School and State Fair Time Again – Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
This time in Minnesota. One of the things that Californians may not understand about the central Mississippi River corridor is the importance of the State Fair in each respective state. Iowa was last week, with all the extra attention of GQP presidential hopefuls and media. Less visible nationally, but larger and equally evident if not important is the Minnesota State Fair which starts on Thursday. In addition to bad food (and some good), thrill rides, hucksters, product demos, and more farm animals than any other major city in America, they have concentrated on good music for decades, and Minnesota’s music heritage offers a lot to work with. I’m hoping I can go and catch some on my days off. Weather should cool down from 98 to 80 by Saturday!
We may finally be over our Knight Terrors with 6 titles being the last of their respective short run, and DC has a few other titles, too. Spider-Man has a facsimile of 300, Thor is Immortal (guess that’s not news), Jean Grey has her first #1 under her name, and the rest of the shelves hold Power Rangers, Vampi, Battle Chasers, Turtles, King Kong, Addams Family, Darkwing, King Spawn, Rocketeer, Star Trek, Dead Romans, and Stranger Things.
We are still encouraging and welcoming masks, but not requiring them. You are only in our enclosed space for minutes, but Bob is there all day. We still need to be careful, people. Please tell Bob you appreciate how the store looks and feels. And help us keep them in order.
Thanks to League Of Comic Geeks for this week’s images, which are in some unusual, non-alphabetical order, and 8 across. So it’s a somewhat random sample. I’ll keep searching. Use the list, and MAYBE the pictures will be useful.
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DC Books
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Marvel Comics
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32 $ 3.99
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Marvel Comics
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News
COMIC SHOP NEWS #1879 $ FREE
DC CONNECT #40 $ FREE
DC Books
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Other Books
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Toys
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