The death of the LCS??

[ramsey37]

I forget how many stores used to be around here. Now there's a grand total of 1 I go to, and it's about 20 min away. The closest others are Louisville or Bowling Green, both about an hour away.

Yeah, The Great Escape in Bowling Green is about 30 miles from me. I hardly ever go there anymore. I just don't pay enough attention to modern comics these days to justify the special trip.
George

[ThatBatmanGuy]

Yeah, The Great Escape in Bowling Green is about 30 miles from me. I hardly ever go there anymore. I just don't pay enough attention to modern comics these days to justify the special trip.
George

Yeah it's about 45 miles north of me. I used to go there every 2 weeks and pick up some comics. Did you ever go to the OLD BOWLING GREEN MALL and check out the small comic shop run by James Miles? ALWAY stopped in there till it closed. Today IF I even stop at the Great Escape, I only check out back issues from silver age. I don't need any new comics; I already have enough toilet paper.

Bob

[jwyblejr]

I can't remember the last time I was to the comic shop in Decatur. It's no big deal if it goes out anyways,there's like a backload in Huntsville.

[samurainoir]

Toronto still has a good amount of comic shops and healthy competitive pricing, but one thing I've noticed is that the surrounding suburban areas and bedroom communities has less and less of them than the height of the nineties boom.

[ctc]

>one thing I've noticed is that the surrounding suburban areas and bedroom communities has less and less of them than the height of the nineties boom

Not surprising. The ninety's boom was essentially a speculator boom; and once the bottom fell out most of the purchasers moved on. ("You mean all 1.5 million copies of my seven cover comic aren't gonna be worth ANYTHNG?!?!") We had no less than seven shops at the time. Seven shops; for probably around 300 collectors. Now we have two.

Don C.

[palitoy]

I am within ten minutes of 6 comic shops, one Town having four of them.

Granted, two of them are operating solely because their Daddy owns the building and are pretty much golden examples of how not to run a business ( I haven't set foot in one store for 16 years). The others however are tidy little businesses supplementing their business with gaming, used books and cards.

[JDeRouen]

There are two in my town of 60,000 people. There used to be three. I drive about 30 minutes, however, and go to another one in another town twice a month because I like them better and would rather give them my money.

[samurainoir]

the odd part about this happening here is that this area is supposed to be one of the fastest growing in the country. So there should be more of an audience to support the stores.

I think the main growth is in the bookstore market and particularly the manga. I know there are many Anime/Manga stores out there that don't really look and smell like the old school comic stores.