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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9046756" data-attributes="member: 4534"><p>It's not entirely false. When I was a kid, I could get comic books at gas stations, grocery stores, or at the mall in stores like Waldenbooks or B. Dalton Booksellers. Sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, comic books started disappearing from those venues and if I wanted one I had to go to a boutique, the comic shop. This certainly made it more difficult for kids under the age of 16 to get into comic books and I wonder if this helped accelerate the decline in sales. Of course in the 90s we had a speculation boom and various companies had all sorts of gimmicks like gold foil covers, killing Superman, multiple cover issues, etc., etc., but then the whole industry just crashed. </p><p></p><p>And today, there are fewer comic book shops than there were back in the 90s. Here in the greater Little Rock area we had two, but one of them closed a few years ago after being in business for decades. I think the owner just decided it was time to retire. My old haunt in Dallas, Lonestar Comics, closed down all their locations sometime after 2000 and are exclusively an online retailer now. </p><p></p><p>But dying might be a hyperbole. While the specialty comic books shops might not be as numerous as they once were, I can buy a plethora of graphic novels at my local Barnes & Noble. At least for as long as we still have physical booksellers. And many little comic/hobby shops who diversify their stock can probably weather economic changes better than just a straight comic book shop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9046756, member: 4534"] It's not entirely false. When I was a kid, I could get comic books at gas stations, grocery stores, or at the mall in stores like Waldenbooks or B. Dalton Booksellers. Sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, comic books started disappearing from those venues and if I wanted one I had to go to a boutique, the comic shop. This certainly made it more difficult for kids under the age of 16 to get into comic books and I wonder if this helped accelerate the decline in sales. Of course in the 90s we had a speculation boom and various companies had all sorts of gimmicks like gold foil covers, killing Superman, multiple cover issues, etc., etc., but then the whole industry just crashed. And today, there are fewer comic book shops than there were back in the 90s. Here in the greater Little Rock area we had two, but one of them closed a few years ago after being in business for decades. I think the owner just decided it was time to retire. My old haunt in Dallas, Lonestar Comics, closed down all their locations sometime after 2000 and are exclusively an online retailer now. But dying might be a hyperbole. While the specialty comic books shops might not be as numerous as they once were, I can buy a plethora of graphic novels at my local Barnes & Noble. At least for as long as we still have physical booksellers. And many little comic/hobby shops who diversify their stock can probably weather economic changes better than just a straight comic book shop. [/QUOTE]
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