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August 18, 2005
NYC is Comic Book CRAZY!
ICV2.com's analysis of comics sales in July has been linked to and discussed all over the place. The upshot of the whole thing is "July sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores were up 10% in dollars over the year-ago period." Could this explain the sudden uptick in comic book readers that I have spotted on the subway? Because, for the first time in recent memory, there were sightings in back-to-back trips. Last night I saw a guy wearing a funny little straw hat reading a couple of yesterday's new comics: the new G.I Joe book and Defenders #2. Then, this morning, I found myself seated right next to somebody reading an issue of the Lex Luthor: Man of Steel series! The only possible conclusion to draw from this is that the F train, and by extension, all of New York City, is COMIC BOOK CRAZY. Go team comics!
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at August 18, 2005 12:40 PM
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I saw three separate people reading comics on the same G train yesterday morning -- Defenders #2, 100%, and Kramer's Ergot 5. Thought you'd want some supporting evidence.
Personally, I don't read comics on the subway. Except once, late at night and drunk, I read Akira.
Posted by: Tim H at August 19, 2005 11:02 AM
That wasn't you reading Akira, that was me and a troupe of panhandlers re-enacting it for you. Ha ha ha. That was a good time. "AKIRAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at August 19, 2005 11:14 AM