Ivan Kocmarek promotes The Cartoon Foundry 2025

Here’s my chat with Ivan Kocmarek about The Cartoon Foundry 2025, his talk planned for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and more.

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Ivan is a retired Hamilton, Ontario teacher and comic book collector for over 50 years. He edited Heroes of the Home Front with more 300 pages of the history of Canadian comics in the World War II era from Bell Features artists and over 150 pages of original art. Ivan has been instrumental in many exhibits promoting Canadian wartime comic books including World War II Comics In Canada exhibit held at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario. One of his recent projects was curating a book entitled Trailblazers – A Tribute To Canada’s WWII Comic Creators.

The Cartoon Foundry is a not-for-profit, art-focused event that promotes and celebrates the art of cartooning in Hamilton. The aim is to create a vibrant and inclusive community for cartoonists of all levels and backgrounds, while fostering appreciation and understanding of the medium and its rich history in Hamilton. There’s something for everyone at Cartoon Foundry. From informative and engaging panel presentations featuring area artists and more; screening of movies with panel discussion afterwards; an Artists Alley featuring local and regional artists displaying and selling their work as well as signing and ready to do commissions or simply engage with attendees. In addition to the creators attending, James Waley publisher of the 1970s Canadian magazine ORB is relaunching his central character The Northern Light at the event. This superhero predates Captain Canuck and it will be great to have him back in the public eye again. 

You can discover more about Cartoon Foundry 2025 at https://cartoonfoundry.ca/

You can listen to a previous chat with Ivan here

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