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Post by hondobrode on Sept 29, 2014 21:24:56 GMT -5
The best store in that immediate area, IMO, is Geoffrey's Comics. Sadly, Geoffrey, the owner passed away a few months ago. I imagine his wife has probably taken it over, but he had great deals and deep stock going back 40+ years. Besides having a great store, he was a genuinely warm and wonderful person. I'm sad I can't see him again. Geoffrey's Comics is still going...Geoffrey Jr has taken over the business. I've been a customer at the store for many years. I like their shop as they're one of the best back issue shops for Golden to Bronze Age. But my shop of choice is The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach. They're a little less cluttered and their in-store events are more community stronger. I've been there and liked that one too. True about the less cluttered. Didn't know Geoffrey had a son. Good to see it stay in the family and carry on the business. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 21:27:15 GMT -5
 Is this the face of Dan B ? I'm not feeling the Arkansan vibe or the Lord of Multiple Cats thing with this picture. As if. I've never had a flattop (a crewcut, yes, but not since my era of punkest rectitude some 30 years ago) or a mustache not paired with a goatee or (far less often) full beard. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 29, 2014 21:56:57 GMT -5
I guess it was the glint in his eye that threw me off. I've had a moustache since college and either a beard or goatee. After my first divorce shaved both off for a while. Now back to 'stache and goatee, but both very low cut.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 22:19:09 GMT -5
This would be a pretty representative pic of me. Hair's a bit grayer, though, I'm sure; that was 2 years ago. 
(Time for a haircut then; time for a haircut now -- it's about the same length. When left to my own devices, I'd go about 8 months between cuts. These days, working on an Air Force base, it's more like 2 1/2 .) |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 30, 2014 22:12:53 GMT -5
Mine has a lot of wave and if I let it grow out a little I suddenly remember why I keep it short. There's always a spot somewhere I can't control and it gets crazy.
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Post by DubipR on Oct 1, 2014 7:43:29 GMT -5
This would be a pretty representative pic of me. Hair's a bit grayer, though, I'm sure; that was 2 years ago.
(Time for a haircut then; time for a haircut now -- it's about the same length. When left to my own devices, I'd go about 8 months between cuts. These days, working on an Air Force base, it's more like 2 1/2 .) Oh, I was so close in what I thought you'd look like...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 10:20:18 GMT -5
Dead ringer, I'm sure. (Not that I'd ever wear the hat, of course.)
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Post by berkley on Oct 3, 2014 18:46:32 GMT -5
I'm living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was born and brought up in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
Cons were being talked about - they started holding one here in Ottawa, or just outside it, a few years ago so I finally went to my first one this past spring. It was interesting but probably not something I'll want to do again for a few years, if ever. I'm 52, but the that didn't bother me too much, probably because I was with a couple friends around the same age and spent most of my time looking at back issues. I don't really get the idea of meeting comics creators or actors - I wouldn't know what to say to them in that sort of situation. I could see myself attending a talk by someone like Nimoy or Shatner, though, or a writer like Morrison, who I know is a good speaker from seeing some of his talks and interviews online.
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