When I’m in the Detroit area, I like to visit Green Brain comics in Dearborn.
It’s a nice, clean shop and my daughters are usually able to find things for all ages.
This time we had two of their cousins with us – a boy and girl who had never been to a shop before.
For him, [...]

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We hit Challenger Comics on Western Ave. to meet Jill Thompson. She was signing books and doing scetches to benefit PETA.

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Via Journalista, Sarah Jaffe talks about “Fangirls” being a new demographic for Hollywood. I guess so, if you’re thinking strictly films derived from comics stories.
But she tosses in the aside of if only we could get girls into comic shops. Well, it reminded me that in a comment in this post, about a trip [...]

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Just heard about a New Jersey Wal-Mart temp worker who was trampled to death when they openned the doors this morning.
I just don’t get it. Here’s an alternative to the madness – go to a bookstore ( preferrably an independant one) and do some shopping there. These stores can really use the help, and it’s [...]

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And now, via The Beat, a rebuttal (of sorts) to the 12-year-old girl demographic’s view of the comic shop by the seven-year-old boy demographic.
I’m sure you’ll be shocked at what you’ll find.
For another perspective, All Ages Read has been doing this for a while.

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I took daughters E and N, along with their friend G, to Chicago Comics – one of the best shops in Illinois IMHO.
It’s not the “oh boy let’s go!” experience that it used to be, because the girls have been kind of disappointed in the offerings. They’re 12-years-old – almost 13 – and they need [...]

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