Newsstand: April 20, 2012

Let's be honest, it might rain today. But more importantly: Toronto police may change the way they deal with people who have a mental illness; gone are the days of tinny, hideously outdated, pre-recorded "O Canada" renditions—for Catholic school kids; a battle between comic convention companies pits Comicon against Comic Con; and Far Enough Farm may not get far enough.

Toronto police are reviewing their treatment of individuals with mental illness. At yesterday’s Toronto Police Services Board meeting, members of the public—some wearing blue hospital gowns to evoke a February incident wherein police shot dead a Toronto East General patient—got to make suggestions on how the evidently flawed system could be improved. Issues such as [...]

The Next Stan Lee

Comic book panels bursting with rippling muscles and bulging breasts, a guaranteed sight at this weekend’s Toronto Comicon (at the Holiday Inn, 377 King Street West), might be more than a Captain Underpants–obsessed kid normally sees. In an attempt to cater to older fans with children—and nurture a new generation of DC-obsessives—this year’s Comicon will [...]

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Newsstand: April 20, 2012

The Next Stan Lee