Tyler H.
Yelp
I have to admit something, when it comes to collecting comic books, I'm a bit of a dork. By that, I don't mean that collecting comics is dorky. In fact, collecting comics is The Coolest Thing Ever(tm)!!
It's just that I collect dorky comic books. Instead of spending all my money on the cool stuff available at this store, I spend it on X-men... and Uncanny X-men ...and Astonishing X-men ...and New X-men ...and Ultimate X-men... and, well, you get the point.
Just give me a pile of comic books that feature the word "X-men" (hell, all it needs it the letter "X") in the title and I'm as happy as a pig in slop.
That said, I do appreciate the importance of good independent comics. For every forty issues of X-men I read, I try to read a book like Black Hole. For every time Phoenix is reincarnated, I add a great anthology book like McSweeney's #13 to my bookshelf. Maus is a must read. Persepolis is intriguing. Epileptic is a revelation.
So, yes, I can appreciate *good* comics. And that's why it's a good thing that there are store and publishers like Fantagraphics to support them. Because, while Fantagraphics didn't publish all the titles above, they've been producing equally amazing titles for years. And now, we have this wonderful store where I can go and buy them, if for no other reason than to bring myself down from my X-sugar-high.
So, go and check it out! I'm sure you'll find something to covet... Like Beasts! http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/156097768X/ref=s9_asin_image_2/002-8810446-7021620
...covet ...covet ...covet!
Between Fantagraphics, the 9 Pound Hammer and Stellar's Pizza, Georgetown is shaping into the destination that people keep claiming it is!