Two months ago, I moved from Texas to Massachusetts. Not only that, I moved from Austin to Plymouth, meaning I went from a city with 5 or 6 solid comicbook stores to a town with none. I knew it'd be a challenge to find a store close enough with a selection big and consistent enough for me to be able to get all the titles I wanted each week. And even when I located a few in the general area, none of them were quite up to snuff. Poor organization, under-ordering, and geographical distance kept any of the first several stores I checked out from becoming "my" new local comicbook shop.
Then I got a job in Worcester, and someone I know who lives there recommended that I check out That's Entertainment. He promised me it would blow my mind, and you know what? That's just what it did.
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Subscription list service? Check. Clearly organized shelves with all the new titles? Check. Free ordering for anything they're missing? Check. Back issues? Check, and then a second check because they have so damn many of them, and they are super cheap, AND I get 10% off for having a sub list. That's Entertainment is like something out of a dream, not because it's super flashy or has a million amazing deals or anything gimmicky like that. It's just so reliably well-stocked, well-managed, and full to the brim with so many different comicbooks, I could spend all day there without fully digging into it all.
There's also a wide selection of games (board, tabletop RPG, card, video, etc.), DVD's, toys, and other assorted collectibles. Plus they'll buy any of that stuff from you. And they're all super nice folks! It's a great atmosphere, with plenty of space to move around despite how much they have available.
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So yeah, That's Entertainment takes the cake, as far as I'm concerned. If everything I mentioned above isn't enough to convince you, here's my favorite part: they've got their own parking, right next to the building, on Lois Lane.
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| I probably should've shot this so you could see the store in the background, but trust me, it's there |
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