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Star Clipper

Purveyors of Pop Culture

About Me


My Interests

Comics, graphic novels, DIY design, limited edition toys, street art, obscure music, and our new ART GALLERY!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone in the comic industry, or patron of the arts! Please drop us a line anytime to say hello. We also love meeting fellow fans of Comics, Graphic Novels, Art, Designer Toys, Fumetti, Urban Vinyl, J-Pop, J-Rock, Asian Horror, Manga, Zines, Imports, Pocky, Ramune, and the like!

Music:

Beck, Wilco, Rasputina, Belle and Sebastian, Imogen Heap, The Decemberists, The Postal Service, Prefuse 73, The Raveonettes, DJ Shadow, The Stone Roses, Interpol, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Oasis, Jem, Kaiser Chiefs, Kupek, Aphex Twin, Ladytron, Andrew Bird, Breakestra, Death Cab for Cutie, R.L. Burnside, Radiohead, Iggy Pop, Franz Ferdinand, Gito Gito Hustler, The Bravery, The Rolling Stones, Mazzy Star, The Strokes, Super Furry Animals, Cibo Matto, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Puffy AmiYumi, New Order, The New Pornographers, Bloc Party, The Faint, OK Go, The Hives, Outkast, Cat Power, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Marvin Gaye, Neko Case, The Pernice Brothers, Luscious Jackson, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Kruder & Dorfmeister, The White Stripes, Phantom Planet, The Pillows, Yoko Kanno, The Pixies, Cornelius, Pizzicato Five, The Vines, Thievery Corporation, Stereolab, Pearl Jam, Morrissey, Gorillaz, Le Tigre, David Byrne, Metric, Nada Surf, The Kills, Portishead, LCD Soundsystem, Tom Waites, Joy Division, XTC, REM, Beatles, Devo, The Beastie Boys, The Avalanches

Movies:

We like foreign, Asian horror, action and sci-fi. Baby that's just how we rock it. Favorites include: Battle Royale; The Devil's Backbone; Akira; Shaolin Soccer; Princess Monno-nonno-noke; Donnie Darko; Beautiful Boxer; Kung Fu Hustle; any Zatoichi; Spirited Away; Harry Potter, The Triplets of Belleville; Das Experiment; The Incredibles; Perfect Blue; Sorum; Syriana; 2046; Office Space; X-Men trilogy; Ong Bak; Sin City; Nightwatch; Shaun of the Dead; Raise the Red Lantern; Abre los Ojos; Shower; Chaos; Superman Returns; 9 Souls; Infernal Affairs; Versus; Murderball; Blue Spring (buy the comic, it's even better than the film); Underworld: Evolution; and Intacto.

Books:

You want books? Star Clipper has books. With over 10,000 in stock graphic novels and manga, you're sure to find what you need. We are proud to carry books from every major comic book publisher, dozens of high-quality publications from indepent comic publishing houses as well as art and specialty books to appeal to any lover of print. Here's a working list of creators we like in no particular order, and friends, forgive us if we've forgotten you:Jeff Smith, Terry Moore, Scott Kurtz, Gail Simone, James Robinson, Geoff Johns, Peter David, Mark Millar, Reginald Hudlin, David Lapham, Chuck Dixon, Brain Azzarello, Joe Kelly, Grant Morrison, Kurt Busiek, Andy Diggle, Garth Ennis, Matt Wagner, Ron Marz, Rumiko Takahashi, Lynda Barry, David Eggers, Frank Kozik, Tim Biskup and Seonna Hong, Los Bros Hernandez, Gary Panter, Charles Burns, the Wachowski Brothers, Steve Niles, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Chris Ware, Adrian Tomine, Dan Clowes, John Romita Jr., Alex Maleev, Scott McDaniel, Jeph Loeb, Howard Porter, Doug Mahnke, Kyle Baker, Tony Harris, Pia Guerra, Ed McGuinness, Jae Lee, Phil Hester, Harvey Pekar, Junji Ito, Suehiro Maruo, Yoshitomo Nara, Tony Millionaire, Mark Beyer, David Rees, Phoebe Gloeckner, Seth, Jhonen Vasquez, Ted Naifeh, Jim Mahfood, Geoff Darrow, Ben Templesmith, Brian K. Vaughn, Warren Ellis, Bill Willingham, Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Miller, Judd Winick, Brad Meltzer, Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker, J. Michael Straczynski, Mike Carey, Mark Waid, Greg Rucka, Ryan Ottley, Rags Morales, Jim Lee, John Cassaday, Eric Powell, Alex Ross, Frank Cho, Michael Turner, David Finch, Adam Kubert.

Heroes:

Danager by Dan McNamara!

My Blog

MONSTERS ARE AMONG US AT THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER THIS SUMMER

MONSTERS ARE AMONG US AT THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER THIS SUMMER STAR CLIPPER A PROMOTIONAL PARTNER Monsters! The Art & Technology of Animatronics Exhibition Makes Movie Moguls of Vis...
Posted by Star Clipper on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:01:00 PST

MONSTERS ARE AMONG US AT THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER THIS SUMMER

MONSTERS ARE AMONG US AT THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER THIS SUMMER STAR CLIPPER A PROMOTIONAL PARTNER Monsters! The Art & Technology of Animatronics Exhibition Makes Movie Moguls of Vis...
Posted by Star Clipper on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:01:00 PST

Free? You Love Free

Coming your way the first Saturday in May,Star Clipper is participating in Free Comic Book Day! As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty sh...
Posted by Star Clipper on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:19:00 PST

MUNNY Show 3.0 Is April 18!!

All right, folks, here it comes one more time for good measure!! I really hope you’ll come out to this year’s Star Clipper St. Louis MUNNY Show 3.0 and hang out, get some brewski’s c...
Posted by Star Clipper on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:42:00 PST

Star Clipper St. Louis MUNNY Show 3.0

Star Clipper is pleased to announce the third St. Louis MUNNY Show on Friday, April 18, celebrating the phenomenon of vinyl toys as well as our 20 Year Anniversary! This yea...
Posted by Star Clipper on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

Star Clipper Celebrates 20 Years

Did you know that Star Clipper is 20 years old in 2008? Not bad for your neighborhood comic shop. The industry has seen a lot of change in these 20 years, and we're really proud to have been a part of...
Posted by Star Clipper on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:47:00 PST

Star Clipper Snags Best of St. Louis 2007 Win!

Hey everbody: Star Clipper just got named Best Comic Book Store in St. Louis for 2007 by The Riverfront Times! Here's the writeup below: BEST COMIC BOOK STORE 2007 STAR CLIPPER  "Lately we've enj...
Posted by Star Clipper on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:49:00 PST

Star Clipper at The Big Read in Clayton

Star Clipper at The Big Read in Clayton, presented by Centene CorporationSaturday, October 6, 2007, 9 AM to 5 PMStar Clipper will be a Big Exhibitor at the Big Read in Clayton's Central Business Di...
Posted by Star Clipper on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:12:00 PST

Check out this event: John Porcellino & Indie Icon Signing

Hosted By: Star ClipperWhen: Wednesday Oct 17, 2007 at 5:00 PMWhere: Star Clipper6392 Delmar Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63130United StatesDescription: Star Clipper Click Here To View EventJohn Porcellino, Ke...
Posted by Star Clipper on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:03:00 PST

Check out this event: Human Hair Show

Star Clipper is pleased to present the incredible original prints of Sam McPheeters and Neil Burke in the Human Hair show, running October 5 to November 5, 2007 in the Star Clipper gallery.Sam McPhe...
Posted by Star Clipper on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST