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Comic store Silver Snail, recently home to hip hip videos in Toronto, has seen long time manager George Zotti take over ownership of the over-thirty-years-old store, and they are now radically moving from Queen Street West (where it's been in various spots over the last 35 years) to Yonge-Dundas Square, which is basically Toronto's version[...]

Say hello to a new look for the Silver Snail in Toronto. Along with ES 209, the Millenium Falcon, Rorschach and a Venom T-shirt, with mentions of Spock, Loki, Red Skull and more… though my favourite is probably the Flying Conchords-style "Gotta re up, before we get torrented, haters gotta hate, but it's really unwarranted"… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l857fq_tqOs[/youtube] [...]

"Where are they? Where's there a drug store? Beef jerky! Can you open this? My parents are dead!" This is Alex Brovedani, local Toronto comic fan, dressed in the suit And taking to the streets of Toronto with hilarious bat-consequences. "Where are they? Where's there a drug store? Beef jerky! Can you open this? My parents[...]

Based in Toronto, Canada, it is to open a second store, with a look and feel that's very different indeed. Little Island Comics will open tomorrow, with a grand opening in a few weeks time It is the first comic shop aimed entirely at children, and will host readings with children's comic and book authors[...]

The Daily Mail ran a piece the other day in which it criticised Hayden Panettiere for charging $30 a signature at the Fan Expo Canada in Toronto this past weekend, claiming that she must have fallen on hard times. Weird, since I featured her doing the same at Big Apple Comic Con right in the middle[...]

Jeff McClinchey got busy with the clicky at the Fan Expo this weekend in Toronto He told Bleeding Cool; The show seemed bigger then ever They changed the layout of the show from the past few years but it still suffered from extreme bottle necks between floors One friend said he got stuck on the middle[...]