Matt Shane of D&Q's Librarie thought what he saw in Paris and Berlin looked not dissimilar to his place of work in Montreal. I've heard that D&Q's store was among those doing bang-up business over the holidays. While most of the comics shops to whom I've reached out (about two dozen total) seemed to be seeing the effects of the recession, about a quarter of them said they had surprisingly strong Decembers. I have no idea what this means, but that's good news, right?
