TELETOON is one of my favourite TV channels and Archer is one of my favourite shows. I can’t go to bed unless I’ve seen what everyone’s favourite dysfunctional spy has gotten up to.

'Twas the night before Christmas / And all through the house / Nobody was stirring / And I had comics to browse!

That’s the joy of comics; you're always learning something new about an artist’s techniques, characterization, a writer’s proclivity towards a certain subject or even some bits of trivial knowledge involving history or any number of other subjects.

'Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter' is a delightful, innovative presentation of the Ploughman Poet that brings him out of the 18th century and into the 21st. The volume itself is also a thing of beauty fit for gifting.

This is a well-crafted and assembled volume of the popular 'Saga' series and will make an amazing addition to your collection.

Busy day today … get ready for work, take care of the kids, make supper, correct homework, take out the garbage and fix something wrong with the house. The usual stuff. Except today is Wednesday… and Wednesday is new comic day. Both the wife and girls know that this is …

An inspired tale of sorcery set in Medieval England created by two legendary masters of their craft: artist John Bolton and writer Chris Claremont.

Some crops are bad. Ask any produce grower – sometimes you get bad harvests and that’s just a fact of life. As in life so too with comics.

Holodeck Follies is a Star Trek inspired improvisational comedy show that Toronto-based Trek fans and non-Trek fans alike can enjoy. The Season Two finale, featuring 'InnerSpace' host Morgan Hoffman, was the perfect way to cap off a fabulous season.

Choices are good, right? That's the theory, I suppose, especially when you're choosing between good and... good. But that can be frustrating. Sure... the problems of the indulged.

Variety… it might be cliché but it’s what makes life truly interesting, isn’t it? And that’s the great thing about comics: it’s a medium of great flexibility.

I tell my students to read comics, not because they’re any easier; on the contrary, the presence of visual information in these books also adds a layer of non-textual communication and forces kid to think about the message that’s reinforced on a visual level.

'The Walking Dead' Vol. 22 is a pivotal point in the series that sees new characters and the establishment of a new life for the survivors. It’s refreshing and it’s a new pace.

If I had the luxury of time, I’d lock myself in a comic shop for about a day and just read. Forget the back issues, there are a lot of great comic companies taking chances and managing to get their stuff out on the shelves that it’s a sin that a lot of them are never read.

Sure, Marvel and DC still have the dominant hold on the market, but Image is growing and it’s because of its commitment to strong, independent character-driven stories that stand out.