the one and only

Toucan blog

The Official Comic-Con and WonderCon blog!

The latest

  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 016: Outside Influences

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 016: Outside Influences Aspiring cartoonists are often advised to study other fields, and allow non-comics disciplines to inform their comics work. But “other fields” covers a…

    Carousel 016: Outside Influences
  • Maggie’s World 074: School Days

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 074: School Days Back In The Day, September meant summer was over, and it was time to turn from vacation to books. Including…

    Maggie’s World 074: School Days
  • Katie Cook

    You Can Draw With Katie Cook 065: How to Draw Taco Tuesday

    IT’S TACO TUESDAY SOMEWHERE! You Can Draw With Katie Cook 065: How to Draw Taco Tuesday Written by Published Updated

    You Can Draw With Katie Cook 065: How to Draw Taco Tuesday
  • Marc Bernardin

    Devourer of Words 064: Adding the Last Period

    MARC BERNARDIN’S DEVOURER OF WORDS Devourer of Words 064: Adding the Last Period Most serialized storytelling takes place in this kind of protracted middle. There is always another bad guy…

    Devourer of Words 064: Adding the Last Period
  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 015: Common Sights

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 015: Common Sights I once wrote a column here on how to draw EVERYTHING, but here are a dozen key things you’re likely to draw OFTEN. Whether…

    Carousel 015: Common Sights
  • Maggie’s World 073: Nearly Half a Century

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 073: Nearly Half a Century The 2019 celebration of the 50th Comic-Con in San Diego led to consideration of where we were half…

    Maggie’s World 073: Nearly Half a Century