| Althea is featured in the “Asian Communities in Canada: Representations in Comics" online exhibition - available worldwide and runs until June 15, 2025. Q&A on Sunday, May 18, 2025 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Mountain Time) Image from "Bagoong ni Uncle Dan" a digital comic crafted with sepia ink and natural inks made from turmeric and coffee harvested in the Philippines. This work honours the wisdom passed down through generations and celebrates the Filipino tradition of bagoong. |  |
 Panagawid is a short komik in colour by Althea Balmes Panagawid - a new komik by Althea Balmes launches at TCAF!
“Feeling depleted and lost in the city, Tala finally connects with her ancestors who takes her on a journey of spirit retrieval. Inspired by the Ilocano soul retrieval practice.” Althea will be reading Panagawid this Saturday April 29th at TCAF - the Toronto Comics Festival. Please drop by and pick up a copy: PWYC $10 min. April 29th, 2023 3:00 PM EST Toronto Reference Library 798 Yonge St., Discussion Room (3rd floor) Free event
 Photo: Keynote Address by Prof. Eleanor Ty
 Thanks to Ysh Cabana for writing about the Komiks Zine Fair in The Philippine Canadian News. Read article
"Toronto-based artists Jo SiMalaya Alcampo and Althea Balmes have been hosting pulp fiction weekly meet-ups since July 2017. Participants have been encouraged to network, to create and bring their comics/komiks to completion..Zines, tiny photocopied and stapled books that are often with political text and images, deck the Lillian H. Smith Library branch. Kwentong Bayan Collective believes that a new model for komiks and pop culture events will take shape over time."  We're celebrating the 1 year anniversary of our weekly Comics / Komiks Meet-Up at the library with a Kwentong Bayan - Komiks Zine Fair!!
All-ages activities include short films about comics, button-making station, merch tables, a Filipino Komiks reading corner, & raffle prizes. Saturday July 21, 2018 1 PM - 4:30 PM Lillian H. Smith Branch - Toronto Public Library 239 College St. (at Spadina), Meeting Room A, Lower Level FREE EVENT Thanks to our community partners, the Toronto Public Library -Lillian H. Smith Branch, The Beguiling Books & Art, and Comics/Komiks Meet-up artists. Please join us! |
