The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) will 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.
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.
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