I’m sure we all know about the spate of comic retailers that have recently closed (Grey Region, Gnu Books – Bowmanville, Watcher Comics and Golden City Comics spring to mind; 2009 was not kind to the GTA), but not everything was doom and gloom in the comics world last year as we’ve had a number of new comic stores open up in small towns last year:

The Lair – Corner Brook, NL

Dungeon Comics – Dundas, ON

Pulp Comics – Niagara Falls, ON

Second Star – Port Perry, ON

Le 5 Hobbies – Petawawa, ON

Unreal City – Saskatoon, SK

Gotham Collectibles – Burnaby, BC

These new stores can be found on our Links to Retailers pages, and I’m hoping to run profiles on a couple in the near future.