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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Apr 28, 2020, 02:31 PM Apr 2020

Aftertime Comics Folds Up, Waits for Pandemic to End Before Reopening in New Space

Gosh, I sort of hate to come bursting in here like this, but I think this thread will be okay. I know where the store is, or was, and I think I've been in there. They used to sell skateboards too, IIRC. I could be wrong.

Aftertime Comics Folds Up, Waits for Pandemic to End Before Reopening in New Space

James Cullum April 27, 2020 at 11:30am



For David Erskine, the last 35 years have passed like the pages of a must-read comic book, and on Saturday he did the unthinkable and took down the sign outside his shop, Aftertime Comics.

“We’re all done here,” Erskine told ALXnow as he unscrewed the sign.

The coronavirus pandemic stalled his plans to reopen next month at a new location on N. Washington Street in time for the busiest day of the year — Free Comic Book Day on May 2. But with the day postponed, Erskin has decided to cool his heels until the smoke clears and restrictions are lifted before reopening his shop.

Most comic book sales for the shop are online, and interested customers will need to see what’s available on its Facebook page.

Like many superheroes, Erskine has another identity. By day he’s a general clerk for bulk mail with the U.S. Postal Service. He’s collected comic books since he was five years old, and got hooked selling them after attending his first convention in the early 1970s.

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