It’s a story we’ve heard too many times before, but that doesn’t make it any less troubling: after more than 30 years in business, Dragon Lady Comics will be closing its doors for the last time on February 1. According to manager Joe Kilmartin, a combination of factors led to the store’s demise, including a [...]

Wild Toronto was a bi-weekly comic strip by Rosemary Mosco that ran on Torontoist from December 2007 to July 2008 (with one last return visit in December 2008). It cleverly observed and taught us about the animals and plants that live in our city, and we are excited to present the entire collection of Wild [...]

Toronto Draws Tintin Steam Whistle Exhibition Space (Roundhouse, 255 Bremner Boulevard) November 2–27 Monday to Thursday 12 p.m.–6 p.m. Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE Tintin began his adventures in the 1930s, only hanging up his blue sweater and giving his ageless face a rest in the mid-’70s. Many adult [...]

Canzine 918 Bathurst Centre (map) Sunday October 23, 1–7 p.m. $5 entry (includes the fall issue of Broken Pencil) With an all-time high of 193 vendors, a brand new space, and even a mini Toronto Underground Market (TUM), this year’s Canzine—the popular zine fair and alternative culture fest, organized by Broken Pencil magazine—is promising to [...]

In the Annex, past Honest Ed’s and just down Bathurst street, there’s a little island. An island where books spur imagination and parents are welcome to learn right alongside their kids. Little Island Comics is a bookstore with the unique distinction of being one of the only comic shops in the world that’s completely aimed [...]

Every year tons of people show up to Fan Expo in costume. Some are amazing; many are not, but are at least still charming in their way. We were deeply impressed by a Strong Bad who stayed in character by lounging around and telling all the “ladies” to admire his “rock hard abdominals.” (Which he [...]

Not that these mousepads from a previous Fan Expo aren’t very, very special in their own way. Fan Expo is back once more. The annual comic/sci-fi/horror/anime/game convention is now the largest nerd convention in Canada and is widely recognized as one of the most important conventions in North America. This year it moves to the [...]

In September last year, Toronto was aflutter over Justice Susan Himel's decision to strike down Canada's prostitution laws. The ruling would make it possible for sex workers to solicit customers freely on the street, work in brothels, and hire security to help manage their businesses. Though implementation of the ruling has been delayed by the appeal process, the legal implications make reading Chester Brown's new graphic novel, Paying For It: A Comic Strip Memoir About Being A John, all the more interesting.