The above phrase should have been taken down in a statement to the police on why I had to strange a woman who came into the store with her young daughter and son. You think this kind of thing wouldn’t happen; I’m fairly obviously a female behind the counter of a comic shop and so [...]
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Morale Low
January 12, 2008 – 10:00 pm
They took my front counter pick away.
Before my shift was over at the store, they took my front counter pick away and replaced it with something else. The manager said it was because I was going to be off work soon, but this was the first time any of my suggestions had been taken away [...]
Attitude Adjustment
October 20, 2007 – 12:52 pm
I am one lucky gal.
When things get me down, when I’m starting to frown and think Marvel Comics just might have blown a gasket and gotten turned around somewhere that I don’t want to follow anymore, I am seriously seriously lucky to have one of the new Amazing Spider-Man writers come into the store and [...]
My Brush with Greatness
October 6, 2007 – 10:28 pm
So we may not be Golden Apple or Mile High, but I have to say that Metro Entertainment gets a fair amount of celebrity customers (one of whom’s going to be writing Amazing Spider-Man soon but won’t be named until I get his permission). And while I may have shown Crispin Glover where the Daniel [...]
Change! Really!
September 6, 2007 – 2:02 pm
I mean it! Change is coming to this site!
But in the meantime, enjoy Metro Entertainment’s sexy new layout.
How Unnerving
August 30, 2007 – 10:03 pm
Yeah, we’re in chrysalis mode here at Snap Judgments, big changes coming soon to layout and whatnot. Change is good!
But not some change. At the store, we try to be careful on what kids can and cannot get their grubby little hands on when it comes to common perceptions of ‘inappropriate material’. [...]
Name Drop It Like It’s Hot
August 22, 2007 – 12:56 pm
So, in sexy, sunny and very nearly on fire Santa Barbara, CA, we had a special vistor in the store the other day. And I’m not talking about one of the upcoming writers on the ‘Brand New Day’ version of Amazing Spider-Man either.
While I was at lunch (of course!), one Joe Johnston came into the [...]
Crime Wave Hits Southern California!
August 11, 2007 – 12:46 pm
Well, not but an hour after I posted my last here at Snap Judgments, I manged to contract the throat cold that one of our customers had been sporting for the last couple weeks. My sinuses exploded, I lost my voice, started up a little fever and the manager sent me home, making sure i [...]
Against Better Judgment
August 8, 2007 – 12:43 pm
Sorry about the lack of preview reviews; UPS stiffed us again with the magical mighty envelope of power that fuels my Marvel enthusiasm so I find myself a little floundering. I should be picking up some of my pull (maybe people might be curious about the books I deign to pay money for) and oh [...]
We’re DOOOOMED!
Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker leave the Immortal Iron Fist in the hands of Duane Swierczynski.
Now, on one hand, this shouldn’t be that big of a threat to the guy buying comics. Brubaker and Fraction get right to it when asked about what it was that made Danny Rand’s adventures such a big hit and [...]