Mad About Cork artist steps into the Tardis to run Cork's Comic Vault

Alan Hurley will take over the Leeside pop-cultural hub in two weeks' time, selling a swathe of international comic-book favourites and merchandise

Cathal at the Comic Vault on Lower Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

For the past few years, Comic Vault on Lower Oliver Plunkett Street has been a reliable home for all manner of comic books, graphic novels, and related 'nerd-culture' accoutrements, as well as providing a community space for local fan groups, hosting launch events for locally-created comics and local legs of trading-card game tournaments.

Former proprietor Cathal Travers at the Comic Vault on Lower Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan