Thursday, January 25, 2024

The Father of Free Comic Book Day

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  l-r: Stan Lee, Spider-Man, Joe Field. You could ID two of the three yourself. Image courtesy Flying Colors Comics Joe Field started his ca...
Friday, November 3, 2023

The Captain of the Comic Book Store

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Bill Liebowitz with his mascot, Flaxen; and DC Comics art created for Bill (courtesy Golden Apple) The name "Golden Apple" is vene...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

The rise of the suburban comic store

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  Gary Colabuono, courtesy Colabuono Comic book stores may be ubiquitous now, but once upon a time, they were few and far between, and usual...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

From a basement to a worldwide distributor

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  The original Geppi's Comic World sign from 1974 Steve Geppi started with a 350 square-foot store in the basement of a TV repair shop i...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Shinder's: The 90-year cultural institution that crashed and burned

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A Shinder's T-shirt, circa 1970s   For 90 years, Shinder's was a MASSIVE cultural institution in Minneapolis/St. Paul, a hangout for...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Two lifetime jobs, one as his own boss

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  Jermaine Exum and Acme Comics, courtesy Exum Jermaine Exum is living the dream: He's had a whopping two jobs in his life, one as the o...
Friday, March 17, 2023

Getting experience, 30 years in the making

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  Trent Walsh and BaT Comics & Games; courtesy Walsh Back in 1993, Trent Walsh was a newly minted college graduate looking to get some r...