Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles is a Canadian comic book shop based in Sackville, Nova Scotia. It is owned by proprietor Jay Aaron Roy. The shop serves a twofold purpose of selling items and providing a safe community space for at-risk, LGBTQ+ and disabled youth.[1] While the shop sells a wide variety of independently produced items by local artists and authors, most of its revenue comes from the selling of mass-produced commercial items, such as Funko Pop vinyl figurines, comic books, video game cartridges and Disney Infinity toys. The business was started in 2014.[2]
History
Cape & Cowl was started in 2014 by proprietor Jay Aaron Roy, a Dalhousie University alumni with a degree as a playwright and stage-directing graduate.[3] Roy, who is openly transgender, framed the shop around a foundation of being a queer-owned space in Sackville.[4]