The Strange Adventures Sidekick Store in Dartmouth will be open regular hours this weekend.
Friday Noon to 6PM
Saturday 10AM to 5PM
Sunday Closed
Drop in and check out some of the amazing vintage WWF and various other wrestling VHS tapes and DVDs!
Hope you all have a great holiday weekend!
new comics and other stuff coming this week!
(the new stuff will be ready for sale around 4 or 5PM
on Wednesday, Sept. 5th. Delayed a bit due to the Labour
Day Holiday)
Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 5th! If you’d like to volunteer to help out,
we’re having a volunteer meeting at the Halifax store on Monday, April 29th between 5 and 6pm. Drop by anytime after 5.
We need folks to help move boxes, unpack, set up tables, monitor the tables, help the photographer,
talk to folks at the entry point, help the games table and give out prizes, and GIVE OUT THOUSANDS
OF COMIC BOOKS!
#itbelongsinamuseum is a hashtag that’s been trending in the maritimes lately – it’s about the new exhibit on its way to Halifax’s Museum of Natural History starting on May 18th and continuing until August 26th when it leaves for Naples, Florida and then back into the unknown worlds!
What is it?
It’s called “Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television”
An original exhibition of costumes from Blade Runner, The Terminator, Star Trek and many more of the most popular films and television shows of all time, to tell the story how costumes play a crucial role in defining characters for visual storytelling in media. The collection was organized by empmuseum.org in Seattle.
The exhibition examines how costume design incorporates color, style, scale, materials, historical traditions and cultural cues to help performers and audiences engage with the characters being portrayed. The exhibition’s purpose is to offer museum visitors new ways of seeing characters as defined by their costumes.
Organized into sections based on themes such as “Heroes and Villains,” “Creating the Character,” and “Caped Crusaders” as well as specific franchises such as Star Trek.
Exhibition Includes:
Hat worn by Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Leather jacket worn by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indy’s whip from the film Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Leather jacket worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film The Terminator (1984)
Costume worn by Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz in the film Ghostbusters II (1989).
Embroidered robe worn by actor Joe Turkel as Eldon Tyrell, creator of the replicants, in Blade Runner (1982)
Costume worn by George Clooney as Batman in the film Batman & Robin (1997)
Tunic and sash worn by William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the Star Trek episode “Mirror Mirror” (1967)
and more!
spiffy hockey jerseys, eh?
We’re having these made up over the next couple of weeks with an embroidered crest on the front. If you pre-order and prepay by Saturday, March 3rd, they are only $40. We’ll be making a few extras but they will be $60 for latecomers. If interested, drop by any of the stores to make the payment and specify the size (adult sizes from Small to 3XL).
We have a rack full of great books on sale but the sale ends this Wednesday!
Get some while you can – they make great gifts, too!
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Darwyn Cooke’s new Parker adaptation is coming this May. The Score tells the tale of Parker and a gang trying to knock over a whole town! A terrific tale that I can’t wait to read in comic form. In the meantime, you can still get a copy of Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit with a signed bookplate by Darwyn available at all Strange Adventures locations!
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One of our more magical customers mentioned he saw a familiar photo in the latest issue of Bongo Comics’ Funnies by Sergio Aragones. A reader in Montreal had taken a photo of our sidewalk last fall while visiting Halifax and sent it in to the comic. Sadly, our winter weather has taken away our paintings but rest assured some new ones will start appearing soon! Any suggestions? (thanks for Mister J for the heads up! Check out http://misterj.ca/ for booking info)
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that’s it for now – see you folks later!
-cal
It’s Hallowe’en tonight. I’ll be handing out candy and comic books to all the good ghost and goblins this evening. Hope you’ll be doing the same!
• If you haven’t already carved your pumpkin, there are some great ideas here.
• Our hallowe’en party was a lot of fun. Check out some of the photos here.
• We’ll be having a tax-free sale at both stores starting Monday, November 23rd and ending Friday, November 27th. There will also be a selection of great gift ideas all at 25% off! Books, toys and games that we think would make great xmas gifts this holiday season.
• For your viewing pleasure, check out the pilot episode of Angora Napkin by PEI’s Troy Little at the detour website and more info can be found at the facebook event site.
• The very awesome Where Monsters Dwell radio show has a special guest this week – Jimmy Palmiotti, the writer behind Power Girl, Jonah Hex, Back to Brooklyn, The Last Resort and many others. Tune in to CHSR-FM if you’re in Fredericton or listen over the web or download the show from their site. Here’s their facebook page, where I read this:
“Where Monsters Dwell welcomes Jimmy Palmiotti to the episode this week. We’ll be chatting him up about Jonah Hex, Power Girl, Last Resort and all of his other projects he has on the go these days. Do you have a question for Jimmy? We’ll have open lines, so call in and ask your question.
