Do you support your local comic shop?

>>94381007
Yep.

not anymore, ours disappeared. owner was apparently embezzling money and the place went under. now our closest LCS is about 50 minutes away in the next city over.

>>94381007
I did when I lived in a city but now the closest one's an hour away.

>>94381007
There is no local comic shop to support.

My LCS is primarily a merch and art book store across from Sheridan college, I'm fairly sure floppies are a minor part of their sales.

I still go to buy things sometimes.

No because it's an overpriced, understocked piece of shit shop

Mine turned into a video game store, which then turned into a Magic the Gathering only store, and now I think they are one of the largest distributors of Magic Cards on the east coast. I just want my comic shop back.

That place smells like a moldy library and I always get weird looks when I go in. gg comics companies, you've successfully hidden your products from potential customers

>>94381007
Nope. It's so much more focused on records/dvds/vhs/magazines/toys than comics so it fucking sucks.

Never been there, floppies are cancer

>>94381785
This.

>>94381854
Blame marvel

>>94381007
>Paying for comics

really?

>>94381007
There aren't any nearby where I am.

>>94381026
fpbp. I hate going in there but atleast it feels good supporting the last few decent artists and writers left in the comicbook industry

>>94381007
I work at my LCS.

>>94381935
>Stealing comics
really?

>>94381854
This, while some stores still sell comics, they take a huge back seat to comics

>>94381854
>Magic the Gathering only store

What fucking genius thought that was a good business model?

>>94382047
Whoever it was, they're a fucking genius and were right on the money. Card games bring in stupidly huge amounts of cash. If your LCS isn't hosting card tourneys it's probably going under.

>>94382047
Star City Games was once a small comic/game store before they went all in with MTG. Now they're the main MTG shop in the country, host tournaments around the world, and effectively decide the secondary singles market.

>>94381935
>wanting to read comics in a pdf reader

>>94382031
>>94381935

Take the comics and THROW THEM TO THE GROOOUND! Because I'm not a part of Your System!

>>94381007
Don't have one. I have a funko pop and magic the gathering store that has a small rack of comics though. Only went in once to see what was going on and that was years ago.

Yes I do, i work right next to it so I go in every day to say hi. It's a pretty comfy place ran by an aged hippie

>>94381007
>move across town recently
>had a LCS like five minutes down the road
>new neighborhood is gentrify central, no comic shops to speak of
>hang out with co worker last week, she turns me on to a shop about ten minutes away
>now have TWO lcs I can hit up if I need an itch scratched

Old shop had the better selection (and was way better organized) so it's still worth the extra drive

They don't sell BDs so no

>>94381007

Mine closed down almost ten years ago.

Reminder that floppies are cancer, digital isnt't dirt cheap only to give them a chance, and Diamond will continue monopolizing the industry if you support your LCS. I'll still go to mine for discount back issues, though.

>>94381007
I don't have a local comic shop.

Nope, never even been in it

>>94382222
>hate absolutely everything about floppies
>want to support my LCS because I know the owners

>>94382222
>floppies are cancer
>go for back issues

Not anymore. Shop Midtown. Get comics in better shape, below cover price and I get the cover I want. How can an LCS even compete?

No fucks given.

wtf are floppies?

>>94382701
I've considered going full midtown for my pull-list a few times, especially with the previews pre-order discounts they have, but I never pull the trigger because I enjoy the wednesday ritual too much.

I learned that the owners were super gay, fucked in the store, and came on comics before. Also heavy drug users. I learned this because one of them tried to seduce a friend of mine who use to go there all the time

>>94381007
No, because I'm not going to walk into a store with a huge ass painting of a girl wearing a pikachu costume on the front door.

>>94382091
Lol that's the one. I remember it being Star City Comics. Down the road from Happy's Flea Market

>>94382775
Man if the owners were straight and doing that shit I wouldn't want to go there

>>94381007
Too fucking right I do. It's like a couple of hours away from me but it's one of the best shops in the country.

>>94381408
>owner
>embezzling money from his own business
It's not a corporation, unless he had partners this is impossible. I guess he could steal the wages of the employees which is fucked up but that's about it. What he did was choose to liquidate his shop.

>>94382075
...maybe in Burgerland, my dude.

>>94382896
It's funny though. My friend went there all the time, bought a lot of stuff, drank with them, they'd give him discounts. He even hung out with them outside of the store, been to one of their houses too. He didn't know they were gay. He knew he fucked up when the much older gay guy started talking to him about the Greeks and what they did with their young appreciates

>>94381007

I patronize like 3 or 4 in my area. There's quite a few in my city, plus a good one up by my parents. My regular is Newbury Comics, which is more of a chain but gives me 20% of all floppies.

>>94381007
Yes. I keep a pull list and get most of my trades there because they have great deals and are good people.

They also sell games and stuff, but I mostly go there for comics.

>>94381007
No, one of the guys there knocked up my sister.

>>94382107
>doesn't know cbr and cbz

>>94383059
story time?

>>94381007

For what purpose?

I can get everything I want and more cheaper on amazon, instocktrades or bookdepository.

>>94381007
use to go to 3rd planet cause of cutie (alva). thick legs, cute body, awesome ass.
think she stopped working there.
they tried hiring 2 other girls, but it wasn't the same.

the bedrock at westheimer and nasa rd one are nice, but no eye candy.

>>94381007
no commic bouk community is cancer.

>>94381007
My pull list is nearly $200 a month. Gone down recently with some of the books I'm reading ending, but I doubt it'll be long before I replace them.

