Prop your Shop
thebradpinder
Posts: 19
I love my comic shop that I frequent; I think it’s a great place. And I bet you think the same of yours, well let’s lend our voices to promote our comic shops. Where is yours, what’s its name, what makes it special, why do you keep coming back and so on and so forth?
Mine is called Big B Comics, it’s in Hamilton Ontario Canada, I love it, the staff is a 50 50 split of male and female employees who all have a passion for comics and many comic related things. You can chat with any of them for a spell and they will help you out and turn you on to new books from what your pull list is made up of.
Speaking of pull lists, there’s is infallible; I have never missed a book that was on my list. And the more titles you collect, the greater discount is put in place. My current discount from the books I get comes out to adding a nickel to cover price, and that’s after taxes (and here in Canada… we are TAXED) which is very appealing. Another appealing feature is you can email or text changes to your pull list which are adjusted that day.
The setup and aesthetic look of the shop is very friendly and colourful, kid friendly with the adult titles out of the way yet very accessible to mature readers.
Down stairs is the older books, and they are priced accordingly, I have spent the day down there and had a staff member bring me a coffee and was encouraged to sit and read and chill out.
When the staff is on break you would think they would leave and chill out… nope they stay and chat comics and other comic related things, there is a passion there and it’s evident.
They have a wide trade paper back and hard cover section that includes used and new books. And if you buy 9 trades the 10th is free… and yes I have gotten a few free trades.
My wife loves it there too and our kids are welcomed as well.
All those factors make Big B Comics the best shop in my opinion.
Look forward to hearing about your shops.
Mine is called Big B Comics, it’s in Hamilton Ontario Canada, I love it, the staff is a 50 50 split of male and female employees who all have a passion for comics and many comic related things. You can chat with any of them for a spell and they will help you out and turn you on to new books from what your pull list is made up of.
Speaking of pull lists, there’s is infallible; I have never missed a book that was on my list. And the more titles you collect, the greater discount is put in place. My current discount from the books I get comes out to adding a nickel to cover price, and that’s after taxes (and here in Canada… we are TAXED) which is very appealing. Another appealing feature is you can email or text changes to your pull list which are adjusted that day.
The setup and aesthetic look of the shop is very friendly and colourful, kid friendly with the adult titles out of the way yet very accessible to mature readers.
Down stairs is the older books, and they are priced accordingly, I have spent the day down there and had a staff member bring me a coffee and was encouraged to sit and read and chill out.
When the staff is on break you would think they would leave and chill out… nope they stay and chat comics and other comic related things, there is a passion there and it’s evident.
They have a wide trade paper back and hard cover section that includes used and new books. And if you buy 9 trades the 10th is free… and yes I have gotten a few free trades.
My wife loves it there too and our kids are welcomed as well.
All those factors make Big B Comics the best shop in my opinion.
Look forward to hearing about your shops.
Comments
Great store, great staff, family & female fan friendly.
Lightspeed Hobbies in Portage and Heroes Haven in Michigan City. I have never had a bad experience at either place. When I tell my wife that I'm stopping by just to grab a couple books or supplies, she knows that I will really be there for an hour, or two. Both are nice stores with great service provided by friendly and knowledgeable people. Check them out if you're ever in the area.
Before that, I used to work for Diamond Comics, and I got my books directly from the direct distributor; ah, the perks of an employee!
My shop is BuyMeToys (www.BuyMeToys.com) in South Bend. It's run by a husband and wife, and they are super nice, and very knowledgable. They actually just got a new system for pull list people when you go to checkout it gives them a list on the screen of what your list is, and they double check to make sure you have all of your books at checkout. They (obviously) have tons of toys, but also lots of comics and back issues, and a pretty nice trade selection.