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size=2>Lee Schulte wrote: </FONT></DIV>
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size=2>"An acquaintance of mine, a resident of Boston, who does not know much
about comics however, has seen a place called Newbury Comics, but admits it
displays a good number of CD's, T-Shirts, and left-wing
propaganda."</FONT></DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial
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size=2>Not that there's anything wrong with "left-wing propaganda" in a
supposedly "free society", but please do not waste your time on visiting Newbury
Comics. It is a comics shop in name only. Few comics are on display,
and none that would interest the writer who originally asked the question.
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size=2>And, yes, there was far too much of the other stuff Lee mentioned.
My wife and I were in Boston last Thanksgiving, and I had to look into Newbury
out of curiousity. Was I ever disappointed. </FONT></DIV>
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size=2>In fact, the type of shop the original writer described does not really
exist in New York (my hometown), and I've rarely found it in other cities in
recent years. Mostly, they sell new comics and comics from recent years --
and lots of non-comics stuff. Your best bet is to tie a visit to the US
into the occurrence of a "big comic convention". There aren't very
many "little comic cons" </FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>anymore either, now that anyone, anywhere can
buy (or bid for) older comics online. </FONT></DIV>
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size=2>It's a shame that a visitor to the US can't find an easy place to obtain
some classic older American comics on his visit, but that seems to be the
reality of today. </FONT></DIV>
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size=2>Joe Torcivia. </DIV>
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