Mitch Lohmeier, Jenn Woodall and Paterson Hodgson are traveling all the way from Toronto to bring you their new comic anthology, Pulping! They, alongside fellow editors Jonathan Rotsztain and Jon Inaki invited 35 of Toronto’s best cartoonists to make work around the theme “comics on comics.” The anthology features 144 pages of pure comics gold and Mitch, Jenn and Paterson will be reading their stories for you. Mitch & Paterson will have copies of their new book Marine Unit and the new edition of Mitch’s bestselling Michael Mouse. Special guest Stephen Pellnat will also be joining in the fun and reading from his new book.
WHO: Mitch Lohmeier, Peterson Hodgson, Jenn Woodall, Stephen Pellnat
WHAT: Marine Unit book release and comics reading
WHEN: Wednesday May 22, 5 -7pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center
Mitch Lohmeier is an illustrator and comics creator based out of Toronto Ontario. His cartoonish art style has been described as a cross between Walt Disney and R. Crumb. In 2020 Mitch released a daily comic on Instagram titled Michael Mouse and it quickly went viral. In 2023 he released a self-published version of the comic which debuted at TCAF that same year. Shortly after, he partnered with Floating World Comics to release a new print edition. Mitch is currently working on his follow up comic titled Marine Unit, which is set to debut in early 2024.
Jenn Woodall’s has a new one person anthology called DUMBASS! Collecting some previous short comics and new works, mostly autobio + dealing with burn out and art-related depression.
Stephen Pellnat is a Portland based comic artist. His series, UPSTATE! is the greatest comic series ever set in the forgotten tundra of Upstate New York!