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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That’s a wrap: 6 merry and bright local gift ideas
Leather wallet, Victoria Brumwell Your hard-earned cash will seem much more valuable crammed in one of these hand-painted wallets, made using up-cycled scraps of 100 percent leather. Find Brumwell’s creations at Big Pony’s Holidze pop-up on December 13 (Art Bar,1873 Granville Street, 5-10pm). $30 Oland ornament, Jana Wicha If your pal’s Christmas tree is looking […]
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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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Get steamy with Laura Kenins’ Steam Clean
Steam Clean book launch and reading Thursday, August 10 at 6-8pm Strange Adventures, Halifax, 5110 Prince Street Former Coast writer and comic artist extraordinaire Laura Kenins comes home to Hali to celebrate the launch of Steam Clean—just in time for the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival! The comic follows a a group of friends and strangers […]
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Wrapper of the year
Quarrelsome Yeti Weird and wonderful, creepy and cute, Geordan Moore’s whack wrap can make the most boring of gifts (not that you would) extraordinary. Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road; Halifax Crafters Winter Market, Dec 2-4 Dartmouth Clothing Company The witty Dartmouth lovers at Dartmouth Clothing Co. put an extra layer of nostalgia on […]
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Remembering Darwyn Cooke
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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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner Strange Adventures, Halifax Silver Winner Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles Bronze Winner Giant Robot Comics Strange Adventures is a superhero of Halifax’s retail scene, a thriving business that earns kudos from around the planet. So what’s its secret power? “Customer service more than anything else,” says longtime manager Dave Howllett. “We help […]
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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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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner Strange Adventures, Halifax Silver Winner Quantum Frontier Games & Comics Bronze Winner Cape and Cowl Comics and Collectibles Strange Adventures POWs! BIFFs! and THWACKs! its way to gold yet again, but owner Calum Johnston remains humble: “It’s a tight race as the Halifax area is very lucky to have a number of top […]
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ShopTalk presents: 25 Things To Do Downtown
1. Remember that the waterfront isn’t just for tourists But it is a good spot to people-watch said camera-slinging visitors. Walk it, run it, admire it from the ferry, eat take-out from Canadian Bacon Cookhouse or The Shack (Queen’s Wharf), check out Historic Properties (1869 Upper Water Street), rent wheels from I Heart Bikes (Sands […]
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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 […]