Will you be in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this weekend? If so are you going to TCAF? You’re NOT?!? Shame on you! You’ve… oh, I get it. You’re trapped under a large pillar and are desperately need of rescue and will probably be in the hospital this weekend.

That is the only decent excuse you would have to not go to TCAF this weekend. TCAF is great and it is no BS just straight up about comics. Don’t expect so see anybody dressed up like Captain Hello Darth Pony Fett or whatever, just expect to be around a bunch of people who are hella into readin and makin some dang COMICS.

We’re haulin’ a bunch of books and loot and FRIENDS so come say howdy! Here is our friend list:

Comeau, Joey
Clark, Anthony
Diaz, Arron
Gran, Meredith
Green, KC
Hastings, Christopher
Horne, Emily
Jacques, Jeph
Leth, Kate
Logan, Sam
Malki !, David
Meekins, Marlo
North, Ryan
Rosenberg, Jon

Andrew Hussie is also gonna be up in that piece but due to the quantity and earnestness of his beloved Homestucks he will have specific signing times. You will be able to purchase his stuff at our table upstairs and get it signed at the special signing place during signing times if you get a ticket. Come early if you’re into that!

Sadly, Jeffrey Rowland cannot make it to TCAF this weekend as he is typing this from beneath a fallen pillar. He is in a great deal of pain but must wait until the two behemoth nemeses finish doing battle before it will be safe for rescue crews to enter the Great Hall.

Real quick, I know it’s Casual Friday and it’s about to turn Extra Casual Friday o’Clock but this is important.

Johnny Wander 2Kawaii shirt, now ALSO in Teal.

And just between us, we’re probably going to release a version in MINT in a few weeks if you’re into that just be patient!

We printed Brando Bird‘s CageDragon shirt in black for Emerald City Comic Con and everybody lost their marbles. One girl just stood there screaming at it for half an hour. So now it’s available for you too!

Not much is known about the Mechanical Penguins except that they are a team and they are quite good, and that they are from Boxer Hockey…

And if you hadn’t heard, the new Gunshow Book dropped this week and it’s called RAD TATS. It so jam-packed with japes and laffs that we had to bribe the customs agent just to let it across the border.

That’s that, you’re free to put your sweat pants on and just sit there and watch whatever Netflix suggests you until Monday morning.

Today is the first day of spring, though you certainly wouldn’t know it here…

But what does makes it feel springy is NEW THINGS! Yuko and Ananth just dumped a BUCKETLOAD of hot, new stuff right in your FACE.

We have some new Homestuck shirts designed by Alexandra Douglass!

And if THAT’S not enough Rosemary designed some cool new cards to teach you about BIRDS.

Still hungry? Kris Straub went and made you a smart-aleck shirt that infuses typography and popculture!

And Rich is actually in the Van right now getting shirts! We’ll announce what they are on our twitter later today!

Oh no! We were so busy getting ready for Emerald City Comic-Con this weekend that we forgot to tell you about it! Are you going? If not it’s too late now! If you are, this is for you!

We are there and we are there with friends! Here are all the friends who will be there with us:

Bird, Brandon
Comeau, Joey
Death, Machine Of
Diaz, Aaron
Gran, Meredith
Hesse, Tyson
Horne, Emily
Jacques, Jeph
KittenTeeth, Tiny
Logan, Sam
Malki !, David
North, Ryan
Rosenberg, Jon
Vasquez, Jhonen
Yates, Chris

Did I miss anybody? Let me know!

What Pumpkin will also be there with Andrew Hussie! And all kinds of other people, take it away Gary.

Jeffrey Rowland will not be there because he has to fill up a hole in the front yard.

Welcome, readers and member of the Academy. And now, without further ado, we present the TopatoCo Extra Achievement Awards for February 2013!

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