Howard Wong

This is an open call to professional and indie comic book artists, inkers, colourists, letterers and writers residing in York Region. I'm putting together a program of comic book creating workshops and looking for folks in York Region to be a part of this. I received a micro-grant from the York Region Arts Council to jumpstart this and currently in the developmental phase. If you would like to know more about what I have planned and how you can be involved, please PM me here or via my other social media accounts. Feel free to share this post. Thanks!

In celebration of Canada Day 2020, the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao is calling on all Hong Kong and Macao primary and secondary students to design an original superhero that represents “YOUR CANADA”!  I am honoured to be one of the judges along with graphic novelist Renee Nault.  I can't wait to see what your creative superpowers come up with for a new Canadian superhero ! Winning designs will be used as the covers for their official Canada Day 2020 greeting cards! There are also great prizes to be won! Submission Deadline: June 9, 2020 @ 17:30 (HKT)! Click the link for more details!

It has been an interesting week. Since the announcement of being a recipient of the York Region Arts Council's Mirco Grant Program, I've been digging into all the workshops and talks I've done at conventions to festivals to consolidate all the materials and topics I have covered. I found myself having mixed feelings over particular topics on story development I've covered. This is the first time that I'm looking over everything as a whole. Fascinating looking back at all the particular topics I have covered, and thinking back to what worked and what needs improvements. Kind of like finding pieces to a puzzle you're not sure what it will really look like until you get closer to completing it. This also made me think of my own story development process and how I could improve it. In any creative endeavour, there are always challenges you have to meet and overcome. For some, it's seeking inspiration to create, while for others it's the act...

Join me as I show you the ropes in writing your very own comic book on February 1, 2020 at Milliken Mills Library! Sign up at Eventbrite:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-write-comics-for-beginners-tickets-75694830275 The Details: This is a workshop for young writers who want to know how to go from ideas to comic book script! They will be putting their imaginations to work as they create their own superhero story! I will be sharing some of the best kept secrets we use writing comics too!  For children and preteens ages 8-12. Cost: FREE Date And Time Sat, 1 February 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST Location Milliken Mills Library 7600 Kennedy Road #1 Markham, ON L3R 9S5

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...

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...

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 futu...

It was a great time getting to talk with Noreen Mir's 1-2-3 Show on RTHK about my first children's illustrated book and other fun things! Give a listen here: https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1762&eid=170467&lang=en-US You can watch me on the radio on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsGiAWZO0H0 Or if you want to see on the Facebook Live recording scan this QR code: