Berkeley-ites: Riches Await You!
Berkeley-ites: Riches Await You!
Jun 25Hey, do you live in Berkeley? Do you like comics? If so, you might want to toddle on over to Half Price Books (conveniently located next to the amazing Comic Relief on Shattuck), which currently has a small-but-pretty-neat selection of graphic novels available at a con-worthy discount. I spotted some Andi Watson Love Fights, a near-pristine copy of Lynda Barry’s wonderful One Hundred Demons and a couple of Ellis tomes.
Most curiously, there was a copy of Come in Alone signed by the man himself “to Marti.” WTF, Marti?! Why are you giving up your autographed Warren Ellis stuff? I’ll try to give you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you had TWO autographed copies and decided to be generous. Maybe you needed money for text books and Half Price cut you a deal. Maybe you just went through a bad break-up with an Ellis-loving SO and the memories were too painful. Maybe you’re moving somewhere where people are only allowed to have ONE BOOK AT A TIME and you chose something else. Whatever the case, someone else can now benefit from your stupidity/generosity/heartbreak.
Sarah, you need to hit every Half-Price Books location you can find on your trip. Or ever. In your lifetime.
I went on a business trip to Dallas last year, and had a huge list of comic shops and Half-Price Books to hit up. I made out WAY better at the Half-Price Books than I did at the comic shops. TONS of cheapie trades, old and new, in a variety of genres. Plus some of them have CDs and DVDs too.
Heaven is a Half-Priced Books.
Oh, that’s great to know! Thanks for the tip. I’ve been to the one in Berkeley lots, but I don’t think I even knew they were a chain. They also had a bunch of dinged-up floppies for cheap. Pretty cool.