Toronto Comic Arts Festival Returns June 7-8, 2025
May 30, 2025
TORONTO, ON — The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is thrilled to return June 7–8, 2025 at its new home at Toronto Metropolitan University's Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Free and open to the public, TCAF 2025 will continue its two-decade legacy as one of the world's premier comic arts festivals—championing independent Canadian comics, showcasing global talent, and engaging the public in the power of visual storytelling and graphic novels.
TCAF 2025 will host over 315 international and Canadian independent comic creators, with 28,000+ visitors expected across the weekend. The festival's diverse programming offers something for everyone, from first-time readers to lifelong fans, educators to artists, students to scholars. This year, festival events have a particular focus on the political significance of comics as commentary.
“Comics are uniquely suited to speak truth to power—across borders, languages, and lived experiences,” says Amie Wright, Executive Director of TCAF. “In this political climate, protecting the arts as a source of revolutionary self-expression and solidarity has never been more important,”
In addition to the main festival weekend at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, TCAF 2025 offers an expanded slate of satellite events across the city:
For full festival details and programming schedule, please visit: www.torontocomics.com
If you are interested in speaking with Festival Director Amie Wright, or any exhibiting TCAF artists, please contact Kate Fane at the information below.
TORONTO, ON — The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is thrilled to return June 7–8, 2025 at its new home at Toronto Metropolitan University's Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Free and open to the public, TCAF 2025 will continue its two-decade legacy as one of the world's premier comic arts festivals—championing independent Canadian comics, showcasing global talent, and engaging the public in the power of visual storytelling and graphic novels.
TCAF 2025 will host over 315 international and Canadian independent comic creators, with 28,000+ visitors expected across the weekend. The festival's diverse programming offers something for everyone, from first-time readers to lifelong fans, educators to artists, students to scholars. This year, festival events have a particular focus on the political significance of comics as commentary.
“Comics are uniquely suited to speak truth to power—across borders, languages, and lived experiences,” says Amie Wright, Executive Director of TCAF. “In this political climate, protecting the arts as a source of revolutionary self-expression and solidarity has never been more important,”
In addition to the main festival weekend at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, TCAF 2025 offers an expanded slate of satellite events across the city:
- Tuesday, June 3 – In partnership with TIFF, TCAF co-hosts a screening of Paying for It, followed by a Q&A with director Sook-Yin Lee, cartoonist Chester Brown, and TCAF's own Ho Che Anderson. Chester Brown will be available for a signing following the event.
- Thursday, June 5 – In collaboration with Drawn & Quarterly and Toronto Metropolitan University, TCAF hosts a special evening marking the paperback launch of Kate Beaton's award-winning graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. Featuring a musical performance by Peter MacInnis and an on-stage interview conducted by Mark Medley of The Globe & Mail.
- Friday, June 6 – TCAF presents its annual kick-off panel. 2025's theme is "Canadian Comics Now: Cartooning In a Dangerous Time." Join acclaimed Canadian cartoonists Sanya Anwar, Guy Delisle, Faith Erin Hicks, and Cole Pauls in conversation with TCAF Festival Director Amie Wright.
For full festival details and programming schedule, please visit: www.torontocomics.com
If you are interested in speaking with Festival Director Amie Wright, or any exhibiting TCAF artists, please contact Kate Fane at the information below.
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