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Paradise Comics

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Business NEWS 

Expansion shows Yonge-Lawrence store more than a comic shop

April 17, 2018October 16, 2019 Brian Baker comic books, Paradise Comics, Peter Dixon, renovation

Peter Dixon wants midtowners to know Paradise Comics is more of a bookstore with a comic book theme, rather than just a comic book store.

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Business 

Free Comic Book Day a hit on Yonge

May 10, 2016 Brian Baker comic books, Doug Simpson, Paradise Comics

Paradise Comics celebrated its most important holiday on May 7: Free Comic Book Day.

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NEWS 

Illustrator returns to his midtown roots at comic shop

December 20, 2015 Brian Baker Keith Grachow, Paradise Comics
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Column VIEWS 

Is comic book phobia a midtown affliction?

April 4, 2014October 16, 2019 Brian Baker comic books, FanExpo, Paradise Comics, The Blast Radius

I never pass up an opportunity to visit comic book conventions in this city.

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NEWS 

Comic artists get sketchy at North Toronto shop

February 4, 2014June 15, 2014 Brian Baker Ian Herring, Marcus To, Paradise Comics

Toronto artist Marcus To, known for his work on DC Comics’ Batwing and Red Robin, and colourist Ian Herring, launch the comic Hacktivist at Paradise Comics.

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Business 

Pop-ular presents for dad

December 6, 2013June 21, 2014 Brian Baker Dad, Higher Ground, Laywine's Pens, Paradise Comics, shopping, Sleuth of Baker Street, Van Rijk Jewellers

As our fathers get older, it gets tougher to find special gifts come Christmastime.

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NEWS 

Get your freak on

October 21, 2013 Town Crier staff Paint, Paradise Comics, Robb Johannes, Strategy Games, Word Up, Zombie Walk

It’s October, a time for harvest.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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