Do any women work at your LCS?

[Patch]

That's
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[Brandon191]

Lots.

[Brian Defferding]

No.

[NickT]

They do at one, but it's not neccesarily what you'd call a proper LCS.

[joeAR]

I want to say that 2 work at mine.

[Albert]

They do at one, but it's not neccesarily what you'd call a proper LCS.

Is it IMproper?

[markgrayson]

Yep. This nice lady named Laurie runs the shop. Kinda jumpy though.

[Lab-Rat]

Yes. quite a few.

[Jew Mafia]

One did at my old shop, about uhm, 10 years ago.

[Raphael J]

I know St. Marks and Midtown Comics do. I'm not too sure about Forbidden Planet though. I haven't seen any women working there but it's probably the store, of the three, that I've gone to the least.

[Cth]

Yup.

[RegularJoe]

one about 16/17 or so. kinda interesting to watch people walk in and be incapable of taking their eyes off her. she's cute, but not that hot. but she's a girl in a comic store.

[Patch]

First store I frequented: 0.

Second store: 2. This was also, by far, from both its male and female employees, the most customer-friendly store I'd shopped at. Also the cleanest and most well-lit.

Current store: 0.

[bartleby]

one about 16/17 or so. kinda interesting to watch people walk in and be incapable of taking their eyes off her. she's cute, but not that hot. but she's a girl in a comic store.

It's like a variation on The Cheerleader Effect (see also: The Bridesmaid Paradox; Sorority Girl Syndrome; and for a brief window in the Nineties, the Spice Girls Conspiracy).

[Supajoe]

at my old shop, one of the dudes that works there is now a chick.

yeah.

[Akira]

Yep, one of the coolest women I know period.

[NickT]

Is it IMproper?
:lol:


It's not just comics, it's various geeky stuff. Forbidden Planet, I assume the US ones are similar.


Although, one thing I thought shows how comics are becoming more popular. When I got into comics the comics were upstairs, with a small wall of singles and a small double sided stand of trades. Now they're downstairs, a big wall of singles and a long stand of trades.

[Whip]

I go to two. One is family-owned, with half of it being owned by the guy's mother.

The other one has a girl, too. She's really nice and kind of geeky-chic. She usually organizes the Heroes Clix and Magic tourneys there.

[Briomega]

at my old shop, one of the dudes that works there is now a chick.

yeah.

Yeah, I still go there. Was a ...shock, to say the least.

[RebootedCorpse]

One. But she looks like Ernest Borgnine.
Really. She does.

[schizorabbit]

One. But she looks like Ernest Borgnine.
Really. She does.

I have a potential female client that looks like Johnny Cash. Maybe you and I can set 'em on a date!!!

[Ray G.]

Two did. They were both very attractive women. They were prone to wearing t-shirts corresponding to various superheroines. You can imagine they got a lot of attention from some of the guys.

Then, one day, they just weren't there anymore.

[SAVETHEB]

Yes, actually.

[NickT]

One. But she looks like Ernest Borgnine.
Really. She does.
Are you sure it's not Ernest Borgnine in a wig?

[Briomega]

Two did. They were both very attractive women. They were prone to wearing t-shirts corresponding to various superheroines. You can imagine they got a lot of attention from some of the guys.

Then, one day, they just weren't there anymore.

:scared:

[bartleby]

Two did. They were both very attractive women. They were prone to wearing t-shirts corresponding to various superheroines. You can imagine they got a lot of attention from some of the guys.

Then, one day, they just weren't there anymore.

Was there a police investigation?

[schizorabbit]

There's one--well, used to work there--at Oxford Comics. Maybe General Poster remembers her. She does comics now--I think they're called the Devil's Panties. Jennie somebody.

[Supajoe]

Yeah, I still go there. Was a ...shock, to say the least.

okay, so i didn't just imagine that! :lol:

i was tempted to ask while i was there, but thought the better of it.

[Briomega]

Are you sure it's not Ernest Borgnine in a wig?

The real one would be masturbating furiously.

[The Crushtacean]

The store I work at has had female employees in the past, but doesn't have any currently. They still come in and hang out and shop with us, but they've moved on to new careers or school or whatever, just like anyone else, really.

[Briomega]

okay, so i didn't just imagine that! :lol:

i was tempted to ask while i was there, but thought the better of it.

Yeah, I was friendly with him before and it really took a few weeks for it to settle in. It's all cool now but for awhile I was a bit unsure of whether to say anything or what to do.

[Ray G.]

:scared:


Was there a police investigation?

Yeah, I was a bit weirded out myself.

A few weeks ago, after months of wondering "should I say something? Do I want to know?", I asked the manager.

They both left to go back to college. Apparently they were friends before they worked there, and talked it over.

:neutral:

[maverick-99]

yes, but i ended up switching to a different shop that does not.

[schizorabbit]

at my old shop, one of the dudes that works there is now a chick.

yeah.


Yeah, I still go there. Was a ...shock, to say the least.

Is (s)he hot?

[Supajoe]

Yeah, I was friendly with him before and it really took a few weeks for it to settle in. It's all cool now but for awhile I was a bit unsure of whether to say anything or what to do.

yeah, same here. i didn't want to be insensitive by asking 'hey, weren't you a dude before?' :lol:

[maverick-99]

There's one--well, used to work there--at Oxford Comics. Maybe General Poster remembers her. She does comics now--I think they're called the Devil's Panties. Jennie somebody.

Jennie Breeden!

[RebootedCorpse]

I have a potential female client that looks like Johnny Cash. Maybe you and I can set 'em on a date!!!

My god, what a party that would be.
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[scouser]

There are two shops in Liverpool, both have women working in them. In fact a woman is the manager of one of them.

[Adrian B AWESOME]

They do at 3 of the 4 comic shops in my area.

[Fourthman]

Yes. At all of the ones I've been to in the NY/NJ area.

[Ray G.]

Before my current shop, the only one I ever saw was the wife of the owner of my last shop. Before that, I mostly went to these creepy hole in the wall stores where the owner was usually looking at porn.

[shoelaceless]

I can think of at least one at both of the shops I go to.

[Kedd]

At my proper LCS, yes. At the other store I go to, which mostly just a toy store with comics in the back, there's almost nothing but women working.

[schizorabbit]

yeah, same here. i didn't want to be insensitive by asking 'hey, weren't you a dude before?' :lol:

One of the managers of the second store I frequent is bald. Makes me wonder how bald guys get sex changes or they're forever trapped in a bald man's body. *ponders*


Jennie Breeden!

That's it!!!! She was cool. Very chatty and smiley. Always drawing while she worked.

[Briomega]

One of the managers of the second store I frequent is bald. Makes me wonder how bald guys get sex changes or they're forever trapped in a bald man's body. *ponders*


They do make wigs. :)

[Kman00001]

Uh...maybe? It's been a while since I've seen her. Last I'd heard, she moved into a new house with her hubby. Akira knows who I'm talking about.

[Ray G.]

Come to think of it, when I was around 9, my first LCS had one woman working at it. It was part of a chain, Comic Attitudes. She seemed mainly to be an enforcer to kick kids out of the store if they started reading or looking at Mature Readers stuff. I hated her.

[Taki Soma]

i worked at Wade's comic madness in PA before moving to Seattle and aside from myself, there were like 5 other ladies working there too.

[Taxman]

At least two, I think. But they have only been there for less than a year.

One of the employees, who was only in his 20s, died during the year. The employee line up seems to shift a lot since then.

[GelfXIII]

Yes. The Owner hires them a lot, then hits on them and they leave. Then new ones appear.

He's really quite a dick.

[Briomega]

yeah, same here. i didn't want to be insensitive by asking 'hey, weren't you a dude before?' :lol:

Heh that was really the thing. Before leaving for a few weeks, they'd already started the transition wearing blouses and stuff. But that was around Halloween and that shop has always had "dress-up" days on comic day. So I never really thought much about it until they left and then came back and the voice was different.

All things considered, this being Texas and all, the customers seem to have been quite tolerant and accepting. Got to give them credit for having such guts to go through with that.

[schizorabbit]

i worked at Wade's comic madness in PA before moving to Seattle and aside from myself, there were like 5 other ladies working there too.

*flashes badge*
I'm sorry, Ma'am, but the local ordinance clearly states that if you have more than 3 females working a comic store, than said comic establishment is legally considered a brothel in the eyes of the law.

[Supajoe]

Heh that was really the thing. Before leaving for a few weeks, they'd already started the transition wearing blouses and stuff. But that was around Halloween and that shop has always had "dress-up" days on comic day. So I never really thought much about it until they left and then came back and the voice was different.

All things considered, this being Texas and all, the customers seem to have been quite tolerant and accepting. Got to give them credit for having such guts to go through with that.


yeah. when i went in, s/he was there and on the phone. i looked, and the face was familiar, but the voice was waaay different. i hadn't been in the store in months, so i was really surprised.

but i'm glad they've been treated well at the shop. 'cos you're right--that's a rare thing in this state!

[thatguyfromsyracuse]

Used to have one, then she got pregnant, then the other one who was super hot got fired. Now it's a sausagefest.

