Comic Book Candy

Chicago winters are a very resilient disease. All of the symptoms disappear and then BAM; you have an outbreak of blustery wind and freezing rain. It is nice to have more excuses to stay inside and read comics on a Friday night, and also make chai tea from a recipe found in a graphic novel. That narrows down the list of books right away, but in this case the recipe is from fellow Chi-town resident Lucy Knisley's collection Make Yourself Happy . If you aren't familiar with this up and coming writer / artist, you can check out her webcomic series titled Stop Paying Attention . She also contributed to Marvel's recent Girl Comics anthology (her story is in the first issue and features an adorable Doc Oc). I first became familiar with Knisley's work when she chronicled her attempt at a cleansing diet in "The Fast" which was linked on BoingBoing , and it's also collected in Make Yourself Happy. Her numerous nerdy references and self-deprecating humor make her ...

    Location: 6234 N Broadway in Edgewater   Public Transit: Nearest bus is the Broadway #36; Nearest train is the Redline Granville stop. Hours: Monday Closed Tuesday 11:00 - 6:00 Wednesday 11:00 - 7:30 Thursday 11:00 - 7:00 Friday 11:00 - 7:00 Saturday 11:00 - 7:00 Sunday 12:00 - 6:00   Website(s): http://www.thirdcoastcomics.com/   Third Coast Comics was a great place to start my comic book store project (more details here ). It's a well lit, well stocked store with friendly staff. First off, I did not inform employees of the project until after I'd had a good browse around. Doing this gave me a better impression of how any customer off of the street would be treated as opposed to the girl carrying a massive camera and asking lots of questions (that comes later). I came in on a Thursday, a relatively quiet day, but several customers came and went during my walk through. You won't get a better impression of a store than by seeing how customers a...