http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/help-david-pirkola/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/help-david-pirkola/#comment-1406837 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:35:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/help-david-pirkola/#comment-1406837 I shop at Apparitions about once a month or so and this really shook me up. Dave is a nice guy who manages to remember my name even though I'm not an every Wednesday customer (meanwhile, I've been shopping at a store in a different West Michigan town for about 20 years and every time I see he owner he acts like he's never seen me before). When I self-published a comic a year and a half ago, Dave agreed to stock some copies and even made a shelf-talker for me (we ended up selling out our original stock- I think mostly due to Dave's help in marketing). I wish him the speediest of recoveries... I shop at Apparitions about once a month or so and this really shook me up. Dave is a nice guy who manages to remember my name even though I’m not an every Wednesday customer (meanwhile, I’ve been shopping at a store in a different West Michigan town for about 20 years and every time I see he owner he acts like he’s never seen me before). When I self-published a comic a year and a half ago, Dave agreed to stock some copies and even made a shelf-talker for me (we ended up selling out our original stock- I think mostly due to Dave’s help in marketing). I wish him the speediest of recoveries…

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/help-david-pirkola/#comment-1404096 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:31:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/help-david-pirkola/#comment-1404096 I drive by Apparitions every day on my way home from work. I haven't been in there since I was a young lad buying super hero books, and that was a looong time ago. It is certainly not the kind of place any self respecting criminal would look to score, what a senseless crime. I may have to stop in tonight and pick up a few items. Let's put that economic stimulus check to good use. I really hope this charity auction thing works out too, it warms my heart to see the community rally around a fallen comrade like this. I drive by Apparitions every day on my way home from work. I haven’t been in there since I was a young lad buying super hero books, and that was a looong time ago. It is certainly not the kind of place any self respecting criminal would look to score, what a senseless crime. I may have to stop in tonight and pick up a few items. Let’s put that economic stimulus check to good use. I really hope this charity auction thing works out too, it warms my heart to see the community rally around a fallen comrade like this.

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