>>94381007
No. They only sell the latest comics, no old stuff or tpbs. It became more of a card game and board game shop than a comic shop.

>>94382724
seriously?

>>94382724
Might be bait but floppies are single issues.

>>94381007
Yessir.
Prolly spend $100-200 a month.
I'd consider this a problem, but luckily I also have the problem of no romantic life to spend money on so BURN IT WHILE I GOT IT WOO.

>>94382577
>Floppies that have sat around for years and sold at a loss

>>94381007
I try to. I use to have a pull list but now I just have them hold onto the few things I care about then pick them up when I can.
But usually I'll drop 50 to 100 on back issues because that's pretty much the only thing that catches my eye.

>>94383130
I don't want to talk about it, the kid is cute tho. Looks exactly like Franklin Richards

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>>94383757
Your sister got impregnated by a 10 year old?

>>94381007
Given how my main purchases are action figures, then yes. Yes I do.

>>94383195
forgot to mention i just buy old issues. sometimes if there's something new that interest me i'll buy it.
but no pull list.

No because I'm too nervous to go in.

i buy a graphic novel every few other month i guess, i think that counts right?

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>>94381007
Not as much as I should. Like ~$20 every 1-2 months.

My place actually sells paperbacks at a discount, 2 for $14 usually it's fucking great. But it's hard to decide which to buy since I'm always anal about the art.

>>94383805
My sisters kid, the baby

>>94381007
Every time I get paid I go to the one around the corner by my job but try to go on days when one of the other employees are working since I don't like this one dude.

Yeah, I buy the few floppies I follow and I have good luck finding out of print collections there, all for MSRP and not marked up.

Also the $1 single bins usually have something good

>>94383099
.cbr and .cbz are just zip files that contain comic book metadata, and you still open them in a pdf reader.

I have a weekly pull here where I live.
When I go back home I support the shop down there too. That store has some pretty awesome deals, picked up the Flashpoint trade for $5 when I was there last.

Yes. Wednesday is a highlight for me.

>>94381007
nah. can read it all online for free so why bother?
>>94381871
my local CBS is similar to this but instead of dvds and records its moreso science and board game. I'd actually prefer if it had more figures desu, since I can get most comics online.although if they did have figures they'd probably be overpriced anyways.

>>94381007
Last two times I went, it had a guy at the register that kept making a sound as if he was sucking dick. So I'm not sure if I want to go back.

Yeah I do even though the hours are terrible and it's an hour walk away. It would be somehow easier going to one of the comic shops on the other side of the river.

>>94381007
Only for manga. American comics are a shady affair in my country.

>>94383930
just do it.

>>94381007
No, the owners were both douchebags and I was one of the first customers to start happily ordering online.

>>94381007
I order my comics online and whenever I go into my local comic store its mostly a Dungeons and Dragons meet up

>>94381007
I did my best but it still shut down a few months ago. Feel bad because he was forced to become a glorified funko pop vendor to satisfy the normies in my town. Though he didn't help himself, he never had new pulls ready on a Wednesday. Typically had them ready on Friday/Saturday

>>94384563
What comics does your country make?

>>94384657
Comics I'm not interested in apparently.

>>94381007
No. But then again, i only read Conan trades when i can get them on sale.

Also, since I'm not American, could you guys post more LCS pics? They look comfy as fuck.

I'm slowly starting to do it but I'm kinda reluctant because they don't sell orginal versions of the comics, only the fucking localized versions for Spain and I hate reading comics in spanish

My solution is downloading the comics in their original versions from Getcomics and then buying the floppies when they come out in Spain a few months after they come out in the rest of the world

Can you believe the latest Batman issue I've been able to buy is Batman #9?

>>94381935

>stealing comics

When there are no more comics to read because people like you put the companys out of business , blame yourself, asshole.

Yes, there are three in my area, and I try to support them all equally. The third one has a small location in the nearby mall, and their main location is in the next town, whenever im in that area for something i at least try to find a figure/comic I haven't seen before and give a little something their way.

I would, but I cant even afford a damn Coke

>>94384743
Mine looks like a closet with books strewn everywhere

I actually support two, which are five minutes away from my house and my workplace.

They don't know I go to the other one so I have to turn down additions to my pull list if I've already added it at the other store

Nah. Always felt like both were handled by assholes who treat you with either cold disinterest or distant condescending looks and tone.

So i order my stuff on the internet.

I'll be honest with you, I'm only here for cartoons

>>94385221
do you support the cartoons you like by buying merch?

We don't have comic shops here

I don't support the local comic shop because they're assholes and have a poor selection. I drive to a shop in another city

>>94381007
Comics are for losers. I only come here for cartoons.

>>94381007
Yeah but I only buy trades there

Since 2011, yes.

>>94381007
no because i live in the middle of bumblefuck nowhere and the closest one i refuse to go to after all the shit they pulled with friday night magic

>>94381935

comic book sales are so small, that every sale matters, and every sale can work in letting Marvel know what consumers like or dislike.

I live in a third world country, buying comics here is pointless because I dont care about translated stuff months after Ive read them, but I still buy digitally the comics I like.
Nothing gets made for free.

>>94381007
There's one at my uni that I frequent that has a tabletop game store next to it. Apparently the owner bought it and it's used to buy and sell games and hosts MTG games every Friday night. It smells like autistic virigns in there though.

The comic book store is large and has tons of comics but some can be expensive.

Support two of them. One for bag-ables the other for read-ables.

>>94382222
>Floppies are cancer

I wish you would kill yourself.