* admittedly, I'm getting this e-mailed to me from people who almost as one say they love the shop but maybe like another of LA's fine comic book shops just as much, but the Guardian has Secret Headquarters listed as one of the finest bookstores in the entire world. Now that's good press.
* I don't recall the author, critic and comics writer Paul DiFilippo writing reviews of graphic novels, or Barnes and Noble publishing any, so this was a doubly pleasant surprise.