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 […]
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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, Halifax Silver Winner Cape & Cowl Comics and Collectibles Bronze Winner Monster Comic Lounge Strange Adventures is as invincible as Iron Man in our Best Comics Store category. But with great Coast accolades comes great responsibility, and the comic purveyors are proud of their long history promoting the diversity mainstream comics […]
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Board game empire
We hold these truths to be self-evident, not all games are created equal. If you’re staying up all night eyes-to-screen with Call of Duty or geared up with a headset and World of Warcraft with 46 of your closest avatars, crushing candies on the commute to work or creating a Dance Dance Revolution—think about turning […]
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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner Strange Adventures Comic Bookstore, Halifax Silver Winner Quantum Frontier Games & Comics Bronze Winner Monster Comic Lounge “It’s a little stressful each time the poll is on,” says Strange Adventures owner Calum Johnston about the Best of Halifax readers’ survey. “‘Will we do well? Are people sick of us? Where do we send […]
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Get graphic on Free Comic Book Day
We likely don’t have to remind you that Saturday is Christmas for comic lovers, Free Comic Book Day. It’s really hard for this day to get any better than it is naturally, but local comic shops have teamed up to create the ultimate Free Comic Book Day adventure. Strange Adventures (5262 Sackville Street and 101 […]
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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner Strange Adventures Comic Bookstore Silver Winner Quantum Frontier Games & Comics Bronze Winner Monster Comic Lounge Undefeated for years in the Best Comics Store category, it’s no wonder one voter calls Strange Adventures “that little doorway off the street into a world of gritty make-believe.” Open since 1993 and now with three Maritime […]
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Gifts for adults in local kids stores
The Adventures of Hergé by Jose-Louis Bouquet, Jean-luc Fromental and Stanislas Barthelemy, $20 An illustrated biography of Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin, from Montreal publishers Drawn & Quarterly. Tintin and his trusty pooch Snowy will be on the big screen later in December with a new […]
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Free Comic Book Day this weekend
The annual comic book celebration Free Comic Book Day takes place this weekend, Saturday May 7, at comic stores around town, including Strange Adventures (5262 Sackville Street, 425-2140 and 101 Portland Street, Dartmouth, 444-2140). The Halifax store will also be taking over the Church of St David hall (1537 Brunswick Street) for the day since […]
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Monster Comics Lounge moves
Gottingen Street comic emporium Monster Comic Lounge is moving, but not far. As of May 2 you’ll find it next door, having moved to 2089 Gottingen from 2091, which recently housed Art&Jules as well as being the former home of Taz Records. “It’s a bigger space,” says owner Mike Crossman of the reason behind the […]
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Comics for Christmas?
Mike Crossman at Monster Comics Lounge (2091 Gottingen Street, 429-1398) says the most recent edition of Robert Kirkman’s popular zombie serial—now also a TV series—The Walking Dead is particularly hot right now at his north end store. (And for those who are just getting into it because of the show, it’s already at Volume 13!) […]
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Best Comics Store
This year Strange Adventures reached across the harbour to start up a store in Dartmouth, at 101 Portland Street. It carries much of the new stuff and toys that you’ll find at the comic emporium’s Sackville Street location, with an added emphasis on classic and back-issue comics. A new location is a good thing, as […]
