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The Comic Shop Life: Day 7, Tuesday (New Comic Day Returns, Kids, and Car Talk)
For your convenience, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and not quite-7. Tuesday, Day 7 10:30- “Prepped” for work by scrollin’ ’round YouTube. Oh, Rock, what zany, mirthful thing…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 6a/6b/ Store Closure
The boss knows I don’t work Sundays. Never have, never will. She’s nice enough to respect that and so the store was closed. Sundays I run. And I go to…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 6, Saturday (Ordering Pigs for Comics, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Some Austen)
Halfway there! You knew this couldn’t last. I don’t have the patience to do this job full time. The previous five days should be proof of that. Pt. 1, pt.…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 5, Friday
(Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4) Day 5, Friday (Mild spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Quite minor.) Last night- made a vow to do something a bit more productive than…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 4, Thursday (Screaming Nerds, Ladies of Comicdom, & Extra Videos)
Day Uno. Dos. Tres. Day 4, Thursday 5/21 11:01- Opened 1 minute late because I wanted my annual Slurpee. It’s hot out there, dagnabbit. 11:21- Read a post from Listful…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 3, Wednesday (New Comic Book Day! Extended Edition! And Flash Season Finale!)
(Hey look, Day 1. Also, Day 2. Which would make this—) Day 3, Wednesday (No, I don’t think you need to know every second of my every day. But Wednesday…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 2, Tuesday (More comics, Superman, and MacGyver)
(You can hop to Day 1 for the introduction. For now, the saga continues.) Day 2, Tuesday 10:20- Made first successful bank deposit. I’m not incompetent! Yay! 10:50- Kendrick &…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 1, Monday
Whenever I tell people that I work in a comic shop, they tend to respond the same way. “Oh how fun!” “Neat.” “Hard work, ey?” Now technically I only work…
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A Love Letter to Supergirl
The world asks us to adopt a lot of different identities. Myself, I play the personable barista, the healthy jogger, the encyclopedic comic nerd, and the good little Quaker. That…
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Why This Will Never Be a Fashion Blog
There I was, minding my own business. At three in the morning, what better thing is there to do than pre-order summer books by Ernest Cline and Brad Meltzer? It…
...Of Course, this Could All Go Horribly Awry 