Howard Wong

Join me! And together we will rule the galaxy! That or I will share with you the secrets of how to create the most sinister super villains with Andre Greenidge from Heroes World and Markham Public Library! For details and FREE tickets click-->  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/comics-culture-workshop-issue-3-tickets-65548849373?aff=eand Date And Time Sat, 16 November 2019 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST Location Milliken Mills Library 7600 Kennedy Road Markham, ON For ages 8-12 Cost FREE! Do you love comics? Local comic book store Heroes World is teaming up with MPL as we read and learn about comics and graphic novels. These workshops are all about superheroes! This month's topic is bad guys and villains. We will talk about comic books, do some fun activities, make up our own superheroes, and borrow some comics from the library!

This October I'll be at MCX along with some of your favourite comic book creators ! Looking forward to seeing you folks there! For details click here .  Date: Saturday, October 19th Time : 10 am - 4 pm Location :  Mississauga Central Library  301 Burnhamthorpe Rd W, Mississauga, ON L5B 3Y3 Admission : Free MCX - Mississauga Comic Expo celebrates indie creators and professional talent in the comic/gaming/cosplay scene from Mississauga and the GTA! Held at the Mississauga Central Library with 3 floors of exhibitors, programs, and other fun activities! MCX is organized by the staff of the Mississauga Library System. Admission is free. Drop-in programs begin on Friday, October 18 at 4:30-8:30pm, followed by full festivities on Saturday, October 19.

I'll be at Uptown Kidlit with The Unhappy Little Pig and more on September 28th from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm! The Toronto Comic Arts Festival and North York Arts are thrilled to announce a brand-new, one-day kids focused literary event to be held at North York Central Public Library. We call it  UPTOWN KIDLIT!    Uptown Kidlit is a free event that will feature a day of feature programs, drop-in workshops, and a small vendor fair with local authors selling comics, books, and more. Participants include: George O’Connor, Deborah Kerbel, Richard Scrimger, Britt Wilson, Ted Staunton, Lesley Livingston, Kean Soo, Lis Xu, John Martz, Tory Woollcott, Chad Solomon, Anoosha Syed, Brian McLaughlan, Hilary Leung, Rabeea Syed, and many more! Saturday, September 28, 2019 North York Central Public Library Auditorium, 2 nd  Floor 5120 Yonge Street North York, ON M2N 5N9 9:30am to 4:00pm

On September 27th I will be presenting my very first PechaKucha! What is that? Where is it happening? What will I be talking about? Look below for answers and more about the other great people presenting! What is PechaKucha: The first PechaKucha Night was held in Tokyo on February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Now, they are held in over 1000 cities around the world. Find a PechaKucha Night near you. For more info:  https://www.pechakucha.com/ Where: Varley Art Gallery, 216 Main Street Unionville, Markham, Ontario L3R 2H1 When: September 27, 2019 from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm More info here:  https://www.facebook.com/pechakuchamarkham/ Cost: FREE! Tickets: Eventbrite What I will be talking about: How taking terrifying risks continues to change my life in amazing ways.

What an amazing show! Got to see old friends and catch up with their shenanigans, as well as making new friendships which is one of the many reasons why I like the comic book community. Photos taken by Paul Hiller. Photos taken by Paul Hiller. Got to hang out with one of the best con neighbours I've had, Casey Parsons. He was busy painting covers and sketches folks as made incredibly bad dad jokes. Seeing old fans and meeting new ones is always a highlight of the show for me. So many passionate folks came by to talk to me about old and new stories I've written, which still boggles my mind. Thank you for the support! Sorry if you don't see yourself here. I tend to forget to grab a snap when I'm talking. Last, but not least I want to thank all the folks that make Fan Expo Canada what it is! Happy 25th to you too! My kid s marched me to this huma n crane game at the Adult Swim booth with hopes I'd toss my cooki

I'll be at Fan Expo Canada with books, stories and a few dad jokes. Find me at P032B. I'll update this post when the floor plan is up. See you there!

