Posts Tagged as ‘Silver Snail’

November 7, 2009

Toronto comic shop news

The Joe Shuster Awards web site reports some good news/bad news about the Toronto comic retail scene.
The Good News: 3rd Quadrant Comics repoened its doors on Nov 5.  The Shuster blog chronicles owner Daryl C. Collison’s trials and tribulations in finding a new location. Needless to say all the indie shops are getting squeezed out [...]

October 25, 2009

Juliet Landau signing at Silver Snail

Buffy and Angel fans take note, Juliet Landau will be signing autographs at the Silver Snail Toronto location on November 21. The details:
Juliet Landau is perhaps most famous for playing the character Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel tv series. She also co-starred along side Johnny Depp in the movie Ed Wood. [...]

July 3, 2009

Summer reading recommendations

This year’s CBC’s Canada Reads program includes a few graphic novel and comic picks.
In this video, The Beguiling’s owner Peter Birkemoe showcases Seth’s new book, George Sprott. Just have a look at how those pages are put together. Amazing.

Browse Birkemoe’s full list of recommendations here. I’ve not read a single one [...]

May 25, 2009

Comic review: The Unwritten

Silver Snail manager Kin really likes Vertigo’s The Unwritten (Mike Carey, Peter Gross).
“The Unwritten #1 – Quick, run out and buy this book. It’ll only cost you a buck Canuck (unless your store charges more than US cover). W-Mike Carey and A-Peter Gross have created a replacement for the lamented Y the Last Man.
This is [...]