Any boarder recall a comic shop in NYC on 8th Ave. run by Johnnie Roberts ? 1 1

[FrankG]

So, I mention this shop only because of some interesting memories I have from buying here in the 1970’s as a young kid.  His shop was somewhere in the 50th street range on 8th Avenue in Manhattan. It was a unique place in that Johnnie did not care if you bought anything from him, but he was very happy to tell you stories whenever you did business with him.  After a while, I grew to respect him.  He was a bit of a hot head though and I was thrown out of his shop a few times unexpectedly when he was in a bad mood and I mentioned the wrong artist or character to him.  He hung most of his stuff up in the wall with little clips that indented the top of both the front and back cover of his books.  I still have some books that I can see Johnnies indentations on.  Particularly some very early ASMs I still cherish.  However, he was a very fair dealer and he usually provided some great bargains to his customers.  I’m sure Johnnie is long gone by now, but I am curious if any other New Yorkers may have met and dealt with him. He was an intimidating person and very knowledgeable of the industry at the time.  I am showing my age here, and I mean no disrespect to him, but I am curious if anyone else recalls this establishment. 

 

[Point Five]

8th Avenue, maybe around West 54th or so? I think I stopped in as a kid and heaps of books were piled all over the place? No memory other than that though.

 

[FrankG]

18 hours ago, Point Five said:

8th Avenue, maybe around West 54th or so? I think I stopped in as a kid and heaps of books were piled all over the place? No memory other than that though.

 

Yes, that was the place.  I now remember the piles, pretty disorganized. The heavy hitters were hanging on the walls by clips. He was quite the character, 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

@shadroch

[shadroch]

It must have been before my time as I knew the area pretty well from the late 70s onward.