JHU Comics, a NYC comic shop

[techvoodoo]

Fred, one of the contributors on my website NerdGoblin.com did a sit down interview with Nick of JHU Comics this past week. His article was published on the website today. Check it out.

 

 

JHU Comics: A Great Comic Shop Experience in NYC

[shadroch]

Jim Hanley was one of the rock stars of the NY comic scene.

 

[JohnFranklin]

For a "Nano" second I thought, "Wow, Johns Hopkins University" publishes comics.....

[spidrvacc]

My comic store when i grew up was his first store on Staten Island. Still there (moved 1 block away) 30 years later and when I started to work in Manhattan it was my Ny store along with Mdtown comics. Jim Hanleys is where I tried to sell my comics when I was young and saw the venom stuff and instead of selling my books I spent almost $100 on Spider man Venom books.

[Bird]

My comic store when i grew up was his first store on Staten Island. Still there (moved 1 block away) 30 years later and when I started to work in Manhattan it was my Ny store along with Mdtown comics. Jim Hanleys is where I tried to sell my comics when I was young and saw the venom stuff and instead of selling my books I spent almost $100 on Spider man Venom books.

 

Sounds like me today!

 

I have been to the Staten Island store a few times in the last 6 months or so. If I am driving into the city alone on the weekend for anything I often swing by there as they have a nice selection of recent variants and seem to rotate back issue stock so I often find something.

[shadroch]

Is Jim still involved in the SI store? I remember when Evan Dorkin worked there.

[Carl Elvis]

I thought JHU was long gone.

[spidrvacc]

If your old enough to hsve lived there on Staten Island back then there was Pauls Sweet Shop right accross the street from where JHU is now,. Where i got my comics and Kiss magazines. And down the block is a great music store where I took my guitar lessons. Pauls sweet shop made news years later when a mob body was found in the basement.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/nyregion/body-is-found-after-attempt-on-gotti-s-life.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/02/nyregion/3-sought-in-connection-with-si-body.html

[GM8]

I've been to JHU in midtown-south a number of times. They seem to have a good stock of new stuff. Even when new hot issues are sold-out elsewhere they seem to linger at this shop so if you want something new and can't find it this store may be a good one to check.