Hello strangers!
My name is Erin. I own and operate Alter Ego, an indy friendly comic book store in Marion, Iowa.
I opened my store in 1996, which means this is my 12th glorious year of bringing comics to the masses.
By "glorious", I mean "sometimes difficult" and by "masses" I mean the Cedar Rapids/Marion metropolitan area.
I'm married to a swell fella' by the name of Jeremy. Togetehr we enjoy playing video games and going to comic book conventions. This year we celebrated 11 years of marriage.
Check out Jeremy's MySpace page here!
I don't have any children, don't plan on having any children and don't really like children. I do have a dog though, and she is pretty cute. If you visit Alter Ego when I'm working you'll probably meet her.
I didn't always want to own a comic book store. For a while I wanted to be an interior decorator. And then a scientist. And then maybe a teacher. And then a travel agent. And then a hockey player. Or a pirate. Not the kind that sails the high seas plundering, but the kind that illegaly copies movies and sells them. But, I ended up selling comics and it's not so bad. I meet good people, new products come out every week, I get to go to conventions and have my store pay for it, I get to bring my dog to work...it's not bad at all. Except when I actually have to do real work. That's not cool.
I like to travel, maybe a little too much. I like eating at restaurants, maybe a little too much. I like shopping at Target, maybe a little too much.
