Man, it's getting me all choked up hearing Jim Rugg's voice in a YT video again after all the Cartoonist Kayfabe backlog got used up after Ed's passing. Those guys were such a part of my daily routine in college. Glad to see Rugg doing well and still enthusiastic about comics. This has been a great lil vlog series!
You said this on one of the Direct Edition podcasts and it stuck with me: the LCS is one of the last places that has its own identity. Yes they all sell comics, but some have more indie, some are focused on Marvel/DC back issues, some are heavy on TPB/HCs, some are mostly new releases. There's no right or wrong way! It's fascinating to see each shop's personality 😊
Thanks for a couple more great digging episodes, Dave. For someone who started collecting before the internet and claim sales, and who doesn't get away to the comic shops and cons as often as he'd like, these videos are a real pleasure. They give me a rush! And it's nice to watch a seasoned digger at work. Keep it up!
Thanks so much for sharing your comic shopping experience in Pittsburgh. I just put in a book order at Jim's website. I could spend hours in some of these shops, and I hope to check a couple out during my next visit to the 'burgh.
Pittsburgh Comics is the shop I frequent the most. The weekend after you were probably there. They had their 18th anniversary sale. I bought 3 artist edition buy 2 get one free.
Talk about sensory overload...I'd lose my mind! Love it! I Don't know how I could possibly decide on what to buy!? I have to drive 1.5 hours west or 1 hour east to even see a comic shop and they have nothing like these shops near me. Supes still have a special place in my heart as that's what I collected as a kid, but the Indy stuff is what I'm into now.
7:30 - 7:35 Comicsburgh titles Heroineburgh and Beowulf in the "Made in Pittsburgh" bin at Doomed Planet, woo hoo! Also, Phantom of the Attic (Oakland) isn't in Downtown. It's in Oakland, the college area of the city. You just missed scanning the local section where our books are on display. But you did catch the posters for my Bootblacks and Teenage Bottlerocket shows as you walked in the door! Never knew about the Pittsburgh Comics basement. It's clear that it's the best overall comic shop in Western Pennsylvania. Colin does a great job with it. I think you missed one shop you should have automatically hit while you were near Downtown: Bill & Walt's! (the smallest comic shop in the area) But even as a lifelong Pittsburgher, I learned new things: I'd never even heard of Bennie's in Sharon before and had no idea that a comic shop opened last year in Hermitage. Thanks for the info - we'll have to make a drive out there!
Sparrow! Still dig that book. Ash Wood did all the design work for me and really rocked it!
It's a fun little book, and now I want more of them!
Man, it's getting me all choked up hearing Jim Rugg's voice in a YT video again after all the Cartoonist Kayfabe backlog got used up after Ed's passing. Those guys were such a part of my daily routine in college. Glad to see Rugg doing well and still enthusiastic about comics. This has been a great lil vlog series!
You said this on one of the Direct Edition podcasts and it stuck with me: the LCS is one of the last places that has its own identity. Yes they all sell comics, but some have more indie, some are focused on Marvel/DC back issues, some are heavy on TPB/HCs, some are mostly new releases. There's no right or wrong way! It's fascinating to see each shop's personality 😊
You get it D, that's why I love going to as many as I can!
Thanks for a couple more great digging episodes, Dave. For someone who started collecting before the internet and claim sales, and who doesn't get away to the comic shops and cons as often as he'd like, these videos are a real pleasure. They give me a rush! And it's nice to watch a seasoned digger at work. Keep it up!
I loved my all too brief visit to Doomed Planet! And that Bennie's joint looks right up my alley.
You're not lying, Pittsburgh really does look like the best comic book city! I'll make it there one of these days...
Wonderful footage. So much thanks to Davis Wexler.
Great content WCD!
another banger of a video! Fantastic
Ohhhh... I want that Shaolin Cowboy Jim Rugg variant!! So good!
Thanks so much for sharing your comic shopping experience in Pittsburgh. I just put in a book order at Jim's website. I could spend hours in some of these shops, and I hope to check a couple out during my next visit to the 'burgh.
Bennie's for the win. Bless that mess.
A hour long vid? Let’s gooooooo! 🤘🏾
Pittsburgh Comics is the shop I frequent the most. The weekend after you were probably there. They had their 18th anniversary sale. I bought 3 artist edition buy 2 get one free.
Talk about sensory overload...I'd lose my mind! Love it! I Don't know how I could possibly decide on what to buy!? I have to drive 1.5 hours west or 1 hour east to even see a comic shop and they have nothing like these shops near me. Supes still have a special place in my heart as that's what I collected as a kid, but the Indy stuff is what I'm into now.
Thanks for visiting us here in the Zombie Capital of the world.
7:30 - 7:35 Comicsburgh titles Heroineburgh and Beowulf in the "Made in Pittsburgh" bin at Doomed Planet, woo hoo!
Also, Phantom of the Attic (Oakland) isn't in Downtown. It's in Oakland, the college area of the city. You just missed scanning the local section where our books are on display. But you did catch the posters for my Bootblacks and Teenage Bottlerocket shows as you walked in the door!
Never knew about the Pittsburgh Comics basement. It's clear that it's the best overall comic shop in Western Pennsylvania. Colin does a great job with it.
I think you missed one shop you should have automatically hit while you were near Downtown: Bill & Walt's! (the smallest comic shop in the area)
But even as a lifelong Pittsburgher, I learned new things: I'd never even heard of Bennie's in Sharon before and had no idea that a comic shop opened last year in Hermitage. Thanks for the info - we'll have to make a drive out there!
I haven't been out to the LCS in a couple of weeks, this is like food for a starving man!
Was that formerly Copacetic?
yep!
Great commentary, but the camerawork… 😐