[Laughingmonkey23]

Yes

[Patch]

Do you think having a woman working in a comic shop changes the atmosphere or alters customer's attitudes?

[schizorabbit]

Used to have one, then she got pregnant, then the other one who was super hot got fired. Now it's a sausagefest.

W-w-w-wait.
How does a hot girl lose a job at a comic store?

Isn't there a six-strikes-and-you're out rule at play here? Me--I used to manage a video store, and there was this one hot girl (who danced on the side) that kept fucking up, showing up late, but I always gave her a second chance, and third chance, and fourth chance. I even caught her stealing from the cash register and I still gave her a break.

[Marc Lombardi]

No, but quite a few hang there. About 19 of us went bowling together the other night and 6 of the group were women.

[Taki Soma]

*flashes badge*
I'm sorry, Ma'am, but the local ordinance clearly states that if you have more than 3 females working a comic store, than said comic establishment is legally considered a brothel in the eyes of the law.

well, a barber owner next to the shop thought my boss was running some kinda sex store.

it was awesome working there, my boss looked like Captain America and no customers hardly ever hit on any of the girls there because he is an intimidating looking dude and he looked out for us.

[Akira]

Do you think having a woman working in a comic shop changes the atmosphere or alters customer's attitudes?

Yes on both points. I've seen the same thing with women working at videogame stores.

[schizorabbit]

Do you think having a woman working in a comic shop changes the atmosphere or alters customer's attitudes?

(1) I imagine guys being more intimidated in bringing up comics with overly sexualized females on the covers.

(2) I imagine guys spending more time just loitering.

(3) I imagine suspicious puddles of viscious liquid of unknown origin being found on the spines of the trades in the back of the store.



well, a barber owner next to the shop thought my boss was running some kinda sex store.

it was awesome working there, my boss looked like Captain America and no customers hardly ever hit on any of the girls there because he is an intimidating looking dude and he looked out for us.

*leans over and whispers*
You can drop the front. You're in a different jurisdiction. You're safe now. Captain America can no longer control you.

:)

[Kman00001]

Do you think having a woman working in a comic shop changes the atmosphere or alters customer's attitudes?

They're probably more approachable than some fat guy wearing last week's lunch on his shirt.

Okay, bad stereotype.

Yes.

[Kedd]

I imagine a shop with a lot of women working in it ends up with a lot of loitering from guys that just want to look at the pretty women all day(assumming they're pretty).

[JasonD]

At the (not strictly comics) store I used to go to, Battlezone, there used to be a few women, most didn't stick around that long (nor did the male employees, come to think of it), but I was fairly good friends with one, Jessica. We did a roleplay game together and we even went to a concert once (just as friends). I haven't talked to since the owner transferred her to another store.

Where I shop now, Pop Culture Comix, seems to be pretty much run only by the owner. So no ladies there. But it's a better store in general, so I don't mind too much.

[Patch]

Liked going to a comic shop with women working there.
Made the experience less 'male-oriented', like comics were something for everyone.
I think their being at the store also convinced the owner to order more product that wasn't strictly of a superhero vein.

[Patch]

I imagine a shop with a lot of women working in it ends up with a lot of loitering from guys that just want to look at the pretty women all day(assumming they're pretty).
Retailers want people in their store, right? Maybe the chronic loiterer eventually buys one or two additional items...

[maverick-99]

funny...you guys make it seem like you have to pay women to enter a comic store...i see ladies buying comics all the time....not an unusual phenomenon in my parts......

[ZombieSpeedball]

There's a woman that works at my LCS. She's cool.

[The Crushtacean]

funny...you guys make it seem like you have to pay women to enter a comic store...i see ladies buying comics all the time....not an unusual phenomenon in my parts......

Not here, either. We get women in our store shopping all the time.

[schizorabbit]

Retailers want people in their store, right? Maybe the chronic loiterer eventually buys one or two additional items...


That's a smart way of viewing it, actually. That video store I managed, the previous manager and I hired mostly attractive girls. One girl, I hired her in my mind as soon as I saw the application in her hand.

Yeah, yeah, I know, but seriously, guys would come up to me and say they would drive past their Blockbuster or nearest video store solely to rent from our indie store.

[thatguyfromsyracuse]

W-w-w-wait.
How does a hot girl lose a job at a comic store?

Isn't there a six-strikes-and-you're out rule at play here? Me--I used to manage a video store, and there was this one hot girl (who danced on the side) that kept fucking up, showing up late, but I always gave her a second chance, and third chance, and fourth chance. I even caught her stealing from the cash register and I still gave her a break.

