Gold Winner Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles Silver Winner Giant Robot Comics Bronze Winner Monster Comic Lounge Hall of fame Strange Adventures, Halifax When Jay Aaron Roy opened Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles, he knew he wanted it to be much more than just another comics store. Five years later, the shop has […]
Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles
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A guide to the Halifax Nerdom
Comic Shops First priority: find a comic shop. New Comic Book Wednesday doesn’t stop just because you’re getting adjusted to dorm life. Strange Adventures (5110 Prince Street) is the downtown go-to, and Monster Comix Lounge (2089 Gottingen Street) is a haven for gaming. And a bit further of a trek from campus, but most definitely […]
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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner Strange Adventures, Dartmouth Silver Winner Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles Bronze Winner Giant Robot Comics Hall of Fame Strange Adventures, Halifax The folks at Strange Adventures refer to the Dartmouth location as a sidekick, or as owner Cal Johnston likes to say, “the plucky younger sibling” to Strange Adventures Halifax, which was […]
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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame inductee Strange Adventures, Halifax Silver Winner Cape & Cowl Comics and Collectibles Bronze Winner Strange Adventures, Dartmouth Editor’s note: With this 2017 Best Comics Store win marking at least 10 golds in a row, Strange Adventures joins the pantheon in the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. The cartoon […]
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Cape and Cowl celebrates two years in Sackville
Jay Aaron Roy is the owner of comic shop, and youth drop-in centre, Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles (536 Sackville Drive), which celebrates two years in business this week. We chatted about lessons learned, the importance of a strong community and why the shop will never leave the neighbourhood. ——— What is the biggest […]
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Craft Beer Week, Open City and more Halifax weekend event picks
Between Craft Beer Week, Open City, Free Comic Book Day and Mother’s Day, it’s an exciting weekend in the city with loads of things to get out and see, hear and drink. 10. Live Music › The Charlottetown Invasion. Thursday, May 5, 10pm. Upstreet Craft Brewing presents the Charlottetown Invasion, an influx of islanders overtaking […]
