Paradise Comics

Growing up, Peter Dixon always liked comic books. In fact, he still remembers making a conscious decision to start collecting. He was reading a Spider-Man comic on a car ride with his parents when he encountered a cliff hanger ending: “to be continued.” “I was stuck in a car so I couldn’t go to a comic book store,” Peter recalls. “I said to myself, I’m going to collect them all so this won’t happen again.”

At only 22 years old, Dixon bought Paradise Comics and 20 years later, the business is still going strong. From comics to graphic novels and action figures to board games, the store is a comic lover’s delight. “I opened it more as something fun to do and if it went under, it wasn’t the end of the world,” says Peter. “Then, I bought a house with my girlfriend, I got married and I bought the building on Yonge Street. Then all of a sudden I realized it was a career.”