The Art of ‘Plato’s Rave’: Pitching a Dream Project to the McElroy Brothers

A talk by a small-time artist who pitched a buckwild idea to the team behind her favorite comedy podcast...

Venue & reserving seats:

This talk will take place inside Crescent Beach Community Gallery at 12160 Beecher St, Surrey, BC. Parking around the gallery can be a challenge, so please leave yourself plenty of time to find a spot or use public transit (you can map out your trip using TransLink’s Trip Planner).

We have 16 seats available and kindly require RSVPs to make sure we don't run out of chairs. (If the talk fills up, you'll be prompted to join a waiting list if you'd like to be notified if someone else cancels. Danielle is open to repeating this talk if there's interest!)

Questions / contact:

Please email ArtAllAlong@gmail.com if you have any questions or accessibility requests.

Meet the speaker

Danielle Mijo-Burch (www.mijoburch.com) is an American cartoonist and graphic designer based in S'ólh Téméxw (Abbotsford, BC, Canada) who creates art rooted in nerddom, community care, and justice. She has a BA in Ethnic, Gender, and Labour Studies from the University of Washington, and spent the bulk of her 13-year career designing for non-profits and higher education. In 2021, she transitioned to freelancing to take on illustrative projects that indulge her love of fantasy, inclusive character design, and comedic storytelling. Some of her biggest influences include Over the Garden Wall, Studio Ghibli, Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), and Abby Howard (The Last Halloween, Scarlet Hollow).

Danielle was a huge fan of My Brother, My Brother, and Me and The Adventure Zone years before she pitched the idea of illustrating Plato's Rave. It's one of the coolest milestones in her art journey, and something she's excited to dive into with MBMBaM fans who want a behind-the-scenes look at the art and can make it out to Surrey, BC on December 11.

Beyond Plato's Rave, Danielle has done art for Tourism Abbotsford, Jam in Jubilee 2022–2024 (a summer arts/music festival hosted by the Abbotsford Arts Council), Tabletop Weekend 2024 at Capital Mall Olympia, and a variety of other causes that focus on nerdery and community connection. She designed and illustrated Emails to Emily Dickinson (2022), a visual memoir by Amelia Glebocki about the 'invisible lives' of grocery store workers at the outbreak of COVID-19, which earned a nod online from award-winning author and McArthur fellow Kiese Laymon. She's currently developing a middle-grade graphic novel called Momsters, and open to other commissions/projects for 2026. (She'd love to hear from you at mijoburch.art@gmail.com!)

Danielle is one of six BC-based artists showing work at Crescent Beach Community Gallery in Surrey, BC from Nov. 21–Dec. 14, 2025, in a free art exhibition and workshop series titled ‘It’s Been Art All Along: Women Making Sense/Cents Through Art in a World on Fire.' You can read more about the show at bit.ly/ArtAllAlong.