I discovered an LCS today!

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:50 am

xodacia81 wrote:Man, I can't imagine going that long without a decent LCS. From what I've ben reading since just before I joined the board, it sounds like some of you guys have had rotten luck when it comes to this. My area is actually pretty blessed, in this regard. There are about 120k people in my city and within ten miles or less, there are currently three shops open, all of which go back at least 14 years. One goes back 22, the other about 30, although the current location only about 20. I remember back in the early to mid 90's, when I was deep into comics, there were three other stores here. But, one store got shut down because the guy was supposedly running kiddy porn out of the back, one closed because the owner was too nice and had zero buisness sense. The third is the saddest. The guy that owned it got shot by a former employee over a copy of Xmen, then his brother tried to run it, but mananged only to run it into the ground. That took about 18 months. We went from 6 stores that specialized in comics as of summer of 93, to 3 by the fall of 95. There are other stores in my area that sell comics, but these are places like Borders, Barnes and Noble, as well as some used book stores. I have recently raided the used place so much, I'll need to take a few weeks off and let them replenish the stock. I truly feel for anyone that is without these stores. They are great to have. By the sounds of it, one thing has not changed, and that is that people are more interested in a qick buck than good buisness sense and longevity. The boom/bust mentality never dies, huh?

I live in a city of about 1 million people. In this city there are 2 comic shops that I know of them. One isn't very good at all, so it is more like 1 and a half. Pah!

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:32 pm

Well, I'm in northern Virginia now. I'm in the Woodbridge/Springfield area between DC and Fredericksburg. Anyone know of any decent shops around here?

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:56 am

Heath wrote:Well, I'm in northern Virginia now. I'm in the Woodbridge/Springfield area between DC and Fredericksburg. Anyone know of any decent shops around here?

cool... that there is some A+ American History

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:06 am

Elveen wrote:
Heath wrote:Well, I'm in northern Virginia now. I'm in the Woodbridge/Springfield area between DC and Fredericksburg. Anyone know of any decent shops around here?
cool... that there is some A+ American History

Yeah, no kidding. When I was in high school I managed to talk my parents into rerouting the summer vacation and tacking on a week just so we could hit Manassas, Sharpsburg, and shot down to Vicksburg, MS on the way back.

That's right, we got different names for the battles that took place in the War of Northern Aggression, we don't use them Yankee names 'round here.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:11 am

ThrillKillWill wrote:
Elveen wrote:
Heath wrote:Well, I'm in northern Virginia now. I'm in the Woodbridge/Springfield area between DC and Fredericksburg. Anyone know of any decent shops around here?
cool... that there is some A+ American History
Yeah, no kidding. When I was in high school I managed to talk my parents into rerouting the summer vacation and tacking on a week just so we could hit Manassas, Sharpsburg, and shot down to Vicksburg, MS on the way back.

That's right, we got different names for the battles that took place in the War of Northern Aggression, we don't use them Yankee names 'round here.