KMcustomer: *asks for a recommendation*
me: oh you'll love this new graphic novel about--
customer: oh no not that. a real book.
🙃🙃🙃
Christopher Jacob😬🇹🇹@kmbezner When I tell you I feel this in my soul
@MegiddoJones
all the friggin time. and almost always from parents.
all the friggin time. and almost always from parents.
@kmbezner This actually happened to me with Saga. I was talking about it with a friend and this woman was like, Oh that book sounds Lovely, I'd like to buy it. When she saw it was a comic she screwed her face and went "Isn't that for children?"
@MegiddoJones
HAHAHAHA.
yeah. go read saga to your 9 year old.
this woman today was looking for something for a middle schooler who reads at a near adult level, but who isn't ready for anything too dark/heavy, and we have a bunch of comics perfect for that, but very few novels that cover that gap
@kmbezner I almost wanted to say Black science or the Unwritten, but some of the arcs in those get super Heavy
@MegiddoJones I was trying to recommend Witch Boy, a lovely sweet coming of age story.
on the plus side, it has sold better than any of my other staff picks
@kmbezner Lol wow,I just realized I need tamer Staff picks. My tamest one might be I hate fairyland.
@MegiddoJones NICE. we're a traditional book store, so our comics selection is relatively small. I like to order and recommend comics whenever I can, but I also feel bad cause if we order a bunch and they don't sell we usually return them ☹
@kmbezner Mine is traditional too but, My boss is pretty open to what he wants to offer. And I usually work to local convention circuit so, it'snot hard to get people to come for comics.
Jim Shepherd@kmbezner This is where having the ability to summon a really large fresh fish to slap them with would come in real handy.
@Zathraslives but to be fair, they do have a point. I mean we all know that artwork lowers the intellectual value of anything, which is why we closed all museums and canceled art forever
@kmbezner I'll remember that when my MOMA membership is due for renewal! The "comics are for kids" mindset has annoyed me for decades. But hey, if it isn't their thing, it isn't their thing. Still, fish summoning power... would make you very popular with cats, and sushi chefs.
@Zathraslives *gasp* CAT SUSHI CHEFS
ok I'm in
@kmbezner Awesome. I'm visualizing Baron from The Cat Returns, behind the counter.
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Marianne Kirby (The Rotund)