Darwyn Cooke Days November 17-19 Strange Adventures, 5110 Prince Street Sometimes we’re in the company of a legend and most of us don’t even know it. So it was with comic artist, writer and designer Darwyn Cooke. His career started in his hometown of Toronto, working as an art director in magazines before moving into […]
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Catching up with Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton has a lot on her plate. Within the past eight months, she moved home to Mabou, Cape Breton from Toronto; received a prestigious Eisner award for her book Step Aside, Pops! A Hark! A Vagrant Collection; and decided to devote full-time work to a new graphic novel based on her experience working in […]
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Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival is the big draw in comics
Liz Mac was terrified. It was the first time she was presenting her work as an illustrator at the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival. And there she was, last August at Alderney Landing, beside local stars like cartoonist Andy Cotnam. A self-taught illustrator, she’d only been to DCAF once before, in 2014, and that was as an […]
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Q&A with Kate Leth: Comic superstar
Comic artist/author/seller/enthusiast Kate Leth has authored her first Adventure Time novel (with artist Zack Sterling), released today in comic stores worldwide. You may find Leth jetsetting to various comic cons, signing novels, organizing ladies’ comic nights or working at Strange Adventures. You can also find her right here, answering all of the pressing questions about […]
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Taz Records is moving to Grafton Street
The new year’s first big retail news targeted the corner of Sackville and Market streets, bringing word that Strange Adventures, Night Magic and Taz Records were all on the hunt for new digs. The search was propelled when the building the three businesses operate out of was sold and slated for some major redevelopment. Coincidentally, […]
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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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Soak up some DCAF
If you’re a comic fan counting down the days until Hal-Con, Strange Adventures is making the wait easier. On August 19, the first-ever Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) is taking place at Alderney Landing (11am-5pm). The event is free and will be an opportunity for people to learn more about comics, shop, meet cartoonists and […]
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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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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner Strange Adventures Comic Bookstore Silver Winner Quantum Frontier Games & Comics Bronze Winner Giant Robot Comics Strange Adventures is a really special place, and voters agree that it’s not just awesome because of what you can buy, but also because of the people who help you buy it. Manager Dave Howlett is one […]
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Kate Beaton signing tonight!
You only have a few hours to ready yourself for tonight’s Hark, A Vagrant! book signing by the one, the only, Kate Beaton. I suggest re-powdering your wig and brushing your fat pony. Beaton makes a stop at Strange Adventures Comic Bookshop (5262 Sackville) on her US and Canada-wide tour promoting her New York Times […]
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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 […]
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Best Salesperson
Johanna Galipeau was 19 when she opened Sweet Pea on Queen Street in May 2007. Now, four years later, following that success with a new store, Twisted Muse, she’s the queen of Halifax retail, earning kudos in three key Best of Halifax categories. “I just always really wanted affordable clothes but offered in a high […]