About
Ponto is the story of a little road barrel who decides to leave his hometown along highway 30 to fulfill his dream to live in Montreal, an amazing big city where infrastructure and road work projects are a daily struggle. With his legendary optimism, Ponto will do his best to ensure the safety of drivers and pedestrians, but he will soon discover that life in Montreal won’t be an easy one and that many crazy adventures await!
This comic is a humorous response tinted with innocence to the frustration experienced by Montrealers towards the never ending construction and road repairs in the city. Unfortunately the “orange cone” has become the symbol of this frustrating situation but, Ponto will surely make you rediscover your city and fall in love with Montreal again.
Since Ponto started his adventures in 2013, he became a beloved character not only in Montreal but also across the world since construction is a universal subject. He has been traveling to over 30 countries to meet his traffic cone relatives. You can follow his travels and daily life on social media and especially on Instagram.
Ponto in the Press:
Newspapers and blogs:
Lancement d’une bande dessinée relatant
les aventures d’un cône orange
Gabriel Beauchemin, 24h Montréal, 2019
Découvrez la conceptrice derrière
le petit cône orange Ponto
Isabelle Vallée, Les bons plans, 2019
Montreal’s unofficial cartoon mascot,
Ponto gets a book
Sarah Leavitt, CBC Montreal, 2019
Ponto aura sa bande dessinée imprimée
Justine Gravel, Journal de Montréal, 2018
Ponto aura son livre
Nadia Lemieux, Journal Métro, 2018
PoL’amour inavoué des Québécois pour les cônes orange
Katia Tobar, Le Devoir, 2018
EMBLÈME: Les cônes oranges
Isabelle Grégoire – L’EXPRESS Hors-série Juin 2017, Paris
Portrait 375BIXI
Stories MTL, 2017
Where construction season tastes like passion fruit
CBC Montréal, 2016
Un cône orange pour aimer Montréal
Bruno Bisson – La Presse, 2016
Des travaux à la mode
Louis-Philippe Messier – Journal 24h, 2016
5 objets que les amoureux de Montréal devront
se procurer
Améli Pineda – Journal 24h, 2016
Un cône orange qui vous veux du bien
Judith Plamondon – Journal de Montréal, 2015
Le seul cône orange qui vous fera sourire!
Étienne Leblanc – Radio-Canada, 2015
Today’s watercolor: Ponto and Shingo!
Alice Volkmar – Super Happy Awesome, 2014
Dreamers Interview Series – Tania Mignacca
Stéphanie Noël – A Truth Universally Acknowledged, 2014
Je vous présente Tania et Ponto
Martin Bérubé – Propos Montréal, 2013
Meet Ponto, Montréal’s unofficial mascot
Erik Leijon – CULT #MTL, 2013
Trouvaille web: Ponto
Jean-Dominic Leduc – Journal de Montréal ,2013
Ponto on the radio :
Entrevue avec Tania Mignacca
MR-63 EP5, CHOQ.ca
2019
Interview about Ponto
The Barry Morgan Show,
witrh Trudie Mason – CJAD 800AM
2015
Je blogue Montréal
Le 15-18,
animée par Maxime Coutié
ICI Radio-Canada Première
2015
Entrevue avec Tania Mignacca
J’aime Montréal,
animée par Louise-Marie Bouchard-
CIBL 101.5 FM
2015
Change ta Ville – Chronique d’Étienne Leblanc
Le 15-18,
animée par Michel C Auger-
ICI Radio-Canada Première
2015
l’anniversaire du cône orange (vers 15:05min)
C’est pas trop tôt, animée par Marie-France Bazzo –
ICI Radio-Canada Première
2014
Ponto on TV:
The orange cone that could
by Melina Giubilaro- January 3rd 2019
CityNews Montreal
The illustrator
Montreal storytellers Episode 1- November 19th 2018
What’s up Montreal
Montreal comic artist brings
Ponto to ComicCon
CBC News Montreal – July 8th 2018
CBC Montreal
What’s On
with Christine Long – June 3rd 2018
CTV Montreal
Ma Curieuse Cité
chronique d’Ariane Pilon – December 13th 2016
MAtv
Ma Liste à moi – Alexandre Despatie
Animée par Christine Michaud – October 1st 2016
TVA
Montréalité
animée par Katerine-Lune Rollet -September 28th 2015
MAtv
Points of sale
Places where you can purchase official Ponto merchandise.
KitschÀ l’Os
3439 rue Hochelaga, Montreal, Quebec
Artpop Montréal
129 avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal, Québec
Librairie Crossover Comics
3560 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, Québec
L’euguélionne, Librairie féministe
1426 rue Beaudry, Montréal, Québec
Planète BD
4077 rue St Denis, Montréal, Québec
Tania Mignacca, the author
Illustrator and graphic designer her work is mainly inspired by Japanese culture and Montreal’s industrial heritage. Specializing in print design, she enjoys mixing traditional and digital techniques to create warm and textured illustrations. In her free time, she likes to go for a walk and photograph the unusual panorama of the city.
Take a look at her portfolio!