We’ll also be giving away Strange Adventures cash and taking the first three qualifiers for the Jumbo Video prize pack which includes some cool Mezco dioramas and figures and a prop replica from V for Vendetta.”
•this just in! One of our fine customers sent this along: “Hey Cal — This link will take you to an episode of the Soupy Sales show on the absolutely wonderful Internet Archive, where you can download or stream directly off the site public domain movies, television show, old radio programs and scans of PD books in a variety of formats.” Thanks! I love Soupy! He’ll be greatly missed.
and finally in news, this just in from the New York Comic-con:
“This is NYCC Show Manager Lance Fensterman with a special reminder. Applications for tables in New York Comic Con’s 2010 Artist Alley will go live at noon (12 PM EST) on Monday, November 2nd. NYCC has been proud to feature both living legends as well as rising stars in our Artist Alley in previous years, and we’re excited now to turn our attention to our Fifth Anniversary Show and our biggest and best Artist Alley yet!
If you’d like to participate, simply click over to www.nycomiccon.com starting at noon on Monday to apply. Please note that because of the sheer volume of applications we get, we cannot provide every artist a table. Instead, part of the tables are given away first come, first served and others are juried (Applying just lets us know you’d like to participate in Artist Alley. It doesn’t guarantee you a space). Please also note that if you’ve appeared in NYCC’s Artist Alley previously, you’re not automatically provided a table in 2010. We do these things to make sure our Artist Alley has a diverse mix of artists — and a different mix every year.”
SCOTT PILGRIM – FULL COLOUR ODDS & ENDS
A SPECIAL ONE-SHOT COMIC COLLECTING THE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SCOTT PILGRIM STORY, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF KIM PINE, A STRIP FROM TORONTO’S NOW MAGAZINE, AND OTHER BITS OF O’MALLEY GOODNESS. THIS WAS A CONVENTION AND WEB EXCLUSIVE – “NOT AVAILABLE IN STORES!” – BUT WHEN I GET MY KILT ON, STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN!
• LOCAL ARTIST MIKE HOLMES(THE TERRIFIC TRUE STORY STRIPS IN THE COAST) GETS A SHOUT OUT FROM WRITER JAMIE RICH ON THE NEWSARAMA COMIC BOOK NEWS WEBSITE. MIKE IS ILLUSTRATING A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL BY JAMIE THAT IS SLATED FOR RELEASE LATER THIS YEAR – CHECK IT OUT HERE
• J. TORRES, WRITER OF SUCH FUN STUFF AS WONDER GIRL, TEEN TITANS GO! AND ALISON DARE GETS INTERVIEWED ON FILIPINO TV ABOUT WORKING IN COMICS AND HIS UPCOMING BOOK, LOLA. MORE INFO CAN BE FOUND AT J.’S BLOG HERE
• AND AS PICTURED ABOVE, THE SCOTT PILGRIM COLOUR SPECIAL IS IN STOCK NOW IN HALIFAX AND WILL BE IN FREDERICTON BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY! GET IT AS A WARM-UP FOR SCOTT PILGRIM VOL. 5 (SCOTT PILGRIM VERSUS THE UNIVERSE) WHICH GETS UNLEASHED ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4TH!
• WE CLEANED UP OUR STATUE PRICE LIST. IT WAS A MESS. AND SINCE IT’S ALL NICELY IN ORDER, I THOUGHT I’D SHARE IT WITH YOU FOLKS, TOO. HERE’S WHAT WE HAVE ON DISPLAY AT THE HALIFAX STORE AS FAR AS STAUES, BUSTS, AND MAQUETTES ARE CONCERNED. AND REMEMBER, I AM WILLING TO HAGGLE SO LONG AS YOU KNOW HOW TO DO SO!
