The Four Color Media Monitor

Centre Daily Times interviewed the manager of Comic Cove at State College, which was also spoken about last month, about how he decided to open a specialty store. Some of the subjects raised include:

To Behrens though, comic books are more than just a means of entertainment — they’re an art form, and throughout history they’ve been responsible for tackling complex social issues. Over the years comic books have addressed a number of topics, including drug abuse, racism, identity issues and more, Behrens said.

Does he find it disappointing how, in the past decade, the anti-drug messages don't seem to be working anymore, and we've still got colossal problems with racism, including anti-white? The part about "identity issues" is also fishy, and before we get to more on that, here's the part about marketing for children:

He also sees his comic book shop as a means of connecting with the community, and bringing comic books back into the worlds of children.

“Whenever I was a kid, comic books were for everyone to read and enjoy — kids and adults alike,” Behrens said. “They were also affordable too. Nowadays, comic books aren’t as affordable as they once were. The rise of serious comic books collectors have inflated the market, meaning that they aren’t as affordable for children and teens anymore.”

He’s hoping that the Comic Cove can change that — or at least in this area.

Well if he promotes any comics that deal in what was strongly hinted at earlier, like "identity issues", which could mean LGBT ideology, among other stuff that could be very far-left and inappropriate, then so much for hoping changes can be made for the better.

When a customer steps foot inside the store, they’ll be greeted on one side by comic books in boxes, listed in alphabetical order, and on the other side, a glass display case and several selves, showcasing some of the most valuable comic books that Behrens has to offer.

The most rare comic books in the store are two pieces published by the Timely Comics publishing company. According to Behrens, those two comics were made during a time period when a paper shortage was ongoing, meaning that the comics were more difficult to come by. They cost around $1,600 a piece.

The shop sells playing cards for the Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering games as well, with Behrens planning on building two new rooms in the store for card tournament play.

As I might've noted earlier, MTG is a card franchise that's said to have undergone terrible PC changes, not for the better, so what's the use of selling them now? That aside, if this store was really serious about promoting comics as an art form for reading, they wouldn't be going to such lengths to promote collecting high-priced pamphlets for speculators as they are here. A thousand and a half bucks may not be as much as what Golden Age Superman and Batman pamphlets sell for these days, but it's still way too much, and crystal clear no speculator who buys them is going to read them as well. And the issues will likely be slabbed in hard plastic, unreadable unless somebody opens the casing.

If Comics Cove's proprietor is serious about promoting reading material for children, then at least 2 key issues must be taken into consideration: anything actually aimed at children cannot contain elements that're considered unsuitable like what leftists promote these days, and it would do a lot of good if paperback/hardcover formats are requested as the way to sell for children's consumption to boot. No joke. The kind of absurd serial fiction format of the pamphlet is no longer viable, and specialists in comicdom have to show the courage to break free of the influence. Store managers have to prove they can actually raise these issues themselves, or not bother making the points they are already, if they can't ask hard questions out of worry the publishers might boycott them. That kind of cowardice is ruining everything.

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