CrescentCityBlues

December 22, 2011 10:15 am Actually, we usually pay a little less.

December 22, 2011 10:12 am How to be creepy to a librarian (based on things that have happened to me): Stand next to my desk and stare at me. If I ask if you need help, say no, and continue to stare. Ask way too personal questions, such as if I would sleep with specific co-workers. While looking for your library card, remove personal sanitary items or underclothes from your bag. Make sure those underclothes are visibly used. Follow me around as I help other customers, after I've helped you.

December 3, 2011 7:30 pm In all honesty, whenever anyone, anywhere says any questions to a group of people, I cringe. This may come from working with idiots who don't understand the simplest concepts, though.

November 28, 2011 7:34 pm Well, Hurricane is now Montasy, and that's still there. Royal Collectibles is also still there. Was it either of those?

November 28, 2011 7:22 pm I never stopped, but I went through lulls where I only bought a few books. Sadly, I went back and bought a LOT of the stuff I missed. And if there was a major company x-over between 1985-2001 or so, I have it. My secret shame made public!

November 28, 2011 6:27 pm I grew up in the megasuburb that is Long Island, and let me tell you, central Long Island was (and to a point still IS) the holy grail for comic book shops. In Holbrook, Super Sports Cards had a Mortal Kombat machine. When they went out, we went to Bush's, following him through two locations in Ronkonkoma. After he stopped selling new books (but had a MASSIVE EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING is a dollar sale, which made me ever so happy) we hit the corporate Planet Comics. They were owned by Gamestop, so I have to wonder, has anyone outside of Long Island ever seen one? After they stopped getting comics, basically not caring if they filled your pulls (eventually they became a Gamestop themselves), I moved on to Golden Memories in Selden, which I've heard has moved for the 3rd time. Once I had a license (and even before if my parents were amenable), I traversed the Island hitting every comic store in the phone book. In all that time (almost 15 years), only maybe two stores of note went out of business, one in Hauppague when the owners retired and one in Massapequa. There was one guy who attempted at least three locations, but failed at each. I guess Long Island was a great place to grow up, at least comics wise.

November 28, 2011 6:12 pm Yeah. Remember when it was in the back of Bleeker Bob's for like five minutes?

November 28, 2011 6:12 pm Which ones were they? I live in Queens now and for about 4 years there was comic shop sign still up in Ridgewood, with no shop there.

November 27, 2011 10:40 am That is a sculpture of Ayer's Rock in Australia. It's to remind the X-Men of when they lived there.

November 20, 2011 11:55 am @MutantSentry - Where did you hear about this? This makes me mad as well, since I was sort of enjoying it.