An Ode to the LCS...

[markpoa]

One of my favorite Internet columns right now is ReTales by Jud Meyer over at Comics101.com. It's also featured as a regular column over at Comic Book Resources. It's a great look at the behind-the-counter operations of a comic book store. But more than that, Jud writes several heart-warming stories about his regular customers, comic book fans

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[mendori]

My local is now 50 miles away from me (there are closer, but this one store is MY store, and always will be) - Oxford Comics in Atlanta. I've been a patron since they were in the basement of Oxford Books (now gone and very missed), and continue to go visit them regularly.

They have never made me feel weird in there, even as a girl, and they carry hentai and all sorts of off color stuff, well cordoned off from the rest of the store. The normal collections are huge, and they even rent movies!

They've also feed my Magic addiction for years, even if I still no longer play, the collecting is fun.

[aliasjack]

There are three major comic book stores I know of in Savannah, GA

[kijikun]

My local is Keith's Comics. They're always awesome to me and email when stuff comes in on my pull list.

My first LCS experience was when I was about 11, it was the mall in Columbia Maryland where I lived at the time. The place had everything from Little Mermaid toys to comics. I got my first issue of New X-men (issue 1 even, if I remember right) and a issue of Wolverine. I always went in with my dad, who wasn't that into comics himself but encouraged me. I don't remember what sparked me to start buying comics, since I don't think the X-Men animated series was out yet.

My first comic store experience though was some store in a mall when my parents were furniture shopping. I bought my first comic trade there: TMNT. I still have it too.

[thexenomorph]

For someone who gets to the comic store maybe 4 times a year, 5 including the con that comes up every April (they're a main vendor), I get recognised everytime I go in. I have to be like the only female who sets foot in that store (which is up 3 flights of very narrow stairs), at least I've never seen another woman in the store at the same time I was there...
Anyway they're called Ace Comics and Games, and actually have two stores in the city, only the one I go to is easier to access than the one they have in the suburbs. I think they're awesome, they've got a good range in stock and they're always watching some obscure cartoon or anime.

[deliandra]

There are two comic book stores around here I know of