Max the Mutt is proud to host our 2007 Industry Night on Thursday May 31st, from 4:30 to 11 pm. Recruiters and representatives from across North America come for the opportunity to interview our graduates and view galleries of student work, student films and demo reels.

Max the Mutt is happy to extend the invitation to tour our school, and view this years student work during our Graduate Open House, starting Saturday June 2nd, from 10 am-4 pm. Please feel free to contact us to book a personal tour at 416-703-6877. Walk-ins welcome.

Please Note: The following article was published in the Toronto Star on May 08, 2007 and was authored by Michele Henry “Life Writer”.

A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT DRAWS ON HER PASSION TO BECOME A STAR IN JAPANESE CARTOONING

If the story of her life were a comic strip, Svetlana Chmakova’s creative process would span eight to 10 panels.

And she’d be a cat trapped in a box in the first frame.

In the second, Chmakova, a comic book author, would stare with wide kitten eyes at the confining walls. The next four panels might show her at various stages of bewilderment, clawing the cardboard and searching for a way out. The seventh panel could depict her stumbling into an exit.

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