Publication, Promotion and Distribution
As in the US, large Canadian newspapers typically have a page of comic strips in their daily editions, as well as a full-colour Sunday comics section on Saturdays or Sundays. Editorial cartoonists are also common, and the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association founded in 1988 to promote their interests.
There are a number of English- and French-language publishers active in Canadian comics. Drawn and Quarterly is a Montréal-based English-language publisher of arts comics, translations and classic comic reprints, founded by Chris Oliveros in 1990, and one of the most influential publishers in alternative comics. Arcana Studio of British Columbia publishes a large number of titles, and Koyama Press joined the fray in 2007. In French, Les 400 coups, Mécanique Générale, La Pastèque and the Québec arm of Glénat are amongst the active publishers. The small press has played an important rôle, with self-publishing a common means of putting out comics, largely influenced by the success of Dave Sim's Cerebus. Minicomics is another form that has remained popular since the 1980s, when Chester Brown and Julie Doucet got started distributing self-published photocopied comics, and have been spurred on by Broken Pencil, a magazine dedicated to promoting the zine scene.
A number of fan conventions are held throughout Canada, including the Central Canada Comic Con, Fan Expo Canada, Montreal Comiccon, Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon, and Toronto Comicon. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), modeled after European festivals such as Angoulême and the American Small Press Expo, has grown since 2003, and since 2009 has enjoyed the support of the Toronto Public Library.
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