Jan 28, 2013 11:20
Welcome to the Dragon's Nest Comics Café!
Come in, explore our collections of the latest comics, books, and fantasy and media merchandise. (We're only small, though. Hopefully, our range of merchandise will expand over time.) If we don't offer a series you're after, please let us know.
Or alternatively, sit down and relax! We sell a range of coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cakes. No, they're not a lie. Our wifi is free, the password is on the wall.
While you're here, why not borrow one of our range of graphic novels - from both western and manga series - a board game, or a deck of game cards? It'll cost less than a TCG booster pack to try any game you like. Check the calendar for events and competitions.
Our notice board is for community use: whether you're selling part of your collection, looking for something specific, have started something new, or just have a message for the world, feel free to use it. (Please, no spam.)
Here, we aim for everyone to feel comfortable and happy. No matter who you are, where you're from, whether this is your first or thousand-and-first visit. As such, if you're being harassed or made uncomfortable in any way, please let us know so we can take action.
Thank you, and have fun! ~the benevolent overlords
(... The shop is bright and colourful, the displays clear and varied, laid out to let the customer see all around easily. On the counter, there's a 'recycle your old comics/etc - bring a thing, leave a thing' box, and a little display of indie and new writers' works.
The café area, a little separated from the shop or possibly on another floor, has comfortable seats; on the walls around it are pictures from local artists, of Western and Japanese styles, fantasy and comic and sci-fi, and photographs of cosplayers of all types with the only standard being awesome costumes.
The coffee smells fresh.)
Just a vision I had the other day. Kind of wish I could visit - or even run - something like that. There's one place I've been that's a little like it, at least in the sense of 'comic shop with café': their coffee comes in 'mortal' and 'mighty' sizes. :D Perhaps there's something closer in some Big City, I don't know - I've heard of gamer café bars anyway.
But our town suffers hard as far as nerd territory goes. (Which is ironic (I think? I no longer know the definition) as there's a comic convention that comes to the uni...) The closest gaming club is fifteen miles down the highway. Which isn't so much far as awkward. Bleh. I know there are geeks here. I've met cosplayers on their way home from cons. It's a uni town fercryingoutloud. So why is it such a black hole? ...rantrantrant.