Author: Joey deVilla

Also happening this weekend in Accordion City:

From the Doors Open site:

The City of Toronto Culture Division is proud to

present Doors Open Toronto – one weekend, once a year – when over 100

buildings with architectural, historic or cultural significance open

their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration.

Step inside national historic sites, hidden

gems, modern landmarks, places of worship, banking halls, mansions,

museums, theatres, historic transportation hubs, architects’

offices and more. Many of these buildings are not normally

open to the public. No tickets or pre-registration required

– admission is free to all buildings. The official program

guide will be available in the Toronto Star on Thursday, May

19, 2005. Doors Open Toronto invites you to get to know the

city, whether you’ve lived in Toronto all your life or you’re

visiting for the first time. See Toronto like you’ve never

seen it before!

Last weekend, I got to meet one of my favourite webcomic artists, Mr.

M. Zole, artist, writer and consumer of pies of Death to the Extremist (go read it! go read the archives, too!).

I’ll write a little more about this later.

This weekend, I’m hoping to drop by this event…

…The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, to meet a couple more of my favourite artists:

• The Lord God King of Asian-American emo boy angst, Derek Kirk Kim
• R. Stevens of the the funny and pixelated Diesel Sweeties

The festival will be held in tents in Mirvish Village, and it

should be a good one, given the artists who will be attending and the

beautiful spring weather expected this weekend.