The day started out with me taking an out-of-the-ordinary train trip into town. (Well, the train itself was ordinary — what’s extraordinary is that I’ve lived within walking distance to the train station for 13 years now and never once have I taken it into downtown Toronto — and what a stress free way it is to commute! …but I digress.)

When I got downtown to the event, it had already started. I briefly said my good mornings to my fellow artists who were already there — Arnold Trinidad (founder of Spent Pencils Studios) who organized the event, Marvin Law (Slam Comic, Conquer Entertainment), Gogz and Marv (Powie Studios) and Khanh Nguyen (Spent Pencils). I quickly took my seat between Paul Limgenco and Gerard De La Costa (both incredible talents from Spent Pencils) — they were already sketching away.

From the minute I sat down at 9:30 to 4:30, I sketched non-stop with the exception of a 15 minute pizza and bathroom break. On average I had 4-6 sketches in queue and at one point I had eight (nine if you count the one I was working on.) It all started with one lady asking if we could draw from a picture (or was it an iphone?) and it went nuts from there. People went up to their offices and printed out pictures of their kids, family, and pets and brought them to us to draw. What a steal for $5 a sketch! But many were generous enough to donate more. At one point, a lady asked Gerard and Khanh to do a multi-panel page with full scene and background descriptions — I would have said no, but they graciously accepted the request — a real trial by fire for their first event sketching under the Spent Pencils banner. Kudos to you guys! (And that’s to not mention the hazing endured by those two from Marvin (who has a history of initiating Spent Pencils recruits for Arnold.)

Sadly, because I was so busy, I didn’t get a chance to meet Agnes Garbowska (Girl Comics#1 -Marvel Comics) nor Francis Manapul (The Flash -DC Comics).

By the end I was totally exhausted, but it was fun. All in all, we raised over $1,500 in the 7 hours that we were there.

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On a personal note Sick Kids is an amazing place. It has touched my life by helping out youngest son and my youngest brother… So I can’t tell you how worthily a cause this is.

The event is being put on by our good friend from Spent Pencils Arnold Trinidad and will feature the talents of: Agnes Garbowska (Girl Comics#1 -Marvel Comics), Francis Manapul (The Flash -DC Comics), Daniel Wong ( McHozer Studios), Briana Chan, Vince Sunico, Paul Limgenco, Gerard De La Costa, Khanh Nguyen and Arnold Trinidad (Spent Pencil Studios), Marvin Law (Conquer Entertainment) and “Gogz” and “Marv” (Powie Studios.)

Hope you can make it out!

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Image Collections is located at 181-A Queen Street South (aka. Mississauga Road), Mississauga, Ontario. (905) 542-8307

Then on Sunday June 6th McHozers will be attending the Toronto Comicon Fan Appreciation Event. This is a pretty cool convention to come to because it’s the one that really caters to the fans (Sunday is free too!) As usual we’ll be on hand to sell some books, do some sketches and meet as many cool people as possible. So stop by, we’d love to say hi.

The Toronto Comicon is taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building Hall G 222 Bremner Blvd.

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Image Collections is located at 181-A Queen Street South (aka. Mississauga Road), Mississauga, Ontario. (905) 542-8307

If you’ve never been and you’re wondering what free comic book day is all about just let me know on the message board.

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As always, you’ll have the chance to meet the artists, get a sketch, pick up one of our books or even buy a print. It should be a lot of fun and we hope to see you there!

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The Toronto Fan Expo runs from August 28 to August 30 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre – 222 Bremner Blvd. Toronto, Ont. For more information visit the Hobbystar website at: http://www.hobbystar.com/

McHozers will be in booth A62. Click on the map to get a better look. Make sure you stop by and say hi, we’d love to see you!

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Click here to see all the photos from the event

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We all had a great time and the weather was even a (little) better than last year. Thanks for having us Todd and George.

As we draw further into convention season we’ll be announcing more appearances soon. Plus we’ll be giving you a sneak peek at the two new books we’ll be bringing out in August. Stay tuned.

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