The Retailer Links have been updated this past week.
Added: New photos, hours of operation, Facebook pages
A few new stores were added, and, sadly, a few were removed.
British Columbia
New stores added:
Sakura Media, Burnaby
Iwase Books, Richmond
Book-Off, Vancouver
Pulpfiction Books West, Vancouver
Closed stores:
Gotham Collectibles, Burnaby (who just opened, are planning reopen in a new location)
Triple Play, Surrey
Elfsar, Vancouver
Pow Comics, Vancouver (Pow was sold and converted to Connection Games)
Sophia Books, Vancouver
Alberta
New stores added:
Reboot Inc, Calgary
Quantum Comics & Collectibles, Edmonton (was previously Wizard’s Comics & Collectibles – same Millwoods location)
Whyte Knight Toys & Games, Edmonton
Closed stores:
Happy Harbor 3, Edmonton
Happy Harbor 4, Edmonton (previously known as Metropolis Toys & Games (yes, we’ve seen 2 Happy Harbor locations close for good in 2010)
Unknown:
Big D Toys, Calgary
Wide Choice Books, Grande Prairie (website is down)
Saskatchewan
Closed Stores:
Tramps Music Grosvenor Park, in Saskatoon, has closed
Stores with new locations:
Amazing Stories, Saskatoon
8th Street, Saskatoon
Tramps, Saskatoon
Comic Readers, Regina
Manitoba
Unknown: Raven’s Toys Comics Games, Winnipeg (website down, no email response)
Ontario
Closed stores:
All-Star Comics, Brantford
Klyds Hobby Store, Oshawa
Kikiwai Anime, Toronto
Yesterday’s Heroes, Toronto
Removed from list:
Untouchables, Mississauga/Brampton – do not sell comics
Added to list:
BMV books, Toronto (3 locations selling back issues and remaindered TPB’s)
ABC books, Toronto (selling back issues and remaindered TPB’s)
Quebec
Closed stores:
Jixx, Chicoutimi
Fichtre!, Montréal
L’Echange St-Denis, Montréal
Mangaya, Montréal
New Stores added:
Legends Action Figures, Montreal
New Brunswick
Stores with new locations:
Comic Hunter moved into an old car dealership, so much potential there
Changing hands:
Mad City Comics had 2 stores which have been absorbed into the Read’s chain.
Nova Scotia
New Store:
Strange Adventures Dartmouth
Newfoundland: no new stores / no stores closed
PEI: no new stores / no stores closed
Territories: no new stores / no stores closed
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