I didn't get a chance to take a lot of photos at this past TCAF, but I did see a whole lot of people I haven't seen in a while. I must have stood in a few spots for over an hour saying hi and catching up with folks. It's always fun to hear about what everyone is working on and what they have created. So glad I got to see so many of you and apologise for not seeing others. One of the new fun things I did this year was attending some of the Word Balloon Academy workshops. Picked up a few helpful things and met cool people! The signing for The Unhappy Little Pig was terrific! Not only because I got to meet new readers of The Unhappy Little Pig, but also an old friend from high school whom I haven't see for many, many moons! I also met a delightful young book reviewer, The panel I had with  Joey Weiser (Ghost Hog) was a lot of fun. We met for the first time moment before the panel started, so we got to really know each other by doing a panel of how our book came

Been a little busy, so I'm playing catch up. I'll be posting my experience at TCAF next week, but before I do that I wanted to share with you the fun interview I had with True North County Comics. Click here to give it a listen and while you're at it, why not give them a follow to hear more great things from some of your favourite Canadian comic creators.

Main Exhibition: Saturday May 11 (9am to 5pm) and Sunday May 12 (10am to 5pm) Professional Development: Friday May 10 Free To Attend! Primary Venue: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto I will be at TCAF (Toronto Comics Art Festival) with my Canadian launch of Adrian Alphona's (Ms. Marvel) and my first children's illustrated book, The Unhappy Little Pig! I will be doing a panel sharing how it came about, signing and giving out free bookmarks! Details below. Signing Schedule Details: Dates and Times: May 11th, Saturday 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM May 12th, Sunday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Location: Little Island Signing Area, Toronto Reference Library, 1st Floor, Beeston Auditorium I will also be doing a panel with Joey Weiser (Ghost Hog) on Saturday (May 11th) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Panel  Schedule  Details: Pigs! Pigs! Pigs! It's the Year of the Pig! Meet the creators of two exciting new porcine releases, Howard Wong & Adrian Alphona (T

Pacific Place's The Style Sheet in honour of World Book Day asked some of your favourite Hong Kong-connected authors and yours truly to talk about a book that changed their lives. Click here to find out what books they are and why. As you explore bookstores and libraries to discover new compelling stories for yourself, why not head to a local comic shop too! Happy reading!

It was an adventurous two weeks doing talks and workshops at 12 (local and international) schools across Hong Kong with students aged 5 to 17. Being able to share my passion for crafting stories, behind-the-scenes experiences working in different industries, writing techniques I've developed over the years with over 2000 students made it very memorable. Some fun memories I had with my time with the students from all the different schools were of some asking me fun geeky questions to very thought-provoking ones like the one about how one overcomes adversity, to those about armpit farts (yes, really). There were also a few future artists who shared some of their artwork with me that they did during my talks. There were many more memorable moments that involved Star Wars to a pop singer and Stan Lee I had a lot of fun doing two workshops at the public event at Lee Gardens 2, where I met many aspiring future authors! Not to mention amazing future illustr

I was interviewed by South China Morning Post's Andrew Sun, where I was asked about some of the work I've done. Some things to note, I did not write the narrative for the Iron Man Experience attraction but did write the comic with the same name for Marvel Comics. A freelance creative consultant, Wong was there to discuss storylines for a new robot character. But before that, the agenda included updates on a crossover product line showing  Star Wars  characters as samurais. As the suits reviewed sales projections and production schedule, the Chinese-Canadian writer noticed something odd in the prototype toys. “The Stormtroopers had nipples on their armour,” Wong says. “So I asked ‘why do they have nipples?’ The executives paused, then also asked, ‘yeah, why are there nipples on Stormtroopers?’” Urgent emails flew off to Japan. Responsible adults evaluating management decisions suddenly degenerated into a round table of nerds debating whether Edo-period troops for D

My first children's illustrated book, The Unhappy Little Pig launched at the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival this past March! The Unhappy Little Pig is written by moi, illustrated by Adrian Alphona (Ms. Marvel) and published by the fine folks at the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival. It is a story of a pig unhappy being a pig who goes on a whimsical search to find what makes him happy. Only 200 are printed with each one numbered. They also come with a snazzy certificate of authenticity! We had a signing at the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival's public events at Lee Gardens 2 where I got to meet a lot of enthusiastic book lovers! The official launch for The Unhappy Little Pig was held at Kelly and Walsh at Pacific Place, where I got to meet more fantastic book lovers during a reading and signing event! You can get your copy at  http://www.youngreadersfestival.org.hk/2019-programme/the-unhappy-little-pig/  Or are th