One of the strangest things to happen, this year, was the complete disappearance of the web site, of Stuart Immonen and his wife Kathryn.
Not only did 'Maison Immonen' disappear but there wasn't a comment to be found, anywhere on the Web, about the disappearance!
Does anyone know what happened?
Incidentally, if you haven't tried the new, limited series, Empress, by Mark Millar and Stuart Immonen,
then you are missing out on a great read.
It is only a seven issue series and six of them are already out but for some odd reason, the last one will ship very late and it won't appear until the middle of November!
Another event in the local comic book scene, that went almost completely unremarked, was the changing of the guard at the venerable Toronto comic book shop,
The Silver Snail.
George Zotti, who has been the owner, at least in partnership, of the store, since the original owner, Ron Van Leeuwen retired, in 2011, has sold out his interest in the store and moved on!
It is truly, the end of an era. George had worked at the store, except for a break of about five years (after a falling out with Ron), when he worked for a mainstream "real" business and excelled at it, since he was about 13 years old. It feels strange, that such a monumental shift has sunk beneath the waves and left not a ripple in it's wake.
Farewell George, you lasted a long time and I wish you well, in whatever you are going to do next.
Of course, the BIGGEST change, in the local comic book retail scene, is coming in December, when The Beguiling has to close and hopefully move, to a new location.
We live in interesting times.
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