Comments on: Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/ Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lynxara http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/comment-page-1/#comment-9730 Lynxara Tue, 12 May 2009 19:40:28 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=9778#comment-9730 Oh, man, Xtremes. I shopped there whenever I could as a teenager... which wasn't often, because they were pricey and located in the out-of-the-way Tanglewood Mall. They were one of the first coast-style comic shops in the area, also selling a lot of pop culture items. Most other shops in the area were very traditional comics-only or hobby shop type of stores at the time, and we lost the comics-only shops first when the bubble burst. I suspect their closing has as much to do with Tanglewood's tremendous decline over the past few years. It was an older mall to begin with but gradually lost traffic to a newer mall opened in a newer section of town. It didn't lower rents, though, and over the past five years you've seen a ridiculous amount of chain store pull-out from the location. I'm not totally sure about this but I think the loss of Xtremes means the city of Roanoke no longer has a comic shop. Star City Comics became Star City Games about a decade ago, focusing on CCGs, and seems to have been able to stay in business better for it. I think if you drive from Roanoke for an hour in any direction, you will only find used comics being sold in flea markets or new comics being sold as a sideline in gaming shops that exist to serve college campus communities. Oh, man, Xtremes. I shopped there whenever I could as a teenager… which wasn’t often, because they were pricey and located in the out-of-the-way Tanglewood Mall. They were one of the first coast-style comic shops in the area, also selling a lot of pop culture items. Most other shops in the area were very traditional comics-only or hobby shop type of stores at the time, and we lost the comics-only shops first when the bubble burst.

I suspect their closing has as much to do with Tanglewood’s tremendous decline over the past few years. It was an older mall to begin with but gradually lost traffic to a newer mall opened in a newer section of town. It didn’t lower rents, though, and over the past five years you’ve seen a ridiculous amount of chain store pull-out from the location.

I’m not totally sure about this but I think the loss of Xtremes means the city of Roanoke no longer has a comic shop. Star City Comics became Star City Games about a decade ago, focusing on CCGs, and seems to have been able to stay in business better for it. I think if you drive from Roanoke for an hour in any direction, you will only find used comics being sold in flea markets or new comics being sold as a sideline in gaming shops that exist to serve college campus communities.

]]> By: Kevin Melrose http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/comment-page-1/#comment-9708 Kevin Melrose Mon, 11 May 2009 19:33:09 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=9778#comment-9708 Start at the beginning, with <i>Mouse Guard: Fall 1152</i>. You can preview the hardcover collection <a href="http://www.mouseguard.net/fall1152/index.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Start at the beginning, with Mouse Guard: Fall 1152. You can preview the hardcover collection here.

]]> By: Mysterious Stranger http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/comment-page-1/#comment-9707 Mysterious Stranger Mon, 11 May 2009 19:31:01 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=9778#comment-9707 "Littens are fair game!" Yup. They taste like licken. I admit to being genuinely intrigued by Mouse Guard. Based on the amount of articles I see written about it I'm finding myself wanting to check it out. But where to begin? “Littens are fair game!”

Yup. They taste like licken.

I admit to being genuinely intrigued by Mouse Guard. Based on the amount of articles I see written about it I’m finding myself wanting to check it out. But where to begin?

]]> By: Kevin Melrose http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/comment-page-1/#comment-9704 Kevin Melrose Mon, 11 May 2009 19:02:22 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=9778#comment-9704 Littens are fair game! Littens are fair game!

]]> By: Alan Coil http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/comment-page-1/#comment-9703 Alan Coil Mon, 11 May 2009 19:01:43 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=9778#comment-9703 kittens {dammit} kittens

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]]> By: Alan Coil http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/comics-am-the-comics-internet-in-two-minutes-74/comment-page-1/#comment-9702 Alan Coil Mon, 11 May 2009 19:00:52 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=9778#comment-9702 "Eighty-seven-year-old Joseph Deschenes may be the world’s only biggest fan of Rex Morgan, M.D. " Sure, make fun of the elderly. Puppies and littens next? ;) “Eighty-seven-year-old Joseph Deschenes may be the world’s only biggest fan of Rex Morgan, M.D. ”

Sure, make fun of the elderly. Puppies and littens next? ;)

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