Andrew McIlvaney

Andrew McIlvaney is a Vancouver–based writer and public school teacher. He created English: Comedy Writing 11 within the BC public school system and has led workshops across the province on teaching comedy and storytelling. In 2023, he began work on the satirical comic series Ms. Frecznik’s Think Tank, illustrated by Savannah Goatze and developed under the mentorship of Emmy Award–winning writer Bill Oakley (The Simpsons, Portlandia). Andrew is currently completing a Master’s degree in Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, where his research explores how comics and humour can foster critical literacy.

Kaijukat

My name is Rynn and I go by Kaijukat online! I’m a Canadian artist based in BC, and offer my art in a variety of formats, including prints, stickers, and keychains. I mainly create fanart of kaiju & anime, plus more!

THLICA (The Living Canvas)

We use our mind to try to create, to develop, to innovate to the visions we want to see. Whether we create something from scratch or create something from the things we recognize, we are still inventors on this era of entertainment.

This is The Living Canvas, a small space like a box that can fit the biggest odysseys that we can or cannot imagine.

Wharfinger’s Press

Wharfinger’s Press is a small publishing house that represents a broad spectrum of writers, artists, creative minds, and differently thinkers.

Our aim is to provide a platform for a range of titles that confidently breach the threshold of traditional genres.

eliushi

Eliushi (she/they) is a Taiwanese-Canadian author-illustrator whose works can be found in a number of anthologies (Saturday AM Summer of Manga 2023, Arledge Comics, One-Shot Dream.exe, SpiderForest Threads: Immortal, Dragon Webtoon Anthology 2024) as well as various medical conferences and journals. They were a guest speaker at TCAF 2021 Cells at Work and ScreenTones podcast (“Comic Synopses”). Their works have been exhibited at Vancouver Comic Arts Festival (VanCAF) 2019 and Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2025.

As a first generation immigrant and cancer survivor, eliushi creates stories that revolve around lost identities, invisible disabilities and finding balance in a complex world of social responsibilities and cultural expectations. Their main genre is science fantasy/speculative fiction. They are currently working on KEYSPACE, a webcomic in the SpiderForest collective about children with wings for hair. 

SawyunHan

SawyunHan is an illustrator and animator painting the vivid, fantastical world that is missing from the day to day.

Anitartlet

Anitartlet is run by Anita, a freelance illustrator, art consultant, children’s book illustrator and and video game artist based in Vancouver BC, Canada! Her art style is heavily inspired by scenes of nature, vibrant color schemes, and the wonders of fantasy. But the most notably eye-catching aspect of her style is the explosion of obnoxiously bright and saturated colors she uses in her work. Her style has blossomed in the forms of colorful stickers, vibrant art prints, cute jewelry, fun apparel and much more!

MannyAndy

As someone who has enjoyed comics, animation, games and pop culture, it’s a joy to create and draw some of my favourite characters and worlds. My Shiba Inu is also an inspiration to many of the silly shiba merch I create! It’s been a while since I’ve tabled and I look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones!

birdcrumb

doriaeku

Hi, I like drawing cute characters and making art of the stories I enjoy.