Just on the cusp of the announcement that they have received their 3rd nomination for the Harry Kremer Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer Award, Vancouver BC’s Elfsar Comics and Toys has announced that the popular retail store is closing in late May 2010 due to rent increases cutting into profitability. Many of you are probably… Read More 3X Kremer Award nominee Elfsar Comics to close retail store on May 23, 2010
So here’s where we stand as of today: The 3rd wave of Visions Wolverine auctions end tomorrow night – April 27th – and there’s a lot of interest in some of the pieces already, especially the one by Francis Manapul. Expect the 4th wave to launch tomorrow as the 3rd comes to a close. Still… Read More JSA Update
Store Questionnaire Owner’s Name: Gabe Winder Manager’s Name: Ben Jacques Number of Employees: 2 Years in Business: 15 Physical Address and Phone Number: 3972 Main Street, 604-875-9858 Website: http://www.luckys.ca Email: luckys@luckys.ca How did you choose your store name? A bunch of different factors went into the decision. From the start I knew there would be… Read More Comic Retailers – Lucky’s Comics (Vancouver, BC)
The Comic Book Shoppe Owner’s Name: Stevens Ethier Manager’s Name: Michael Armstrong Number of Employees: Eight at main store / Four in anime store (our anime products are in a secondary location situated 2 doors down from the main store — they share point of sale and employees — basically we expanded, but were unable… Read More Comic Retailers – The Comic Book Shoppe (Nepean, ON)
Store Questionnaire Owner’s Name: Nicholas Chan and Adam Pottier Manager’s Name: Nicholas Chan and Adam Pottier Number of Employees: 2: Kevin Merritt and Jake Collins Years in Business: 2 Physical Address and Phone Number: 348 Princess St, Kingston Ontario, K7L 1B4: 613 542 1200 Website: Www.4c8b.com Email: info@4c8b.com How did you choose your store name?… Read More Comic Retailers – 4-Colour, 8-Bit: Comics and Games (Kingston, ON)
Having the handy dandy resource of ‘Links to Retailers in Canada‘ over there on the right side of the page, I took a tour of the interweb to see what stores are advertising a special Free Comic Book Day event. Yes, I clicked every store link. Note to Retailers: if you would like to have… Read More Happenings: Free Comic Book Day, May 1, 2010
Store Questionnaire ComicReaders (Regina) Owner’s Name: Dana Tillusz (Greg Roch partner in Downtown Regina location) Manager’s Name: Dana Tillusz & Shane Hnetka (south location); Greg Roch (Downtown location). Number of Employees: Six employees between both stores. Years in Business: Sixteen years at our main location. First day of business was April 1, 1994. We started… Read More Comic Retailers – Comic Readers (Regina, SK)
Golden Age Collectables is a long time retail store in Vancouver, BC, and winner of the 2000 Will Eisner Spirit of Retailing award. Owner’s Name: Patrick T. Shaughnessy Manager’s Names: Mike Rea (Gaming); Misty Saubey (Manga); Nicholas Pollett (Toys); Hank Pattison (Graphic Novels) Number of Employees: 8 Years in Business: 36 years, since 1974 Physical… Read More Comic Retailers – Golden Age Collectables (Vancouver, BC)
Please note: Unfortunately we don’t have any pictures to run with the interview. Both Robert and Kevin had a chance to visit CBA earlier this month though, on different occasions. Owner’s Names – Steve Quinnell and Nick Catros Manager’s Name – Phil Scott Number of Employees – 3 Years on Business – 20 (as a… Read More Comic Retailers – Comic Book Addiction (Whitby, ON)
Owner’s Name: Theo Kivol Manager’s Name: Theo Kivol Number of Employees: 2 Years in Business: 1 Physical Address: 139 2nd Ave North, Saskatoon, SK Telephone Number: 306-649-0370 Website: http://www.unrealcity.ca Email: theo@unrealcity.ca How did you choose your store name? Unreal City is taken from the T.S. Elliot poem The Waste Land. We thought it was a… Read More Comic Retailers – Unreal City (Saskatoon, SK)
Editor’s note: The Joe Shuster Awards are a supporter of brick and mortar retail comic outlets, creating the Harry Kremer Award to recognize the efforts of excellent comic retailers across the country. Our goal is to help customers find a local comic retailing business to support. Owner’s Names: Ryan Sohmer, Randy Waxman, Jeff Moss Manager’s… Read More Comic Retailers – The 4th Wall (Pointe-Claire, PQ)
“Diamond to Launch Kids Comic Shop Locator at kidscomics.com” (BALTIMORE, MD) — (March 10, 2010) —Diamond announced today plans to launch a new website and comic shop locator aimed at directing kids and parents to kid-friendly comic shops across the United States and Canada. The new site at kidscomics.com will debut in March and feature… Read More Diamond launches kidscomics.com store locator service
Returning as Master of Ceremonies in 2010 is Jonathan Llyr. Jonathan Llyr is one of the most recognizable geeks in Canada today. As host of the nationally broadcast SPACE Channel’s SPACEY AWARDS for their first five years, Jon earned the respect of Hardcore Nerds everywhere when, over the years, Richard Dean Anderson had him ‘thrown… Read More 2010 JSA Master of Ceremonies: Jonathan Llyr Returns
The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will once again be presented at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue in Toronto, Ontario. The 6th Annual JSA ceremony will take place on the evening of Saturday, June 5, 2010.
The other day I reported on the sale of a rare copy of Action Comics 1 which sold for 1 million dollars. Well, that price, the highest paid for an old comic book, has been surpassed – according to Rich Johnston a copy of Detective Comics 27 (the first appearance of Batman by Bob Kane)… Read More Action Comics smackdown. Detective Comics 27 sets new record price.
While we rarely delve into the collectibles side of the comic book hobby here on the Joe Shuster Awards website, we’ll make an exception here as a rare higher grade copy of Action Comics #1 – the first Superman story by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel – sold earlier this week for an unprecedented one… Read More Rare copy of Action Comics #1 sold for one million dollars
It’s going to be a busy year for Toronto, Ontario as the city is about to experience an unprecedented number of of comics related events over the course of the year… let’s look at the first half of 2010 and see what’s happening. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May) Throughout the year, the Beguiling sponsors… Read More Toronto – Winter/Spring 2010 Comic Events
“DC Comics Voted Publisher of the Year by Comic Book Retailers; Batman and Robin #1, Blackest Night #1 Lauded as Best Comics of 2009” “Comic Book Retailers Honor Industry’s Bestsellers with 2009 Diamond Gem Awards” (BALTIMORE, MD) — (January 29, 2009) — Diamond Comic Distributors is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Diamond… Read More Diamond announces the 2009 Gem Award Winners: The Hunter selected best original graphic novel
The Dungeon, located in Dundas, ON, is one of a handful of new comic book stores to open across Canada last year. strong>If you would like to see your store profiled here, please contact us: retailers@joeshusterawards.com. Owner’s Name: Logan Murray Number of Employees: 1 Years in Business: 3 Months Physical Address: 8 King Street East,… Read More Comic Retailers – The Dungeon (Dundas, ON)
The following is an older interview with Ethan Peacock of Elfsar Toys & Games, a finalist for the Harry Kremer Award for Retailer of the Year. A good looking store that has done well focusing on comics, while dabbling in niche markets such as urban toys and action figures and at one time, Elfsar ran… Read More Comic Retailers – Elfsar Comics & Toys (Vancouver, BC)
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