Paradise Comics

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Paradise Comics
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1991 (1991)
FounderChris Friesen[1]
Headquarters3278 Yonge Street,
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Area served
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ProductsComics
OwnerPeter Dixon (since 1994)[1]
Websitewww.paradisecomics.com

Paradise Comics is a comic book store located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The owner and proprietor is Peter Dixon.[1]

Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon

In 2003, Paradise Comics created a comic book convention, Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon,[1] popularly known as the Toronto Comic Con. In 2009, Wizard Entertainment acquired the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon, "a show that ha[d] been consistently awarded The Best International Comic Book Convention (non-USA) by ComicBookConventions.com, for the last five years."[2] Peter Dixon would continue to be involved with the convention,[3] which was renamed Wizard World Toronto. (The convention went defunct after 2012.)

References

  1. ^ a b c d McLauchlin, Jim (June 20, 2016). "Business 3x3: Peter Dixon at Paradise Comics". ICv2.
  2. ^ Armitage, Hugh (June 25, 2009). "Wizard CEO buys Toronto Comicon". Digital Spy.
  3. ^ "Wizard's Gareb Shamus Buys Toronto Comicon". Comic Book Resources. June 24, 2009. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009.