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Suggestions for June tripping.
Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2026
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is taking place this weekend among the many special events will be the presentation of The 22nd Annual Doug Wright Awards.
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration holds its grand opening tomorrow June 5, 2026.
We are the UK’s first and only charity for illustration – art that communicates stories and ideas – founded by illustrator Quentin Blake.
We are the world’s largest dedicated space for illustration, producing exhibitions and creative projects in collaboration with illustrators, collections, universities, schools, community groups and touring partners.
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will open on 5 June 2026 in Clerkenwell, London.
Poddy Rules the World
The Austin Museum of Popular Cultures presents Poddy Rules the World – Gilbert Shelton’s Comix & Art beginning June 7 and running through mid-July 2026.
The exhibit will include:
- Original posters and drawings by Gilbert Shelton
- Comic book panels and photographs that capture the essence of the era to the current day.
- Screens displaying rolling information and imagery to provide context and enhance the visitor experience.
- 8 special events with panel discussions, lectures and the opportunity for attendees to record oral history stories about their experiences in the past and
DATES:June 7th – July 19th
The exhibit is free to the public Monday–Saturday, 10am–5pm. Sundays feature ticketed events with short films, panel discussions, and refreshments.
Comic Studies Society Conference
The Comic Studies Society conference for 2026 takes place next week at The Billy Ireland Library & Museum.
The Comics Studies Society (CSS) is an interdisciplinary society open to all who share the goals of promoting the critical study of comics, improving comics teaching, and engaging in open and ongoing conversations about the comics world.
CSS defines comics studies liberally to include the study and critical analysis of comics strips; comic books, papers, and magazines; albums, graphic novels, and other graphic books; webcomics and other electronic formats; single-panel cartoons, including editorial and gag cartoons; caricature; animation; and other related forms and traditions. All types of sequential art, graphic narrative, and cartooning are relevant to our mission.
Guy Billout ф Quiet Catastrophes
The Philippe Labaune Gallery is currently presenting Guy Billout‘s Quiet Catastrophes exhibit.
The exhibition brings together original drawings and editorial works spanning Billout’s career, including a significant selection from his remarkably longstanding collaboration with The Atlantic Monthly. This collection highlights Billout’s decades- long influence on American and European editorial illustration, while simultaneously showcasing his craftmanship: the ability to use precise geometry, flat gradients, and the ligne claire (clear line) style to create a universe where disaster doesn’t strike with a bang, but with a perfectly rendered, humorous and ironic silence.
American Library Association Conference 2026
The 2026 American Library Association Conference & Exhibition is taking place at the end of this month. I have it on good authority that George Gant will be there representing the National Cartoonists Society.
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