Marcus To talks about comic book projects for Toronto Comicon 2025

Here’s my chat with Marcus To as he prepares to showcase his comic book projects at Toronto Comicon 2025.

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Originally from Alberta, but now based in Toronto, Marcus To is an artist and illustrator who’s has been drawing since childhood. A one-year animation program in North Vancouver, involving 13-hour days, and nights spent drawing his own comics to build his portfolio, helped prepare him for his future career. After a year studying computer science, he decided to take the plunge and work with a family friend at a photography studio in Los Angeles while trying to break into the comics industry. After receiving great feedback at a Wizard World convention, he revamped his portfolio for San Diego Comicon, meeting the Aspen Comics crew and going on to work with them on such projects as Fathom and Soulfire. In 2009, he made the move to Toronto, and that same year he started working with DC. In 2010, he joined the Royal Academy of Illustration & Design, or R.A.I.D. studio, in downtown Toronto. Marcus is known for his work on such titles as X-Force, Shang-Chi, Excalibur, Red Robin, Nightwing and many more. His most recent work is Time Waits written by Chip Zdarsky and David Brothers.

Time Waits is the story of “Blue, a man trapped in the past, which is our present. Sent back in time for a mission he could not bring himself to complete, the former soldier Blue builds a life with Grace, the Sheriff of a small rural town. The pair build a foundation of happiness on a history of bloodshed, as far away from the trigger-happy corporate overlords that used Blue as a human gun. After ten years together, Blue and Grace are on the cusp of taking the next step in their relationship: adoption. Before Grace can fully convince Blue to expand their family, the future comes calling. The overlords want their first deserter and to complete the mission Blue could not. They have one simple rule: kill anyone who stands in their way.”

You can discover more about Marcus To online at https://marcusto.com/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/marcusanthonyto/ and on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/marcusto.bsky.social

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