It used to be that comics were available everywhere, but that is no longer the case and is in fact a topic unto itself. Now most people go to a comic shop and I of course used to. I started out way back going to Land of Cran Comics on Whipple Ave. in Canton. After the managers who ran it were no longer active and the owner came in to run things, I got out. While LOC offers the best selection of new and back issues in town, it just did work for me, plus there was an offer across town at Comic Corner on Tusc. Ave for a friendlier staff and more importantly, a discount.
After some time, the owner's son moved away, and he mostly ran the place, so it closed on a store level, but the owner carried on out of his own house. I did this for about a year and a half, but after awhile, things just did not work out. I was left with a few options and ultimately ended up going to a shop up in Stowe called Freaks and Geeks. The store was really quite a haul from my house at the time (about 45 minutes), but I liked the owner and liked the shop and it's atmosphere, so that's where I went and would make that trek about every other week.
After about a year of doing this, right around the time I got tired of driving to Stowe bi-weekly, Mot, the owner, closed up shop. Which was kind of fine by me, but at the same time, sad. However, Comic Corner had reopened it's doors and was under new management and I thought that that might work out better. This was back in May of 2006, but Comic Corner was to reshut it's doors in just a few months for all kinds of reasons. However, Tom, the new manager kept things going out of his house as well, with a better discount and to this day has not screwed up any of my orders. So, as it stands, even though there's a brand new shop in town, this is where I will stay.
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