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captain_slinky) wrote2009-06-12 07:18 am
captain_slinky) wrote2009-06-12 07:18 am
Renton Comic Book Store Fire
Saw the following news item this morning...
Historic Renton Building Fire
The comic book store that they mentioned in this piece was the very first comic book store I went to when I move to the Seattle area back in the early 90's, so I'm finding myself emotionally involved in the story.
I remember taking my early run of Preacher comics (the first 3 issues) in there and trying to sell them to the owner. There were no lights in the place - he said that the whole building was full of electrical short s and issues, he was surprised that the place hadn't burned down yet. Bastard told me that the comics weren't worth much and he gave me $10 for the stack, came in one week later to see them in his case for $80 a pop. That was back in... '93? That sounds about right.
It was also the shop where![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dotgirl bought and split a box of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. First time either of us had ever bought that many cards at once. Those were good times :)
I'm concerned about the shop, and hope i can find more info about if the place was a total loss :(
Historic Renton Building Fire
The comic book store that they mentioned in this piece was the very first comic book store I went to when I move to the Seattle area back in the early 90's, so I'm finding myself emotionally involved in the story.
I remember taking my early run of Preacher comics (the first 3 issues) in there and trying to sell them to the owner. There were no lights in the place - he said that the whole building was full of electrical short s and issues, he was surprised that the place hadn't burned down yet. Bastard told me that the comics weren't worth much and he gave me $10 for the stack, came in one week later to see them in his case for $80 a pop. That was back in... '93? That sounds about right.
It was also the shop where
dotgirl bought and split a box of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. First time either of us had ever bought that many cards at once. Those were good times :)I'm concerned about the shop, and hope i can find more info about if the place was a total loss :(