Picking On That One Comic Shop Again.

8 Comments | Posted: June 18th, 2009 | Filed under: Thinking about Comics Marketing

Hey, guys, remember the NOT BUY retailer? Here’s the a few recent missives from his shop’s Twitter account:

“Adam Hughes can sure draw a nice pair of chesticles, fun bags, dirty pillows, Power Girl #2 will sellout by the end of the day!”
10:13 AM Jun 17th from web

“I wish I could put a piece of tape on Action Comics Annual #12′s offensive $4.99 cover price. What overpriced trash”
10:14 AM Jun 17th from web

#haveyouever bought a comic with stunning artwork even though you knew the story was ass??
4:50 PM Jun 16th from web

Yyyyyyyeah.

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8 Comments on “Picking On That One Comic Shop Again.”

  1. 1 Ray Cornwall said at 1:46 pm on June 18th, 2009:

    My wife’s a librarian who specializes in “reader’s advisory”. If you tell her a book you liked, she’ll recommend five other books that you also might like.

    Here’s the catch- she’ll do this even if she DOESN’T LIKE THE BOOK YOU LIKED. It isn’t important for her to like what you like; it’s important for her to be able to recommend books that you’ll check out, thus making the library an important part of your life.

    It’s a shame that this retailer doesn’t seem to realize this distinction. It’s his business; he can do what he likes. But it’s a terrible misuse of his “power”.

    And this is one reason that I mail-order comics.

  2. 2 Matt said at 2:14 pm on June 18th, 2009:

    “Chesticles”? Seriously??

  3. 3 chadwick said at 3:20 pm on June 18th, 2009:

    Awesome. Just. Awesome.

  4. 4 thekamisama said at 6:52 am on June 19th, 2009:

    Putting the “twit” back into Twitter!

  5. 5 Jason Michelitch said at 7:43 am on June 19th, 2009:

    I think “chesticles” might just be the mental image that ruins sex for me, forever.

  6. 6 Katharine Tapley said at 8:04 am on June 19th, 2009:

    “Chesticles” made me throw up a little.

  7. 7 Just Some Guy said at 8:29 am on June 19th, 2009:

    I’ve been grabbing some podcasts lately and I came across one that was a bunch of crass, obnoxious jerks talking in a comic store and the owner of the store was participant. When they started rating books as “buy” or “not buy” I though, “Naw… that has to be a coincidence. They’re just a bunch of idiots; it can’t be the same guy.”

    The twits… er… tweets made it clear that it was the same person since they’re in the same area as you and are the same store. I’m not going to put their name down here since who wants to stir up trouble if they do a vanity search but the title indicates the show indicates that it is about “funny books” and that they sit on a “sofa” (do some simple word substitutions there).

    Their podcast is just as crude and pitiful as the tweets indicate. Once was enough for me though I checked again when I saw the name of the tweeter. I’d recommend listening just to laugh and be horrified.

  8. 8 Phill said at 5:07 am on June 21st, 2009:

    Huh. I didn’t know Aaron was based on a real guy douchebag.

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