I Love Going To The Comic Book Store



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I buy Comicos for 50 cents or less on general principle.

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Is it my imagination, or did Terry LaBan do about as many alt-comix as Peter Bagge did in the late '90s?

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I actually got the comic book version of this, not the poster

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Time and Place: Chicago Comics, near Clark & Belmont in beautiful, blustery, hot Chicago.
Time: 6:00 PM-ish, June 12.
Total Cost: $13.89
Additional Notes: My comic book store purchases are dominated by superhero books (from companies that don't send me freebies) and whatever I can find in the discount bin; I took advantage of both in one of the nation's leading comic book stores. The clerks weren't as chatty as I remember them being; neither Eric was there. They were talking amongst themselves about the Lynda Barry book party going on at that very moment (I couldn't make it because of a professional commitment and because it was in a place that discouraged me from trying a drop-by). I saw one store person (I think) decline to knock money off of some older guy's purchases in exchange for the free tarot readings he was offering. You don't see that kind of thing at Wal-Mart. It's still a great shop, although I sort of miss the old-old days when superhero periodicals weren't so dominant on the western wall. Of course, I'm old enough to remember when they (or their predecessor) were located a bit further south on Belmont past that huge liquor store. It's certainly a different industry now.

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