Merry New Year!

Closed Saturday.

Sunday hours: noon- 7:30 pm

Every anime opening ever made...

It's funny cause it's true! Well, for the most part...

Osamu Tezuka's 'BUDDHA' anime!

An animated film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's manga 'BUDDHA' about the life of Gautama Buddha is coming soon, and here's our first trailer!



Volumes of the manga are available at our store at U.S. Cover price!

Exotique 6, Dengeki Daisy 3.. Arrives this week

in shop at the labyrinth books toronto this week. (missed from the shipping list)

Doctor Who Season 6 Teaser Trailer!

HOLIDAY HOURS PART 2

WEDNESDAY 11:30 -8PM
THURSDAY 11:30-8PM
FRIDAY 11:30 -5 PM (NEW YEAR'S EVE)
SATURDAY - CLOSED (NEW YEAR'S DAY)
SUNDAY 12 -7:30

REGULAR HOURS AFTER THAT.

NEW ARRIVALS THURSDAY DEC 30TH

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST OF NEW MANGA, TRADES AND ART BOOKS COMING.

Comics & Graphic Novels course at OCAD

The Department of Continuing Studies at OCAD are offering a Comics and Graphic Novels course with Fiona Smyth in the new year!

Comics and Graphic Novels

CSLW 1N11, 6 Weeks
Instructor: Fiona Smyth
Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Jan 25-Mar 1, 2011

Prerequisite: some art, design, craft training, or equivalent experience. In this interdisciplinary workshop series for writers, artists, and designers, students will experiment with the comic medium as they explore the interplay between image and text, form and content. Drawing cues from historical and contemporary examples of textual/graphic work, students will conceptualize comic projects in various forms, constructing compelling narratives through dialogue and visual representations. By the end of the series students will have produced short and longer form comics or graphic works. Cost: $325 + HST For more information or to register, please visit:

http://www.ocad.ca/programs/continuing_studies

'Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy' Jump Festa trailer!

Resistance 3 - full trailer!

Here's the new trailer for 'Resistance 3.' Inquire at our store about Resistance comics!

H.R. Giger returning for 'Alien' prequels!

Some good news has arrived for those of you who are anticipating director Ridley Scott's return to directing one or two prequel films for the 'Aliens' franchise. It was revealed recently that Swiss artist H.R. Giger will be teaming up with Scott again to create new aliens and design work for the film! Ridley Scott will be returning the series to its horror-sci-fi roots and will be shooting natively in 3-D. You can read more about H.R. Giger's return here.

Also drop by our store to pick up H.R. Giger's artbook!

BOXING DAY MONDAY 10AM -9PM

Today the sale continues:

Double Rewards on all regular manga and graphic novels.
Free Bonus manga or graphic novel at the counter (dozens to choose from)
Door Crashers - still some left at $6- $7
Art book Bonus: Free James Jean Process Recess 3 or Chobits artbook with purchases over $100
Gnomon Dvd sale - buy 2, get 1 Free
Back Issue comics - buy 1, get 1 FREE.
Select art books on sale including Illusion of Life and Oxide 2..

40% OFF OR 60% REWARDS ON THOUSANDS OF SALE TRADES - GOES UNTIL JAN 16. REVOLVING STOCK IN THE BINS.

Boxing Day - Dec 26 9am-9pm - Free Parking

Today -boxing day, we are open 9am-9pm.

details of our sales are in posts below this one. Scroll through recent posts to see all the different deals.

JUST ADDED:
Gnomon DVD's - in stock dvds from Gnomon, buy 2, get 1 free.

Comic Back Issues - Buy 1, Get 1 Free.

PARKING -
note, there is a lot of Free Parking on side streets. Just read the signs. Some are all day, some are 1 hour.
Due to the holiday, some meter parking on the main streets may also be FREE today.
read the signs.

DOOR CRASHERS -
door crashers are limited, but we have over 40 different graphic novel titles ( some 10-20 copies of each title) at $6 and a few hardcovers at $7. Limit 2 door crashers per customer, while supplies last.

FREE GRAPHIC NOVELS AND MANGA -
we have assembled a special selection of around 30 different graphic novels and about 15 different manga titles (hundreds of copies total) to give away as Bonuses. These are at the front, near the cash area - you can choose your free bonus books on the way out.

When you buy any 1-3 books in shop, you can choose 1 of these as a FREE BONUS. Get an extra FREE ONE with every 3 graphic novels or manga you buy after that.

Example:
buy 1-3, get 1 FREE
buy 4-6, get 2 FREE
buy 7-9, get 3 FREE

THE FREE DEAL LASTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY ONLY. AS DOES THE DOUBLE REWARDS ON THE MAJORITY OF GRAPHIC NOVELS AND MANGA. Monday we are open 10am-9pm.

Scott Robertson Drive, Syd Mead Sentury II, Dames..

New arrivals - 2 great concept art books. Sentury II cover looks a lot like the out of print sentury 1 cover, but its all new stuff inside.



out of print for the past little while - we got Dames, Dolls and Gun Molls back in stock. finally. really nice book

Door Crashers Dec 26 .. BOXING DAY SALE

Just 3 of the $6-7 door crashers you can expect this boxing day. dec 26
more surprise titles when you get there! supplies are limited

Batman Incorporated 2, Dr Horrible Lab Coat Shirt..

