we received a lovely e-mail from The Coast newspaper:
“Huge congratulations — you’ve officially won Gold in The Coast’s Best of Halifax Awards! 🏆

This will be officially announced in the Jan 22nd Daily Newsletter and will later appear on thecoast.ca. If you could keep this under wraps until then it would be greatly appreciated. If you’re not already a subscriber there’s a subscription link in my email signature below.

This recognition comes directly from our readers and the Halifax community — and it’s a moment worth celebrating and sharing.

To help you say thank you, we’re offering Best of Halifax winners an exclusive 35% discount on “Thank You” ads in The Coast’s daily newsletter, reaching 50,000+ engaged subscribers.”

Since they gave us a 35% discount on promoting our win, we thought we’d share it with you! From Jan. 22-31, 2026, new comics, manga and graphic novels are at the US price! Save around 35%!! In-store only • sorry, no holds on sale merchandise. Thank you all for your support, we hope to continue to share the comic book love!

and congrats to our colleagues at Cape & Cowl and Giant Robot! and comic shops everywhere helping keep comic books alive and well!