Tuesday, July 06, 2004
As far as Free Comic Book Day goes, I was really impressed, for the most part. In both of the two comic book stores I visited that day, there were far more customers than I had ever seen in those respective stores before.
The first store I visited is only a few blocks away from my apartment, but I had only been the once before. It's a fairly new store, small, and carries DC, Marvel, Image and a independent title here and there; by and large, it caters to the mainstream. It's a clean store, too. The first time I went, I was the only one there, and I bought a Cerebus issue. Saturday, it was pretty packed; there were probably around eight to 10 people in the store but, considering its size, that's a lot.
The second store is the one I frequent most often. It's about 12 miles away from home, large, and carries mainstream, independent, alternative, manga and had a large selection of other comics-related paraphernelia. There was a good 15 to 25 people there, by far the most crowded I've ever seen it. The store is clean and the atypical comic book store. However, one of the guys giving away free comics was loud. That certainly wasn't too egregious in and of itself, however, he kept making comments about stuff that shouldn't be talked about on such a day in such a loud voice, eg: Halle Berry as Catwoman. There were young children in the store, and some of the comments he made should have been made in a much more concerted effort, considering the nature of the day. I'm a bit upset about it as that store is the best comic book store as far as selection, cleanliness and friendliness I've ever seen, yet that guy certainly didn't help dispell any myths about comic book stores.
12:32:00 PM
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