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Comic bookstore The Escapist to open on Claremont Ave. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011...
Famous bookstore cats Ash and Ember are alive and thriving, opening The Escapist Comic Bookstore Tuesday March 15th. But not until 10:30 pm so they can end the evening clawing open the new Wednesday comics right at midnight-oh-one Wednesday morning. Rowr!! Can you come? Snacks! Refreshments! Surprise guests! Treats! More new comics & books AND more vintage comics & graphic novels than...
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Comic bookstore The Escapist to open on Claremont Ave. | Berkeleyside - http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011...
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"Michael Chabon will be happy. A new comic bookstore, whose name was inspired by a character in one of Chabon’s own novels, will open soon just a hop and a skip away from his Berkeley home in the Claremont neighborhood. Jack Rems, owner of science fiction and fantasy bookstore Dark Carnival says he will open The Escapist at the retail space he owns two doors down from his shop at 3086 Claremont Avenue, and it will be stocked with the inventory he bought from Comic Relief, the venerable Berkeley store that closed down on Valentine’s Day. As we reported on January 18, Rems had originally wanted to take over the lease at the Comic Relief space at 2026 Shattuck Avenue. But, he says, that proved unworkable. “I was less than confident I could pay the rent there,” he says, explaining that the landlord, John Gordon, had made concessions to the previous tenants which he was reluctant to do with a new one. Rems also felt unsure about the potential of the location. “There are a lot of boarded-up...
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Famous bookstore cats Ash and Ember are alive and thriving, opening The Escapist Comic Bookstore Tuesday March 15th. But not until 10:30 pm so they can end the evening clawing open the new Wednesday comics right at midnight-oh-one Wednesday morning. Rowr!! Can you come? Snacks! Refreshments! Surprise guests! Treats! More new comics & books AND more vintage comics & graphic novels than...
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- Jay Sheckley
Comic bookstore The Escapist to open on Claremont Ave. - Berkeleyside - http://news.google.com/news...
Famous bookstore cats Ash and Ember are alive and thriving, opening The Escapist Comic Bookstore Tuesday March 15th. But not until 10:30 pm so they can end the evening clawing open the new Wednesday comics right at midnight-oh-one Wednesday morning. Rowr!! Can you come? Snacks! Refreshments! Surprise guests! Treats! More new comics & books AND more vintage comics & graphic novels than...
more...
- Jay Sheckley
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