Arts & Culture
Back tomorrow · 10am-5pmAsian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form is on the Chinese Canadian Museum's second floor through August 15, 2027, and for once nobody will tell you to put the comic down.
Chinatown
More infoSomewhere, an adult once told you to put the comic down and read something real. Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form is that adult's worst nightmare: the second floor of the Chinese Canadian Museum, where reading the comics is the assignment. It's included with general admission, so $18 buys you what bookstores spent decades trying to prevent: reading comics standing up, without anyone asking if you're going to buy that. The title promises an evolution, and you'll go through one yourself. At the first wall, you read every word like a doctoral candidate. By the last, you're down to speech bubbles and confident nodding. Bring someone who'll still be arguing about the best panel on the way out. The adult who said 'something real' never got a debate that good.
Book general admission through the Chinese Canadian Museum's tickets page. It covers Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form on the second floor, and there's no separate exhibition ticket listed. Allow about 90 minutes so the slower reader doesn't get hurried past the good bits. Before you leave, each of you picks one panel and argues for it in a single sentence. Shortest convincing case wins.
10am - 5pm
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