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| - Carol and John's is the frickin' Superman of comics shops. They're clean, friendly, willing to steer you in the right direction, and cheerfully in the thrall of the best kinds of capitalism (the kind where they sell you not only what you want, but sell you things you never knew you needed).
Let me be clear: I want to hug Carol and John's Comic Shop. I want them to have my comicky babies, but because in-vitro fertilization from businesses to male humans is currently impossible, I just hand them wads of cash. In return, I get great service, the best selection of comic books in the area, and invites to their late-night parties with beer, juggling, Guitar Hero, nerdcore DJs, and 50% off specials.
If you'd never been to a comic book shop before, you'd think that Carol and John's was a very neat, well-kept, and surprisingly large shop with attractive Japanese toys and The Great Wall of Graphic Novels starting at the windowfront and vanishing off over the horizon.
But if you have been to OTHER comic book shops and seen the filthy, cluttered, misogyny-strewn abbatoirs where shaggy men with rotting Fritos lodged in their beards grudgingly pull themselves away from their World of Warcraft game to ring you up with a snarl - as though taking your money was an inconvenience - well....
You start to get angry. "WHY CAN'T EVERY COMIC STORE BE LIKE THIS?" you thunder. "IT'S NOT THAT HARD!" But Carol and John's makes it look effortless, putting your comics aside and recommending the new comics that are to YOUR tastes.
It is, in short, a comic book store that makes you believe in comic books. They are brilliant. They are wonderful. If you like comic books at all, this is your Mecca. Go now, and enjoy the wonder.
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