ASTERIX: ASTERIX WITH BOAR150
ASTERIX: FALBALLA 120
ASTERIX: LOOKING MIFFED210
ASTERIX: OBELIX BREAKING THRU ICE240
BARON ZEMO BUST76
BATMAN: 1950S BATMOBILE200
BATMAN: 1ST APPEARANCE ROBIN200
BATMAN: B&W69
BATMAN: ON ROOFTOP WITH ROBIN235
BONE: PHONEY BONE THE DRAGONSLAYER69.95
BONE: RED DRAGON350
BONE: THORN230
CATWOMAN (GOLDEN AGE)25
CLASSIC COMIC CHARACTERS (YOE STUDIOS)50
CONAN: THE SLAYER BUST (WITH SWORD)77.95
DARK KNIGHT WITH ROBIN MINI-STATUE (NO BOX)40
DISNEY: BEAGLE BOYS99
DISNEY: DONALD & DAISY85
DISNEY: MICKEY, DONALD & GOOFY85
DISNEY: MICKEY MOUSE COIN BANK19.99
DISNEY: MICKEY & PLUTO85
DISNEY: SLEEPING BEAUTY DRAGON200
DISNEY: UNCLE SCROOGE “POOL OF RICHES”325
DOCTOR OCTOPUS BUST89.95
DOCTOR STRANGE BUST66.95
EC: CRYPTKEEPER195
EC: OLD WITCH195
ELQUEST BUST54.95
FAT FREDDY’S CAT60
FLAMING CARROT150
GIANT-MAN BUST79.95
GOLDEN COMPASS: LYRA40
GORT (DIE-CAST)29.99
GORT (WIND-UP)39.99
GROO & RUFFERTO250
GUNSMITH CATS89.95
HAPPY BEAVER VINYL FIGURE39.99
HAWKEYE275
HELLBOY: ANIMATED STATUE190
HELLBOY: SAMARITAN GUN REPLICA550
HEROBEAR & THE KID BUST100
HEROCLIX: FIN FANG FOOM79.95
HULK (WITH GIRDER)65
INDIANA JONES FIGURE225
INDIANA JONES ON HORSEBACK275
IRON MAN (ARTFX – LIGHTS UP)225
IRON MONGER BUST85
JACK KIRBY BUST64.95
JLA ANIMATED MAQUETTES149.95
JLA HAWKMAN BUST64.95
JLA VERSUS STARRO295
KING KING VERSUS V-REX600
KITTY PRYDE & LOCKHEED BUST 64.95
KRYPTO, STREAKY & ACE THE BAT-HOUND150
LONE WOLF & CUB FIGURES400
MICKEY MOUSE IN CAR15
MILK & CHEESE VINYL FIGURES69.95
MINNIE MOUSE85
MOUSE GUARD120
MOVIE ICONS: STEVE MCQUEEN19.99
NAMOR BUST66.95
PENGUIN (GOLDEN AGE)25
PETER PARKER FIGURE (EMO)125
POWER GIRL & HUNTRESS STATUE200
POWER MAN BUST40
PREACHER: JESSE CUSTER250
PRINCE VALIANT 200
PRINCE VALIANT ON HORSEBACK275
PROWLER BUST66.95
R. CRUMB: CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRL200
R. CRUMB: MISTER NATURAL62.95
REX LIBRIS39.95
ROCKETEER FIGURE240
RUDOLPH: ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS39.95
SANDMAN: DEATH (SEATED)325
SANDMAN: DEATH (WITH UMBRELLA)325
SANDMAN: ENDLESS PEWTER SET225
SANDMAN: RAMADAN (P. CRAIG RUSSELL) NO BOX500
SANDMAN: SANDMAN & DEATH BOOKENDS325
SERENITY: LI’L MAL MAQUETTE69.95
SHAZAM: CAPTAIN MARVEL200
SHREK: PUSS IN BOOTS89.95
SPIDER-MAN 3 BLACK BUST29.99
SPIDER-MAN / VENOM BOOKENDS79.95
SPIRIT BUST79.95
SPONGEBOB: PATRICK STAR40
STARDUST (GAIMAN & VESS)225
STRANGERS IN PARADISE: FRANCINE BUST50
STRANGERS IN PARADISE: KATCHOO BUST50
STREAMLINER ROCKET39.95
SUPER FRIENDS MAQUETTES149.95
SUPERMAN: DEPARTURE FROM KRYPTON250
SUPERMAN: FOREVER (KENT OPENING SHIRT)240
SUPERMAN (GIL KANE)75
SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL (KINGDOM COME)250
SUPERMAN: SUPERGIRL’S ARRIVAL250
SUPREME WITH RADAR200
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS: DYNAMO200
TINKERBELL BY LOISEL295
TINTIN: LARGE STATUE750
TINTIN: SET OF 4 FIGURES500
TINTIN WITH SNOWY499
TRANSFORMERS: ARCEE BUST79.95
TRANSFORMERS: IRONHIDE BUST79.95
TRANSFORMERS: OMEGA SUPREME (RIGHT LEG REPAIRED) REG. PRICE 220150
TRANSFORMERS: RUMBLE BUST79.95
TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON STATUE220
UNION JACK BUST68.95
USAGI & KATSUICHI99
WALKING DEAD ZOMBIE BUST39.95
WALLACE & GROMIT: GROMIT IN RAINCOAT125
WALLACE & GROMIT: GROMIT KNITTING60
WOLVERINE IN LEATHER JACKET200
WOMEN OF THE DCU BUSTS59-79
WONDER WOMAN (BRIAN BOLLAND)275
SOLD! THE SILENT AUCTION HAS JUST ENDED AND WE RAISED $412. THANKS TO ALL THE BIDDERS.
WE WILL BE DONATING ALL THE MONEY TO THE IWK, THE SPCA, BRYONY HOUSE AND FEED NOVA SCOTIA.
THE FIRST PRINTINGS SOLD FOR $106, 105, 101 AND 100 EACH.
-CALUM
