An after hours 19+ event – please r.s.v.p. to info@comicbooklounge.com so we can register your name on the guest list. There is no admission cost.
The Comic Book Lounge + Gallery is proud to present this private launch party for KILL SHAKESPEARE – THE TIDE OF BLOOD #1. There is no admission charge. The event includes a gallery show of original artwork by ANDY BELANGER (Kill Shakespeare, Swamp Thing) and BECKY CLOONAN (Conan: Queen of the Black Coast, Batman), as well as an appearance by Tide of Blood co-writer ANTHONY DEL COL.
‘Twas a mere 12 months ago that, with the closing of landmark shop Dragon Lady Comics, that we — with some duct tape and a quickly conceived plan — went about keeping a comics presence alive in Toronto’s Little Italy. The Comic Book Lounge + Gallery has changed a bit since the day we moved the first fixtures in (inherited from Dragon Lady).
Here’s a before and after shot of the space from the same perspective looking in from the top of the stairs —- the top photo was taken on February 6, 2012…. the lower was taken on February 6, 2013.
The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery officially opened it’s doors on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Come in and celebrate our first anniversary this Saturday (Feb. 9)!
Our new outdoor sign will change the College Street landscape forever!
As we head into our second year of the Comic Book Lounge + Gallery, we’re making a few changes.
You may have noticed we’ve redesigned and recoloured the logo, courtesy of Darwin Santos of Guerilla Printing. We decided we should align the colour schemes of the Lounge and Guerilla since we share the space, and we wanted something spiffy to adorn our new outdoor sign(!).
It’s taken a year, but we will finally have some outdoor signage on College (aside from our door sign natch), so we won’t be Toronto’s best kept comic store secret for long now…
New Business Hours: SAT: 11am to 7pm SUN: 11am to 6pm MON: Noon to 7pm TUE: Noon to 7pm WED: Noon to 9pm THU: Noon to 7pm FRI: Noon to 7pm
OUR SALES TEAM: Joe Kilmartin (Manager) (Weekdays) Kellam Templeton-Smith (Sundays) Rachel Richey (Wednesdays and Saturdays) Roger Costa (Tuesday afternoons)
and Me (Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, Weekends, other times as needed)
I’d like to take this time to publicly welcome the new members to our sales team as of this week:
– Roger Costa has been helping us out on Tuesdays and at events for some time now, we’re happy to make that official.
– Rachel Richey, who has recently moved to Toronto, is an expert in the field of Canadian comics and has worked with the John Bell Collection of Canadian Comics at the Canadian Archives in Ottawa. You should check out her excellent blog Comic Syrup. Rachel was a judge for the 2012 Joe Shuster Awards.
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