Involved page–…

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Event recording for Working in Indigenous Comics and Literature

Apologies for this delay, but we are SO happy to share with you this wonderful discussion back from the end of April! CCOL Comics Creator in Residence for April, Rhael McGregor, facilitated a discussion about being Indigenous and working in comics and literature, with guests Alice RL & Sonya Ballantyne. You can view the event below, or directly visit our YouTube channel! This residency program is produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council

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