When a comic store comes calling

 

Mind's Eye Comics, above; and Eric Childs, below. Courtesy Childs/Mind's Eye

Eric Childs was a computer animation artist bringing his kids to the same comic store he went to 20 years ago when…the store's owner was ready to retire and fold the shop. Childs felt Mind's Eye Comics in Burnsville, MN had to be preserved for future generations, and he's doing just that. Read all about it HERE.

Jim McLauchlin

The RAREST of rare sports autographs

 

June/July Beckett Vintage magazine, and the ONLY autographed 1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie

Within the rarefied air of special sports autographs, there's an even RARER air of population 1 and population zero signatures. Wanna know what the rarest are (and how they came to be that way)? Then check out the June/July issue of Beckett Vintage Collector, available in print and via Pocketmags.

Jim McLauchlin

New customer habits = better for stores

Customers developed new habits over the COVID pandemic, and in specialty retail such as comics and games, stores reaped the rewards. By and large, stores can be open for fewer hours, with GREATER sales. Read all about it over at ICV2.

Jim McLauchlin