• SPELLING IS NOT IMPORTANT
  • Only great minds can read this This is weird, but interesting! fi yuo cna raed tihs, lkie me yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid  too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.    i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty  uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr [...] [more]
  • BATTLE OF THE BATMANS
  • Talk about some sweet editing and attention to film grain. Check this out.  This is what the other Batman’s feel about being over shadowed by the current Batman.  (No Adam West though) [more]
  • NEWS AND YALETOWN SUMMER BLOCK PARTY
  •   ******************************************************** IMPORTANT ORDERING REMINDER! -Did you get your June order in?  They are due this Thursday the 26th! Did you forget to look through this month’s Previews Catalogue? Tisk, Tisk… but never fear, Elfbytes http://www.elfsar.com/Elfbytes%20Articles/Elfbytes.htm is here! Not sure yet about a series, give us a chance to help you decide. You can find this months review here: http://www.elfsar.com/Elfbytes%20Articles/June_2008.htm ******************************************************** WANTED [...] [more]
  • STAN WE WILL MISS YOU
  •   Stan Winston passed away late on June 15th. This man helped create the visuals of some of the biggest movies that had an impact on me.  Aliens, Predator, Terminator, Small Soldiers, Jurassic Park…etc. What a big blow to the industry.  I actually just saw Aliens again last week, with his commentary on it.  I also just got [...] [more]
  • INCREDIBLE HULK MOVIE REVIEW
  • Heads up… Spoiler Warning!!!!!!! If you want to be completely surprised throughout the film then forget reading the following.  Read after you view the film. Well if you don’t succeed at first, then try… try again.  Marvel Studios decided to give their potentially lucrative Hulk comic book franchise another shot.  There second film is following the success [...] [more]
  • THE HIDDEN COST OF BACK ISSUES
  • Note:  This was totally taken from the Canadian Geek Blog. The point of “Behind The Counter” is to give you an insight as to how a comic shop works, so I thought I would share some more of the process of running the store.  This time around, we’ll deal with the love/hate relationship retailers have with [...] [more]
  • A FCBD REVIEW ONE MONTH LATER
  • We at Elfsar Comics & Toys are big believers in being proactive and spreading the word that comics are a truly a unique form of entertainment and that our medium that we love so much is constantly reinventing itself.  Although, the evolution of the comic book art form is changing almost every year, certain elements [...] [more]
  • THE FLOOD AT ELFSAR
  • I opened the store on Friday morning to find that there was a thick musty smell in the air.  Upon looking at the floor I saw a rather large brownish puddle near the mini Coke fridge and I first thought the fridge was either leaking or the pop had strangely exploded.  It didn’t take me long [...] [more]
  • FURTHER PROOF YOUR COMICS ARE SAFE AT ELFSAR
  • Well today was like any other day here at Elfsar.  I was greeted by customers and helped a few people find that perfect gift for that special loved one or final issue that completes their collection.  Except for around 3:30 pm whereby a rather suspicious individual came into the store.  He came to the counter and [...] [more]
  • WINNER ANNOUNCED FOR THE $250 DOLLAR SHOPPING SPREE
  • WINNER OF THE ELFSAR $250.00 SHOPPING SPREE WAS: Thomas Tan! - Here is a list of what he bought with his winnings: GREEN LANTERN NO FEAR TP, GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH TP, GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL 1 TO BE A LANTERN TP, GREEN LANTERN CORPS RECHARGE TP, GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL 2 THE DARK SIDE OF GREEN TP, WONDER WOMAN PLASTIC BUST BANK, SPIDER-MAN [...] [more]