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# What Record And Comic Stores Have In Common
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/what-music-and-comics-have-in-common/
- Published: 2010-07-26T10:43:51.000Z
- Updated: 2010-07-26T10:43:51.000Z
- Description: Reporter Jason Snell attended this year’s Comic-Con to see how the iPad and other devices were affecting the comic industry; he found they seemed convinced that “the coming digital comic. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/what-music-and-comics-have-in-common.html]
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Reporter **Jason Snell** attended this year’s Comic-Con to see how the iPad and other devices were affecting the comic industry; he found they seemed convinced that “**the coming digital comic revolution**, in which devices such as the iPad eliminate the need for reading printed media, will end up driving readers into comic-book stores in search for the good stuff—on paper.” This sound familiar? A presenter told the audience that comic shops are **cultural centers**; they could thrive in the iPad era, sort of like boutique **vinyl record** stores. Snell's thoughts:

> [![image from a0.vox.com](https://a0.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f28d87f0970b-150wi "image from a0.vox.com")](http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22520e834f219011017ff05c8860e-500pi?ref=hypebot.com)"**I’m not so sure**. I recall people in the music industry talking in much the same tone about how record stores would **always thrive** because people wanted to go and hang out there, but the last time I checked, **my local record** store was being turned into a Trader Joe’s. And bookstores face the same challenge, as readers turn both to **e-books** and to **buying direct** from Amazon. The survivors are likely to be retail chains or independent stores with **a very good sense of what it takes** to create a pleasant, appealing retail environment—pretty much the antithesis of at least one class of **comic-book store**." [Read More](http://www.macworld.com/article/152922/2010/07/digitalcomics.html?ref=hypebot.com).

Did I mention **almost every comic that’s published** is scanned and posted on pirate sites within hours of release? But kids would *never* walk into a store and…