Arriving Wednesday Dec 22nd at the Labyrinth Books.





View a full list of what's coming this week here.

6 times REWARDS on Thousands of Graphic Novels

DEC 26 TO JAN 16

GET 6 X REWARDS ON THOUSANDS OF SELECT GRAPHIC NOVELS.
These books will be in boxes in the centre of the store

EXAMPLE : SPEND $10 AND GET $6 BACK as store credit via our REWARDS program on any other graphic novels or manga.

Since our shop is small, we can't put out all the 6x rewards books at once. we will be rotating books and adding new ones daily during this sale. so stop by often and search out cool books to read.

DOUBLE REWARDS - Dec 26,27 BOXING SALE

Get Double Rewards on ALL GRAPHIC NOVELS and Manga on Dec 26 and 27. No exceptions -all titles including Absolute editions, hardcovers, softcovers, yaoi manga, etc.. included.

FREE MANGA AND GRAPHIC NOVELS on DEC 26,27

This Boxing Day - the labyrinth is handing out hundreds of FREE MANGA and FREE GRAPHIC NOVELS.

we have specially picked select graphic novels and manga to give away -when you buy SALE PRICED manga and graphic novels.

buy any 1 manga or graphic novel at sale pricing and get a BONUS FREE manga or graphic novel from our special selection. Get an EXTRA FREE manga or graphic novel for every 3 manga or graphic novels after that (example buy 1 -get 1, buy 4 -get 2 FREE, buy 7 - get 3 free...)

THE BONUS BOOKS ARE DEC 26 AND 27 ONLY. While supplies last!

BOXING DAY - FREE JAMES JEAN : 2 days only

On Sunday December 26 - Boxing Day and Monday Dec 27 (the day after Boxing Day) - the labyrinth will be offering a bonus.

Spend $100 or more on ANY ART BOOKS in store and get FREE your choice of James Jean's Process Recess 3 Sketchbook (retail $40 value) or Chobits For Your Eyes Only Clamp Artbook
( $18 retail value). Limit 1 Free book per customer, while supplies last.




Besides the Free Books above, the Labyrinth is picking 25 art books to go on sale at fantastic prices. 3 of the 25 are shown below. We can't tell you the price here, but if you are thinking about these books - you will be very pleased with the pricing. What are the other 22 books ? stop by to see for yourself.




The sale books and Bonus Free book are in store only -so stop by.

HOURS ON BOXING DAY DEC 26: 9AM -9 PM
HOURS ON MONDAY DEC 27: 10AM - 9 PM

HOLIDAY HOURS -PART 1

HOLIDAY HOURS:
SUNDAY Dec 19 12:00 - 8:00 pm
Monday-Tuesday Dec 20-21 11:30 - 8:00 pm
Wednesday Dec 22 11:30 - 9:00 pm
Thursday Dec 23 9:00 - 9:00 pm
Friday Dec 24 9:00 - 5:30 pm
Saturday CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Sunday Dec 26 9:00 - 9:00 pm BOXING DAY SALE STARTS
Monday Dec 27 10:00 - 9:00 pm BOXING DAY CONTINUES..

Batman: Arkham City

Here's the latest trailer for the new Batman game which is a sequel to Arkham Asylum. Drop by our store to pick up many Batman trades at US cover price!

'Mass Effect 3' Debut Trailer!

Mass Effect 3 was officially unveiled with a new CG trailer at the VGAs!

Inquire at our store for 'Mass Effect' artbooks!

How 'Yogi Bear' could've ended...

If this totally well done fan-made scene is anything to go by, it could've ended on a heavy note... On second thought, maybe 'fan'-made isn't the right word to describe this... :P

'THOR' trailer!

Here's our first look at the movie adaptation of Thor! And it looks like a hammering good time!

Inquire at our store for trades of 'The Mighty Thor' and other Avengers comics!

Uncharted 3 revealed at the VGAs!

Here's out first full look at 'Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception' which will be released in November of 2011! Looks like the game is set to be another graphical leap over its predecessor! The trailer is confirmed to be composed of in-engine cinematics and real gameplay!

Drop by our store to pick up 'The Art of Uncharted 2'!

New Moebius, Alan Moore, Yotsuba 9.. coming next week

MYSTERY SOCIETY TP VOL 01

FFXIII PLAY ARTS KAI SERAH AF

MAD WOMAN O/T SACRED HEART HC

SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN DELUXE HC

DISEASE OF LANGUAGE GN

YOTSUBA & ! GN VOL 09

click here for a full list of the new arrivals coming NEXT WEEK.

Tomb Raider Reboot

Now under new management by Square Enix, the Tomb Raider game franchise is getting a reboot with a new redesigned Lara Croft which wants to abandon the sex object that was the old Lara with a more refined and younger character design. For more in-depth details, go here.

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' teaser trailer.

'Anarchy' music video from P&SwG

Gainax's outrageous 'Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt' anime has been making a lot of waves, particularly for its unapologetic raunchy humor and pop culture satire. A new music video of a background music track used in the show was included in one of the show's recent episodes to advertise the excellent OST that will be releasing in Japan this month. You can view it below:

The BBC talks about Hatsune Miku

The Vocaloid phenomenon seems to be growing and has caught the eye of the BBC!

Radical Axis studio tour

Take a behind the scenes look at Radical Axis, the studio behind the series 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force'!

'Tron: Legacy' featurette