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...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

25 years in a family business

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Casey Heying, Kelly Heying, and Buy Me Toys and Comics; courtesy  Kelly Heying   It started with an overcrowded apartment, but after 25 year...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Three stores and many more lessons

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  Tim Stoltzfus and More Fun Comics, courtesy Stoltzfus  More Fun in Denton, Tex., lives up to its name: Three stores with similar merchandi...