a question about comic book shops?

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Ok first off im new to comics so im very unclear how this works.  Early to mid october i went to pretty much all of the decent sized comic book stores in my state(CT) to collect all of the gambit comics.  By the end of the week i had most of the collection with about 5 or 6 issues missing and alot of alternate covers which i dont expect to get.  I didnt want to use EBAY so i asked some of the beter shops if theyd restock and whatnot.  1 shop told me they had a bunch of stuff in the basement theyd be bringing up in the next week or 2 and another took my list and number and said theyd be looking at other shops they were connected with to help find what i need.  I called the store that said theyd be restocking 2-3 weeks later and they still hadnt restocked, once again they told me to wait a week.  I stopped in a week later and the owner(who is the only one aloud to restock) was working, they still hadnt restocked but he told me next week theyd stock em... i called a couple weeks later and still they hadden done anything, so they offered to take my list.  In total its been about 3 months since starting this process and ive heard nothing from either place.  Should i assume that its not gonna happen or does it really take this long.  Its getting really frustrating because i have very few series completed and i do want to start reading a volume till i have the whole thing.

Chino · Accepted Answer

I'm fairly new to comics myself, and I've never really got into comics when I was younger simply because I didn't have comic shops around my area.  I had a similar problem to yours a few months ago, but then I realized you could download comics onto your computer.  Start by downloading a comic book reader from the internet.  You can do this by just typing in 'comic book reader' on google and click on the first result.  Then just type in whatever issue you want on your browser or search for comics in torrents.  This was really convenient for me because I'm a huge X-Men fan.  So far I have over 500 comics alone on my computer that I downloaded from the internet and I didn't even pay a dime.  I don't know if this takes away from your 'comic experience' but its probably a better alternative if you can't find what you want in stores.  And there's always ebay or amazon of course.

Anonymous · Answer

My favourite comic book shop is a japanese book store and the owner is always very nice and has a lot of cool stuff. I really enyoi to buy comics, artbooks, magazines and whatever else there. Before I found that shop I bought in another one, but I didn't like the employees there. They were rude in every way, had no knowledge about what they were selling and sometimes looked at my like I could try to steal something every minute. I am glad I don't need to go that place anymore. In another store the employees were hoarding stuff that was wanted. When they got the Pokemon sticker albums they were hiding them in the office. When a little boy came in, telling he was looking already in sooo many shops and no one had these albums and asked if they might have one left, he just got a snotty "No, we don't!". A bit later when, a sexy blondine came in and asked for that album, too, they went "Oh, yes! We have it! No problem!" that disgusted me. But well, I am happy with my japanese bookstore now ^-^.

youngbloodsc · Answer

Sounds like you encountered the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.  A lot of comic nerds think they're better than you simply because they know more about comic books.  They don't worry about other things like not having a real job, never knowing the touch of a woman, or a general lack of personal hygiene.  I would not be afraid of ebay, because you can find some great deals if you're patient.  Especially on Gambit comics.

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