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Monday, February 06, 2006
More San Francisco hotspots (for hot nerds)
In San Francisco there are many fine comic book stores. But while you're in town you might want to check out two bookstores that offer a wide ranging trade selection.
Green Apple Books at 506 Clement Street is the Amoeba Music of books. You will spend a lot of time there and you will spend a lot of money. Lucky for you the books are sold at a discount. In the graphic novel section you'll find a variety of books that puts to shame anything at Borders and Barnes & Nobles. They've got plenty of out-of-print and rare books. When I was there I got two issues of the Penguin RAW. If I had the money to spend I would have gotten the slip-case hardcovers of the EC horror books. Alas, I had to spend money on sundry items like school and food. They also buy books so you can get rid of some old trades and then spend that money getting more comics on the convention floor. Think of it as a Las Vegas casino, but surrounded by Pho restaurants.
Aarvark Books at 227 Chruch St. (right there when you get off at the Church MUNI station) has a glorious comic section. It is glorious because it's obviously kept by people who know nothing of comics. There are about six boxes with the most random assortment of comics I've ever seen. One box had a Love & Rockets sketchbook for $9.50, a bunch of old Love & Rockets and then an issue of Good Housekeeping thrown in for good measure. I got a TIME2 book, some comic on Malcolm X (subtitled "The Angriest Man in America") and the Kyle Baker Birth of a Nation for ten dollars off. This is the place for old school trade paperbacks from DC and Marvel. I saw a bunch of those '80s Marvel graphic novels. One had the brilliant team-up of Power Pack and Cloak & Dagger, written by Bill Mantlo. That's Maximum '80s.
I mentioned the Independent Film Festival in my last post but forgot to tell you of the comics connection. If you're in town early you can check out the live action adaptation of Initial D by the guys who did Internal Affairs on the 7th. The Saturday of the con there's a screening of two episodes of Masters of Horror playing. The one directed by Dario Argento is based on Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson's Jenifer. Then you've got one by Don Coscarelli and Joe R. Lansdale, the team behind Bubba Ho-Tep. This is probably your only chance to see these on the big screen. Maybe you'll want to check them out after you go see Eric Powell at the Isotope.
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