tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post3613047955188667633..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: The Late, Lamented Moondance ComicsA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-82800011249215077482023-10-11T06:44:43.220-05:002023-10-11T06:44:43.220-05:00Whoa, Hampshire Mall, Hadley, MA!
I worked there ...Whoa, Hampshire Mall, Hadley, MA!<br /><br />I worked there for a year or so.shadowfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024745044730301470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-7944031664221245862015-11-15T12:26:16.389-06:002015-11-15T12:26:16.389-06:00WOW - I've never seen this photo. A moment in...WOW - I've never seen this photo. A moment in time that changed my beloved's life forever. Thank you, Dave xKaren Pratt Smith (Zulli)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-64328377332947804502014-07-01T19:29:31.859-05:002014-07-01T19:29:31.859-05:00And there's my dear friend Harry Kremer from N...And there's my dear friend Harry Kremer from Now and Then Books in Kitchener in the background!CerebusTVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-64436616592381312652014-06-30T13:30:35.385-05:002014-06-30T13:30:35.385-05:00Yeah, rock-star Dave days. You still got that kne...Yeah, rock-star Dave days. You still got that knee-length leather coat, Dave?Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-25618307304467316832014-06-30T10:49:09.945-05:002014-06-30T10:49:09.945-05:00Comics historians sometimes claim that the Direct ...Comics historians sometimes claim that the Direct Market saved the comics industry from the low-profit, inefficient, outright fraudulent, and Mafia-controlled Independent Distributor system, and there's something to that. The smaller, independent publishers (A-V, WaRP, Fantagraphics, Eclipse, First, Pacific, Malibu, Image) probably couldn't have arisen without the DM. Dave himself championed the non-returnability aspect of that market (and, later, the speculators' boom of the 1990s) as being a great advantage to the self-publishing creator.<br /><br />The downside of that is that the comics industry turned inward, becoming more insular. Fans would make the deliberate journey to the local comics shop, and civilians would rarely encounter comics at all and thus never have the opportunity to become fans and readers.<br /><br />So placing comics shops in malls was probably a good idea, ensuring a steady stream of pass-by traffic, some of whom would wander into a comics shop if the business looked attractive and become customers.<br /><br />One downside of that is that mall rents tend to be prohibitively expensive to smaller, independent, low-profit businesses.<br /><br /> -- Damian T. Lloyd, pos<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-61940709334250640132014-06-30T01:49:59.753-05:002014-06-30T01:49:59.753-05:00Looks like Kevin Eastman was going to tell Dave &q...Looks like Kevin Eastman was going to tell Dave "you ain't Fat, you ain't nothin'! You ain't nothin'!" And then sing a delightful Michael Jackson parody.<br /><br />"Upscale shopping mall" is a contradiction in terms, no?Travis Pelkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-22116762859261528092014-06-29T23:34:47.425-05:002014-06-29T23:34:47.425-05:00Horrible sign, cramped quarters, bad fashion. Tak...Horrible sign, cramped quarters, bad fashion. Takes me back...Birdsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829558355806670311noreply@blogger.com