Event recording for Comics Out Loud with Lina Wu

November 2, 2020

Comics Out Loud, Events, Resource Guides

For those who weren’t able to make it to our second Comics Out Loud event, the recording of last Friday’s event with Lina Wu is now up on our YouTube with captions added over here: On Friday October 30th, 7PM Eastern, Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) partnered with artist Lina Wu for our second Comics Out Loud. Lina read from a selection of works including Flowers Look Like Weeds, which was shortlisted for the Broken Pencil Zine Awards this year! Lina…

2021 Calendar Launch Event and Art Auction!

October 31, 2020

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A couple of exciting announcements: Calendar Fundraiser! We are so happy to share that we are holding our First Annual Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) Calendar Fundraiser! Our calendars this year feature 12-months of beautiful full colour illustrations made by Canadian comics creators! This year, our calendar features original art created by the following artists: Joe Ollmann, Ho Che Anderson, Christopher Green (Mumblethief), Georgia Webber, Tory Woollcott, Ramón Pérez, Jason Lapidus, Ginette Lapalme, Montevarious, Scott Chantler, Jordan Aelick, Fiona Smyth…

Comics Out Loud with Lina Wu

October 21, 2020

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Comics Out Loud, Events

We are so happy to share the next Comics Out Loud event: On Oct 30, 2020 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) join artist Lina Wu for live comics readings and a talk about her work! Lina will be reading from a selection of works including her fanzine Flowers Look Like Weeds, which was shortlisted for the Broken Pencil Zine Awards this year! Where?: Zoom, with info on how to join below. This event is free, with no…

Event recording for Comics Out Loud with Old Growth Press

October 21, 2020

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Comics Out Loud, Events, Presentations

For those who weren’t able to make it to our first Comics Out Loud event, the recording of last Saturday’s event with Old Growth Press is now up on our YouTube with captions added over here: On Saturday, October 17th, 7PM Eastern, Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) partnered with Old Growth Press and authors Natalie Mark, Xulin Wang, Saul Freedman-Lawson, and Misbah Ahmed in an evening of comics being read out loud and discussion about the artists’ work! This event…

Comics Out Loud with Old Growth Press!

October 6, 2020

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Comics Out Loud, Events

We are very excited to announce our first Comics Out Loud event! On Saturday October 17th, 7PM Eastern, join Old Growth Press and authors Natalie Mark, Xulin Wang, Saul Freedman-Lawson, and Misbah Ahmed in an evening of comics being read out loud and discussion about their work! Where?: Zoom, with info on how to join below. We will be announcing more details about presenters and works being read out loud over the next couple of weeks on our Instagram. This…

Drawing Club at the comics library!

March 10, 2020

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Join us every Sunday from 11am-2pm for Drawing Club! Drawing Club is free and open to all ages and levels of experience in creating comics. Bring your current process work or finished work for feedback, share knowledge or skills with other participants, and take part in collaborative drawing in a relaxed and non-judgmental environment. Bonus: you are surrounded by hundreds of comics waiting to be read 🙂 You are welcome to stay after 2pm until we close at 6pm to…

The D.I.Y. Comics School!

March 2, 2020

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A post about the D.I.Y. Comics School in Toronto! “The D.I.Y. Comics School meets the first Monday of most months with the goal of working together to provide a continuing comics education. Each month a different member of the community takes the roll of “Dean of the Month” and facilitates that month’s session. Meetings take place at the Canada Comics Open Library. Open to everyone and anyone interested in creating comics! To join in on discussions and keep up-to-date about…

The Ins and Outs of Webcomics!

February 16, 2020

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Comics Creator Residencies, Events, Presentations

This will be an hour long presentation (with intermission) about how to make webcomics. Jey will include tools, computer programs, websites to post to and how to promote yourself. Afterwards there will be a Q&A and a workshop. Bring any questions involving comics or self-publishing you might be wondering about. If you’re up for more after that, Jey will be hosting a workshop for the remainder of the time for comic making! “Bring any comic ideas with you and we’ll…

Queer Comix Continuum Reading List

February 2, 2020

Eric Kostiuk Williams

Comics Creator Residencies, Events, Presentations, Resource Guides

Hi folks! EKW here — I can’t believe the month is already up! It’s been a pleasure being the CCOL’s Creator-In-Residence for January, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for this special lil’ space. Last weekend, I put together an artist talk covering several decades of queer comics (mostly) in North America. As I was putting the slideshow together, the thought occurred that it’d be worth putting together a master list of all the works I talked…

Building a Community Comics Library (OLA Super Conference!)

January 31, 2020

Rotem Diamant

Events, Presentations, Resource Guides

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our session at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference this morning! Rebecca and myself (Rotem) spoke about the history of the comics library, the challenges of cataloguing comics and being a non-profit volunteer-run space, as well as provided a few comics resources which we hope will be helpful to other librarians! We are attaching a link to the slideshow here to share those resources. Please get in touch with us if…