I noticed a couple weeks ago that Marie’s Books and Things in Fredericksburg has closed up and something else is in its place. Marie’s was a comic shop that also carried other sorts of junk and was always way too cluttered but for the longest time was the only game in town for comic books. I frequented the place enough that I even got into a fight there. But, alas, it’s now gone. Not sure when it exactly closed up shop, but, honestly, I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.
The shop, which is around the corner from my house, closed up about this time last year. Surprisingly, said the owner, they weren’t throwing in the towel for lack of financial well-being, but instead their landlord had decided he no longer wanted a comic shop in the space. The owner just didn’t have the energy to find a new location, so he called it quits.
Damn. That’s unfortunate. Jim had the shop there for so long I figured he must have owned the spot. But I’m not surprised, that stretch had been going the way of more boutique looking things for the last few years. Ah well.
Thanks for the update!