By Megan M. Seckman
Sonya Linser, 49, walked into what was supposed to hold upwards a part-time chore at The Great Escape 21 years agone as well as never left. Once she stepped human foot into the quirky solid soil of comic culture, she straight off felt at home.
“It’s almost similar working inwards Mayberry. The carpets are duct-taped to the floor, it feels similar a basement, as well as you lot run into the same shy, eclectic customers each calendar week — closed to of whom I convey pulled comics for for years,” Sonya says of the store’s regular clientele, who hit inwards historic menses from slow 20s to 60s. There are 520 regular customers, primarily male, that Sonya as well as her loyal crew supply iii to 5 comic books for every week, although closed to regulars purchase 15-20 books on a weekly basis. “This hobby is a commitment!” she explains. “Most of my customers don’t resell their comics, as well as then they need a dedicated infinite to shop their massive collections. Louisville has an incredibly large grouping of people driven past times comics.”
Sonya read comics growing upwards because they were her “generation’s iPad.” Although the Archie serial was i of her favorites, she does non regard herself a comic nerd as well as avoids the superhero genre. “I run the place, merely my squad is entrenched inwards comics. They alive as well as breathe it. Comics are job of their solid soil as well as personality.”
What actually attracted her to this business, aside from the loyal clients as well as eccentric civilization of the store, was the mightiness of a graphic novel to visually tell a story. “I beloved creative sources as well as how fine art tin interpret into story. That is what drew me in. Graphic novels are non ‘less than’ novels, as well as that may hold upwards hard for parents to understand. Many reluctant readers, my boy included, larn to beloved reading through graphic novels. Bone [by Jeff Smith] helped my boy River (16) transition to reading past times allowing him to recognize the construction of a novel. It’s actually an fantabulous tool for pedagogy reading as well as writing. I similar the to a greater extent than realistic graphic novels, as well as readership of this genre is growing.”
The Great Escape also allows Sonya to surroundings herself amongst novel artists, music, as well as popular civilization as well as is a non bad identify for this unmarried mom to immerse River as well as immature adult woman Kaiya (12) inwards culture, art, as well as the fine art of a non bad story.
Find out what this comic lady is reading, watching, as well as listening to…
Reading:
Watching:
“I roughshod into the Netflix trap similar everyone else, as well as then most of what I sentinel is reruns, when I convey the time. Right at nowadays I’m watching…
Listening to:
“I to a greater extent than ofttimes than non heed to older music unless I am exposed to something novel at the store. Right at nowadays I’m into...
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Sonya Linser, 49, walked into what was supposed to hold upwards a part-time chore at The Great Escape 21 years agone as well as never left. Once she stepped human foot into the quirky solid soil of comic culture, she straight off felt at home.
“It’s almost similar working inwards Mayberry. The carpets are duct-taped to the floor, it feels similar a basement, as well as you lot run into the same shy, eclectic customers each calendar week — closed to of whom I convey pulled comics for for years,” Sonya says of the store’s regular clientele, who hit inwards historic menses from slow 20s to 60s. There are 520 regular customers, primarily male, that Sonya as well as her loyal crew supply iii to 5 comic books for every week, although closed to regulars purchase 15-20 books on a weekly basis. “This hobby is a commitment!” she explains. “Most of my customers don’t resell their comics, as well as then they need a dedicated infinite to shop their massive collections. Louisville has an incredibly large grouping of people driven past times comics.”
Sonya read comics growing upwards because they were her “generation’s iPad.” Although the Archie serial was i of her favorites, she does non regard herself a comic nerd as well as avoids the superhero genre. “I run the place, merely my squad is entrenched inwards comics. They alive as well as breathe it. Comics are job of their solid soil as well as personality.”
What actually attracted her to this business, aside from the loyal clients as well as eccentric civilization of the store, was the mightiness of a graphic novel to visually tell a story. “I beloved creative sources as well as how fine art tin interpret into story. That is what drew me in. Graphic novels are non ‘less than’ novels, as well as that may hold upwards hard for parents to understand. Many reluctant readers, my boy included, larn to beloved reading through graphic novels. Bone [by Jeff Smith] helped my boy River (16) transition to reading past times allowing him to recognize the construction of a novel. It’s actually an fantabulous tool for pedagogy reading as well as writing. I similar the to a greater extent than realistic graphic novels, as well as readership of this genre is growing.”
The Great Escape also allows Sonya to surroundings herself amongst novel artists, music, as well as popular civilization as well as is a non bad identify for this unmarried mom to immerse River as well as immature adult woman Kaiya (12) inwards culture, art, as well as the fine art of a non bad story.
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| Sonya flips finds an album from the Go-Gos, spell looking through a copious pick of vinyl albums. Photos past times Melissa Donald |
Find out what this comic lady is reading, watching, as well as listening to…
Reading:
- The Relaunch of the Archie Series: “I loved this serial every bit a kid, as well as the relaunch is awesome. The stories as well as characters are modern: they behave iPhones, as well as in that location is a novel gay character. They’ve done a prissy chore making the stories electrical current to appeal to teens. My immature adult woman Kaiya is reading this correct now.
- Blankets past times Craig Thompson: “This graphic novel is the autobiography of the author, who was brought upwards inwards a strict evangelical family. It tells of how he expresses to his household unit of measurement that he is non a Christian as well as has a lot of flashback as well as depth.”
- Paper Girls past times Brian K. Vaughn: “This volume is adjacent on my listing to read. It’s nearly a grouping of 12-year-old girls amongst a newspaper road inwards the slow ’80s. They are edgy as well as sneak cigarettes, as well as then this volume would also appeal to teen girls. It’s nearly outset jobs, mystery, as well as growing upwards inwards the suburbs.”
Watching:
“I roughshod into the Netflix trap similar everyone else, as well as then most of what I sentinel is reruns, when I convey the time. Right at nowadays I’m watching…
- Shameless
- Bloodline
- Dicte —This i is a Danish law-breaking serial that I am watching for the minute time!”
Listening to:
“I to a greater extent than ofttimes than non heed to older music unless I am exposed to something novel at the store. Right at nowadays I’m into...
- Talking Heads
- Aimee Mann
- The Clash
- The Beastie Boys —My boy is into them correct now, as well as then nosotros are listening to a lot of these guys inwards the auto correct now.”
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| This department of the shop includes dvds, cds, as well as albums. |