Introducing 'The' Calgary Fan Event
Thornecliffe Greenview Community Centre
August 10th, 2024
10 AM to 4 PM
A Steve Hodges joint, brought to you by:
About
Welcome to YYCFanFair, where the ultimate celebration of fandom awaits you!
Get ready for an immersive experience like never before, featuring an array of vendors offering the finest in comics, toys, art, and more. Explore a treasure trove of unique and collectible items that will satisfy every geeky craving. Our lineup of entertainment is sure to keep the excitement levels at an all-time high, making YYCFanFair the go-to destination for enthusiasts of all ages. If you're a vendor with a passion for the extraordinary, now is your chance to join the spectacle! We're open for vendor applications, and each submission will be meticulously reviewed as they come in. Don't miss your opportunity to be part of the ultimate fan experience – apply now and let the YYCFanFair magic begin!
Entertainment, Artists and Activities
Retro Gaming Hub
Free Play Retro Video Games Hub, brought to you by Video Game Trader
Matt Stewart
Matt has contributed artwork to Star Wars, MLB, Marvel, DC, and more trading card sets from Topps, Upper-Deck, Cryptozoic, and Dynamite. He's also had his work published in the Aliens, Stranger Things, and other artbooks. Plus: he's a graphic designer, web developer, and prior to 2015 was a consulting archaeologist!
Cam Hayden
Cam is a Calgary based Indie Cartoonist whose work appears in Scary Monsters Magazine, Calgary’s Arts & Entertainment Monthly: Scene Magazine, Spread Love Magazine and Freaky Magazine. He has worked with CAR-Toons, Feral House Books & Danko Jones, and cranks out a number of his own underground comics and weird trading card sets.
Sheldon Bueckert
Based in Calgary Alberta, Sheldon is an illustrator and painter using mixed media, traditional painting, digital painting and graphic art techniques. He is a North American recognized artist creating fine art and pop/fan pieces. Sheldon is also a comic cover artist. He is a regular guest of comic conventions across Canada and soon to be the United States.
Roberto Duque - RAD Pencils
Roberto is a writer, illustrator, cartoonist and dog father from Calgary Canada. Has had artwork featured in Image Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Upper Deck, Cryptozoic, Printed in Blood and Valiant Comics. Co-creator of indie titles such as Septembryo and Preggers along with his own creator owned web comic strip Escaping Falconridge.
Kara Wheat
Kara, a Northern BC native, is an independent illustrator with a passion for animals. Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Art, she crafts her own comics and watercolor paintings. Currently, she’s transforming people into animals for a living, all while exploring unique species through her commissions.
Johnny Luu
A Calgary artist and former member of ‘Vicious Ambitious’, he has been doing 3D work, design and illustrations solo since 2007. Inspired by 80’s cartoons and anime, he is a gamer and comic fan who wants to return to comics someday. He is a freelance designer, illustrator and 3D artist whose always striving to be better everyday.
Aaron Navrady
Aaron Navrady, Alberta College of Art & Design graduate, self-published ‘The Cold Fire’—a medieval epic. Norman Crusader, Alps, Albigensian Crusade. Explore at thecoldfire.com. Also contributed to Renegade Arts & Entertainment, Nelson Education, BionX, BeatRoute, and Top Shelf 2.0. Calgary-based, Panel One member, former Art Director of Panel One Comic Creator Festival.
Francis V
Francis V is a local tattoo artist and owner of Bleeding Rose Tattoo, born and raised in Calgary, AB. when he’s not tattooing, he’s painting and creating art heavily influenced by his love of the horror, sci-fi and video game genres, he is a regular guest at local comic conventions, tattoo shows and various Art shows.
Vendors
Alpha Comics
Calgary's best selection of comic back issues! We also carry new releases, toys, CGC submissions, and more!
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Applications
Vendor Application (Closed/Full) Artist Application (Closed/Full)
At this time we are only allowing participants to sign up for either a vendor table or a artist table (not both) - due to a lack of available spaces.
Note that filling out an application does not automatically mean approval. You will be contacted if you have been approved for either a vendor or artist slot.
We appreciate your understanding.
Note that we will start notifying vendors of their approval before the end of April.