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About Me

Austin Books & Comics has been a N. Lamar fixture since 1977. Originally, it was called Austin Books and Fantasy. These days, the only thing remaining of the fantasy is the unicorn sign out front. The year 2000 saw Austin Books & Comics being inducted into the Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Hall of Fame. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Austin Books & Comics was a runner-up for the Will Eisner Spirit of Retail Award. Wizard Magazine called us one of the top five places to satisfy your indie comics jones. Patton Oswalt also told Wizard we were his favorite comic shop away from home.
Our specialty is comics, new and old, though we do also carry a full line of toys, t-shirts, posters, and other assorted goodies. Most new comics can be found on "The Wall", an 80-foot-long expanse of shocking color and eye-catching visuals. Our back issues fill our warehouse-style back room in attractive back issue bins, and were described by the Austin Chronicle as being "impressive as the unearthed Library of Alexandria." For the keen-eyed collector and vintage comic enthusiast, we have over 50 boxes and a wall display of what we call "Showcase Comics." These are Golden and Silver Age comics that exemplify the rich history and classic creators of our industry. We also have one of the largest collections of trade paperbacks and manga available, and it is celebrated everyday with 10% off trades, graphic novels and manga.
We have comics for anyone and everyone to enjoy, so stop in to pick up your usual stuff or for a recommendation. Any of the tireless, devoted employees will be happy to help you out. Most of them are listed as Friends below. Brad owns and runs the shop, so he has no time for MySpace. Brandon, Anthony, Matt, Nolan, Kelly, Katy, Seth and Dale all have MySpace accounts and they're always happy to answer questions.(Speaking of, the opinions and MySpace pages of the employees of Austin Books & Comics are theirs and theirs alone. Enter at your own risk.) Feel free to add us, we're pretty nifty people. Rob avoids MySpace entirely, so you'll just have to come in to find out what comics he likes.
You can learn more at www.austinbooks.com if you're so inclined.

My Interests

Comic Books

I'd like to meet:

Stan Lee. We've met a lot of cool people, but Stan should come in someday.

Music:

Come check out our store playlist! It consists of over 5 days of songs that don't drop the f-bomb. You might get lucky and hear a song from "Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero".

Movies:

We love them, too.

Television:

We watch a fair amount of it, yes.

Books:

Are you serious? We can't name them all!

Heroes:

Way too many to name. We'll just leave it at quintessential hero Chewbacca.

My Blog

New Comics Day * 04-30-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 04-30-08Free Comic Book Day May 3rd!That's right, it's almost that time again! On Saturday, May 3rd, we'll be opening early (8pm) so everyone can get their free comics.We'...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:00 PST

New Comics Day * 04-23-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 04-23-08Shipping Delay This Week"What? But there's no holiday or anything!" That's true. But if you've been shopping with us for awhile, you know that on occassion boxes g...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:16:00 PST

New Comics Day * 04-16-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 04-16-08Nat Gertler signing April 16th Nat Gertler, the creator behind Licensable BearTM, will be here on April 16th from 4 to 7pm. He'll be signing copies of Many Happy R...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

New Comics Day * 04-09-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 04-09-08Check out all the upcoming events here at Austin Books!Aqua Leung signing withPaul MayburyWe’re happy to welcome back artist Paul Maybury for a signing on We...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:49:00 PST

New Comics Day * 04-02-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 04-02-08Raw Comics, Anyone? Those of you that stopped in for back issues last Saturday enjoyed a rare bonus. We were organizing many collections that we’ve recently ...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:12:00 PST

New Comics Day * 3-26-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 03-26-08Bagged Sets Now that we’re opening the back issue storage area every Saturday (from 10 am to 5 pm), we’re getting caught up on going through back issue...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:07:00 PST

New Comics Day * 3-19-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 02-20-08Back Issues We’re thinking maybe one day per month isn’t enough for those of you that like to shop for back issues. So, we’re going to open the b...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:54:00 PST

New Comics Day * 03-12-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 03-12-08John Hicklenton SigningIn conjunction with the SXSW premiere of Here's Johnny, a new film about artist John Hicklenton and his battle against Multiple Sclerosis, w...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:22:00 PST

New Comic Day 03-05-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 02-20-08Back Issues?We're going to open our storage area for back issue browsing and sales on Saturday, March 6th. We plan on doing this once a month until the back issues...
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:38:00 PST

New Comics Day 02-27-08

Shipping This Week * Week of 02-20-08The Nearly Infamous ZangoLaziest Launch Party Ever!We can't even begin to tell you how excited we are about a lazy launch party. Be here on New Comic Wednesay Feb....
Posted by Austin Books and Comics on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:17:00 PST