Comics People And Their Bookstores: New York, Chicago A pair of folks with strong comics connections are independently driving a pair of promising-sound bookstores in New York and Chicago.
* Antonin Baudry, who as Abel Lanzec co-authored the Weapons Of Mass Diplomacy album series, has used his position as cultural counselor of the French embassy in New York to open Albertine Books in the Beaux-Art Payne Whitney mansion. As a big part of the store's mission will be to bring the French bookstore experience to American audience and serve as a conduit for ideas in book form one culture to the other, I have to imagine comics will be a significant part of that effort. The article notes that Marjane Satrapi will participate in events programming.
* Jessica Campbell, who left Drawn and Quarterly in 2012 to pursue arts education in Chicago, is the driving force behind Editions Kavi Gupta on Washington Boulevard in conjunction with the prominent art gallery bearing the same name. They have already scored a stop on the DeForge, Kyle and Hanselmann tour. I would imagine they would be a site well worth pursuing for tour stops and events that fit into their mission. You can follow them through Facebook here.
I hope both locations are massively successful for years to come.
A pair of folks with strong comics connections are independently driving a pair of promising-sound bookstores in New York and Chicago. 