My boss doesn't fuck around when it comes to shit like that. She had a few chances, but she just showed up late a few too many times, and that was it. Believe me, I tried to keep her around.

[A.Huerta]

Just one and she is a cutie.

That is all.

[Lyfeforce]

yup, a few. One posts/posted here too.

[Bandit Chimera]

The owner of the store I go to is a middle age woman, does that count?

[The Dean]

We just hired a gal to cover a couple of shifts at my store. Her gender was never a factor in hiring her.

[Viva La Ha Ha]

There was a, hot girl in the comic shop
and I didn't know what to do.
There was a, hot girl in the comic shop
She was lookin' at Doctor Who.

There was an actual girl in the comic shop
What a momentous day
I had to check to make sure that she wasn't just
a human sized cardboard display.

My competition was a kid with pimples and a guy in a wheelchair,
so i knew i had to act fast
So many questions in my mind
What would be a good pick-up line?
Why had a hot girl just come in?
If the Hulk fought Spiderman, who would win?
Good question...

I guess that Spiderman's advantage would be his web
and manual dexterity
But then again the Hulk's endurance is limitless
and he's stronger than spidey would be.

There was a,
hot girl in the comic shop,
just a minute ago.
There was a,
hot girl in the comic shop,
did anyone see her go?
Had she come to the comic shop lookin' for love?
Guess i'll never know

[jamestolliver]

Yup.

[jess]

I think there was a chick at Lone Star once when I went in there. At the one by my house? Nuh uh, and I don't go in there anymore, either. I'm DCBS'ing it from now on.

[Khrutch]

I've never seen a woman working at my LCS. I did see the owners wife once, but she wasn't working there.

[bartleby]

I think there was a chick at Lone Star once when I went in there.

This thread is about comic book stores, not steakhouses. There's really nothing unusual or noteworthy about a woman working at a steakhouse.

[Buk Was Right]

At my proper LCS, yes. At the other store I go to, which mostly just a toy store with comics in the back, there's almost nothing but women working.

Is that the place on Market between 3rd and New Montgomery near the Bart station?

I hate that place.


Do you think having a woman working in a comic shop changes the atmosphere or alters customer's attitudes?

Yeppur. And she was GREAT for sales.

The attractive young lady that I used to work with at my LCS could sell ketchup popsicle X-Men to comic dudes wearing white gloves.

Also, despite the fact that she was far too attractive to date most of the stereotypical comic shop patrons (of which we had many) she was in a somewhat familiar setting for them and she talked to them about comics so she seemed approachable and they thought they might have a chance.

They did not (and not just because she was the typical hot girl who only dated boneheads/assholes).

The best part of my day was the litany of awkward advances she was subjected to. A better person would have done something to pull her out of that situation. I chose to laugh instead. I'm a bad person.

[jess]

This thread is about comic book stores, not steakhouses. There's really nothing unusual or noteworthy about a woman working at a steakhouse.

Lone Star Comics, dorkface :lol:

Here's (http://www.mycomicshop.com/) a link if you're still having trouble.

:D

[moonspider]

but the real question is....have any of you guys tried asking one out???

[jess]

but the real question is....have any of you guys tried asking one out???

Oh, snap.

[Ultimate Lurker]

Owner is a man, his wife and 3 daughters all work there.

[The Cable Guy]

Do you think having a woman working in a comic shop changes the atmosphere or alters customer's attitudes?


Most definitely.:)

[Ryan Walsh]

Three, currently.


And no, I haven't asked them out.

[Patrick King]

The manager at my LCS is a woman, and she's as nice and awesome as can be. There's at least one other girl who works there, but I rarely if ever see them whenever I go in. It doesn't really change the experience, if anything it just reinforces that there are girls who are into comics, which is always nice to know.

[The Cable Guy]

I had a couple of cuties work at my LCS but they went back to school.

It's nice to meet someone with similar interests.

[TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM]

Yup.

[Patch]

The owner of the store I go to is a middle age woman, does that count?

Yes. Even the adult female human, when she reaches middle-age, is still a woman.

[Bandit Chimera]

Yes. Even the adult female human, when she reaches middle-age, is still a woman.

Yeah, I know I was just kidding with yall. Janine, the owner, is a really great person. Actually she's one of 3 other people I'd rather deal with when i shop. Her Joe and Bill I really enjoy at the shop. Often when i want things added or deleted on my list shes the best person to deal with. Shes also the most business Savvy so I understand her well.

[ShortStack]

Last I checked not at Brave New Worlds, but it's been awhile. Things could have changed.
One girl works at the comic store in west chester but I can't count that as my LCS. more like an affair I have outside my lifelong marriage to BNW.

[woljed]

No LCS for young women.