A clean, well-lit comic store?

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Brigid Alverson

They have one in Chapel Hill. It’s not a bad idea. One of the reasons I have seen why manga appeals to girls is that manga are marketed in bookstores, where the girls go anyway—and where they feel comfortable. There can be something off-putting about a small basement comics store where everyone stares at you if you’re not a regular. Maybe it’s a sign of middle age, but I like Barnes and Noble, with their nice decor, comfortable chairs, and Starbucks lattes. I’d like an independent bookstore, like the one in the article, even more.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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One Response to A clean, well-lit comic store?

  1. Hado says:
    June 22, 2005 at 12:05 am

    The Chapel Hill Comics store is amazing. Just thought I’d give my opinion, having visited when I was in NC seeing my sister…they have a great manga selection, too. Better than Border’s and Barnes&Noble.

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