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Post by DubipR on Mar 22, 2016 8:07:18 GMT -5
Every Wednesday...
But I pick up one or 2 every now and then.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 8:55:13 GMT -5
Oh yeah. I've sat for hours in Borders or the like and read TPBs as well. Yep, me too - that's what got me back into comics after 15 years mostly out Sigh. I miss Borders |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 10:40:05 GMT -5
I used to sit in the aisle at Walgreen's and read comics for hours. I'd ride my bike up there after school a couple of times a week, and just sit and read crosslegged on the floor. they never asked me to leave, or to buy anything (and to my shame, I used to swipe some of the comics, slipping them in my schoolbag). of course, this was over 40 years ago at this point  my local shop that i frequented all thru college had a reading table, and although I used to hang out and talk, I never sat at the table and read any comics off the wall, but a lot of people DID, with the owner's blessing. |
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Post by dupersuper on Mar 22, 2016 11:53:11 GMT -5
When I was a kid my parents got groceries at a Co-op with a snack counter and spinner rack. I'd buy a book or 3 (mostly Superman, still only 75 cents), but I'd take others to the counter, get a coke and a seat and not be bored by having to shop with grown-ups.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 22, 2016 11:57:31 GMT -5
I never had time to read comics at the stores. I was always on a time constraint.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 22, 2016 14:16:00 GMT -5
In my hometown which was about 2 miles stem-to-stern, you had at least 5 and for while, as many as 8 "candy stores" where you could buy comics. If you hustled, you could hit four or five of them within 15 or 20 minutes. None of the owners let you hang around to even peruse, let alone read any of the comics. And they moved you along even more quickly if you even cast a glance at one of these:  |
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Post by realjla on Mar 22, 2016 16:46:38 GMT -5
"BOY, Beav! Look at all the neat junk in THIS magazine!"
"Wally? What's a...planTAYshun?"
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 22, 2016 19:20:15 GMT -5
I remember going to a shop in Decatur, GA in 1993 or so because they were divesting themselves of all their comics. They had close to seventy long boxes at 2, 3, and 5 for a dollar. Heaven.
There was a room in the back where you could shop for "adult" comics and books just by showing your ID. Well, I was an "adult," all of 22, so in I went. It was a tiny little room where men three and four times my size casually perused pornography. And smoking was permitted. Immediately, I understood that these were not the comics I was looking for, and the walls seemed to close in around me.
I went back to the locked door and knocked gently to be let out, throwing a knowing nod to the other occupants of the room. No response. I knocked a bit louder, my laughter now sounding somewhat forced, and attracting the attention of the avid "adult" readers. Still nothing. I pounded on that door and maybe even left nail marks on it before it was finally opened and I darted back to the long boxes.
There are no bargains in the "bonus" room. 
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Post by The Captain on Mar 22, 2016 19:41:06 GMT -5
Never did it at the newsstand or convenience store. I was almost always on a time limit, with either my parents buying something or waiting in the car while they sent me in to get something for them. My goal was to somehow squeeze enough extra time into the visit to peruse the spinner rack or shelf for something that looked interesting, then figure out a way to have them buy it for me without me having to spend my allowance.
When I worked at a comic shop in college, there was always a ton to do, so I rarely had time to sit and read. Once I graduated, moved home, and started managing a comic shop near my house, we were rarely busy, so I spent many hours reading all kinds of books, both new and back issues. By the end of the five months I was there, I had probably read a few thousand books.
I have, on occasion, sat at a Borders or Barnes & Noble and read a TPB or two, and by "occasion", I mean more times than I can count. You put out comfy chairs or have a coffee shop area, I'm going to buy a cup and read a book. Seems only fair.
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Post by berkley on Mar 22, 2016 23:09:24 GMT -5
I wouldn't say I read them cover to cover but I certainly skimmed quite a few in drugstores or confectionaries. Back during the height of my comic-book habit in the 70s, I was probably buying anything I really wanted to read, anyway.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 23, 2016 0:40:21 GMT -5
Back a few years when there was still the occasional spinner rack at the grocery store, I'd stand and read a comic or two every trip..stuff that I wouldn't really have considered buying, to be honest. IT was generally stuff 6-9 months past new, and beat up (perhaps from others doing the same). It seemed almost like it was only there because no one thought to get rid of it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 23, 2016 6:42:38 GMT -5
I have to admit sneaking a peak in a newsstand into this book-  I was a lad of 14 at the time, and ... you know... boobs. |
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Post by rom on Sept 8, 2016 13:48:07 GMT -5
When I was a kid back in the early '80's, I do remember going to a local toy store on a regular basis, which unusually enough had a somewhat substantial comics section (all direct market comics). There was an older German/Scandinavian lady who always used to yell at us kids for reading the comics - so, I tried not to do this....too much  Again, being a kid with an almost non-existent budget I couldn't buy all of the comics I wanted, unfortunately.
Many years later (the '90's) I do remember going into Border's books and getting into DC's Vertigo collected editions/Trades - which were new at the time. IIRC, I read some of the Preacher & Hellblazer series that way. I liked the fact that no one who worked there was getting upset that you were treating the store like a library |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 9, 2016 17:01:03 GMT -5
Once in awhile there is a tradebook I can't find at the library so I might spend an hour or so at a nice, big, comfy Barnes and Nobles and read it there. They even provide plushy chairs and have a cafe where you can get some coffee and pudding while you read their stuff. It might take 2 visits to complete the reading but it gets it done Dude, my local comic shop provides big couches and coffee and lets you read them without buying them. I would love to go to that shop! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 9, 2016 17:46:08 GMT -5
I don't remember ever actually sitting down to read any. I have skimmed through the some tpbs.
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Again, being a kid with an almost non-existent budget I couldn't buy all of the comics I wanted, unfortunately.
