Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 11, 2015 11:05:40 GMT -6
The Timmins, Ontario, store Jump City Comics, owned by sisters Katherine Montigny and Julie Sheldon, features a monthly comic book club.
www.timminspress.com/2015/02/10/kablam-a-blast-for-comic-book-fans
Kablam! A blast for comic book fans
TIMMINS - Every comic book fan has a favourite superhero or series, one which took hold of their imagination and some point in their lives and never let go.
For Davis Dewsbury, the founder of Timmins’ Kablam Comic Book Club, it was Spider-Man.
“I’ve been a Spider-Man fan ever since I was a kid,” explained Dewsbury.
“Of course, there was a little break in high school, when I discovered girls there,” he added with a laugh. “Spider-Man isn’t so cool when you’re in your teen years. But I came back to it, when I found someone (his wife) who could tolerate me on a daily basis.”
Since Timmins’ newest comic book hot-spot, Jump City, opened up back in early December, Dewsbury and fellow comic book aficionados have gathered there on a monthly basis for KABLAM Comic Book Club meetings.
He invited local residents to join in the next meeting, taking place on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Jump City at 229 Pine St. S.
“The purpose is for us, just a bunch of comic book fans, to get together to talk about all the things in the world of comics, like movies and TV shows,” said Dewsbury. “It's becoming a big part of pop culture.”
Dewsbury explained that, at first, he tried to make the club’s meetings more orderly, with lists of topics and discussions points. But he soon found it was easier, and more fun, to simply gather and let the conversation flow naturally.
“It’s not all super-heroes anymore,” he said. “There are a lot of great books out, and a lot of them that the girls get here too, like Saga which is kind of a sci-fi, Stars Wars-type of issue. A lot of the image books are a lot more based in reality, and it’s not just a bunch of guys running around in spandex.”
As far as current events go, he mentioned he was particularly looking forward to Netflix’s upcoming series, a reboot of Marvel’s popular Daredevil, which is scheduled to premiere in April.
It’s part of a wider super-hero craze which has seen Hollywood take on major, special-effects laden productions such as Iron Man, Thor, The Avengers and Transformers.
“It’s crazy, in the last 10 or 15 years there,” said Dewsbury. “I’m loving seeing all these things that I knew growing up on the page taking 3-D life shape. It’s exciting.
“For the most part, they do a good job. There are some stinkers, but that’s going to happen. Just like anything else, nothing’s perfect, but I enjoy seeing it.”
And though they may not be superheroes, Dewsbury said the owners of Jump City, sisters Katherine Montigny and Julie Sheldon, have been great hosts for the club and fellow enthusiasts.
“Originally, I had made a website, and now it’s a link that basically re-directs to a Facebook page, and it’s where people could buy, sell or trade from their collections, to help collect and stuff like that,” said Dewsbury. “The next natural step was to hook up with the stores that sell comic books, and these types of things too. It’s just a great time for a bunch of people to get together and talk about it.”
Sheldon explained she’s always wanted to be her own boss, while her sister needed a career which could take into account her two young kids.
So they decided to team up and create their own little paradise, surrounded by comic books, collectibles, T-shirts — and anything else that may show up unannounced.
“We originally wanted to do a coffee shop, and there were two other coffee shops opening, so we thought, ‘Oh well, let's go to our other passion,’ which is something that’s not available in town,” explained Sheldon. “There was some, but it wasn’t really full-force comic book, collectibles, figurines, antique toys, merchandise, where it’s T-shirts and hats and all other kinds of things. There are so many fans of this genre, like comic books and collectibles.”
As for the store’s name, it is in reference to Montigny's all-time favourite comic book superheroes, the Teen Titans, whose base of operations is known as — you guessed it — Jump City.
www.timminspress.com/2015/02/10/kablam-a-blast-for-comic-book-fans
Kablam! A blast for comic book fans
TIMMINS - Every comic book fan has a favourite superhero or series, one which took hold of their imagination and some point in their lives and never let go.
For Davis Dewsbury, the founder of Timmins’ Kablam Comic Book Club, it was Spider-Man.
“I’ve been a Spider-Man fan ever since I was a kid,” explained Dewsbury.
“Of course, there was a little break in high school, when I discovered girls there,” he added with a laugh. “Spider-Man isn’t so cool when you’re in your teen years. But I came back to it, when I found someone (his wife) who could tolerate me on a daily basis.”
Since Timmins’ newest comic book hot-spot, Jump City, opened up back in early December, Dewsbury and fellow comic book aficionados have gathered there on a monthly basis for KABLAM Comic Book Club meetings.
He invited local residents to join in the next meeting, taking place on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Jump City at 229 Pine St. S.
“The purpose is for us, just a bunch of comic book fans, to get together to talk about all the things in the world of comics, like movies and TV shows,” said Dewsbury. “It's becoming a big part of pop culture.”
Dewsbury explained that, at first, he tried to make the club’s meetings more orderly, with lists of topics and discussions points. But he soon found it was easier, and more fun, to simply gather and let the conversation flow naturally.
“It’s not all super-heroes anymore,” he said. “There are a lot of great books out, and a lot of them that the girls get here too, like Saga which is kind of a sci-fi, Stars Wars-type of issue. A lot of the image books are a lot more based in reality, and it’s not just a bunch of guys running around in spandex.”
As far as current events go, he mentioned he was particularly looking forward to Netflix’s upcoming series, a reboot of Marvel’s popular Daredevil, which is scheduled to premiere in April.
It’s part of a wider super-hero craze which has seen Hollywood take on major, special-effects laden productions such as Iron Man, Thor, The Avengers and Transformers.
“It’s crazy, in the last 10 or 15 years there,” said Dewsbury. “I’m loving seeing all these things that I knew growing up on the page taking 3-D life shape. It’s exciting.
“For the most part, they do a good job. There are some stinkers, but that’s going to happen. Just like anything else, nothing’s perfect, but I enjoy seeing it.”
And though they may not be superheroes, Dewsbury said the owners of Jump City, sisters Katherine Montigny and Julie Sheldon, have been great hosts for the club and fellow enthusiasts.
“Originally, I had made a website, and now it’s a link that basically re-directs to a Facebook page, and it’s where people could buy, sell or trade from their collections, to help collect and stuff like that,” said Dewsbury. “The next natural step was to hook up with the stores that sell comic books, and these types of things too. It’s just a great time for a bunch of people to get together and talk about it.”
Sheldon explained she’s always wanted to be her own boss, while her sister needed a career which could take into account her two young kids.
So they decided to team up and create their own little paradise, surrounded by comic books, collectibles, T-shirts — and anything else that may show up unannounced.
“We originally wanted to do a coffee shop, and there were two other coffee shops opening, so we thought, ‘Oh well, let's go to our other passion,’ which is something that’s not available in town,” explained Sheldon. “There was some, but it wasn’t really full-force comic book, collectibles, figurines, antique toys, merchandise, where it’s T-shirts and hats and all other kinds of things. There are so many fans of this genre, like comic books and collectibles.”
As for the store’s name, it is in reference to Montigny's all-time favourite comic book superheroes, the Teen Titans, whose base of operations is known as — you guessed it — Jump City.