This past summer I was on holiday at a nearby city here in British Columbia called Penticton. Hereupon I visited the community’s game and comic shop called Castle Comics and got talking with the very friendly, well informed and approachable owner Rich Nobert. I noticed that the place had undergone extensive renovations since the previous summer, with a new layout, floors, paint and in particular, the coolest gaming table I’ve ever seen in use. It was a long, ornate, remotely gothic wooden table surrounded by six or eight high backed chairs. The whole set was just awesome, just begging to sit at, roll up some characters and set out on an adventure. Maybe once the Mutant Epoch is finished me and some of the Outland Arts guys can go demo the independent RPG system on the locals there.
At any rate, Castle Comics is going to be a mandatory stop for me whenever I visit that pleasant holiday town, and I totally recommend the shop to any of you who pass though that way. Their collection of comics, figurines, RPGs, board games, dice and art books are excellent, and Rich carries some rare, older collectibles that I’ve never seen anywhere else before.
I should mention that I bought a gold d20 (yeah, okay, I collect dice and yes, it’s plastic) and a stack of older Savage Sword of Conan comics and other graphic novels.
In closing, Castle Comics doesn’t have a web site, but I’d like to set up a page for them eventually, maybe at my Creative Community web site at www.artmotive.com . In the meantime, here is the shop’s address and phone number for those of you heading to Penticton: Castle Comics
1415 Main Street Penticton, B.C. Canada V2A SG4 phone 250-492-4258
For those of you in the Kamloops area, my home city, of course you’ll want to visit High Octane Comics and Collectibles at #250 3rd Ave. Kamloops B.C. V2C 3M3, phone 250 377-8444, or check out their excellent web site at www.highoctanecomics.com. I’ll do a proper write up of High Octane in an upcoming entry.
WM
2 comments:
Will...It's Ryan from Virginia. If you are buying Conan comics I HIGHLY suggest collecting the Four Dark Horse graphic novels written by Busiek and drawn by Cary Nord. The art work is out of this world and most of the story lines are actual REH stories rather than Sprague DeCamp-inspired stuff. What the writer "made up" is simply to tie the main stories together. But again, Cary Nord's art is worth the price of admission alone. Long live the Cimmerian!
Thanks for the tip. I just moved to Penticton, so I'm definitely going to have to check Castle Comics out. Not that I wasn't planning on it anyhow, but after reading your post, the need feels more... urgent.
p.s. Awesome art.
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