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Help Mike Make More Comics! A story written by Mike! But not this Mike. A different Mike. I was given permission to turn this crazy fun idea into a comic strip, and here it is! I’m really grateful any time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help me make a comic or two? Or however many you want to support me in making? Patreon!! Or Paypal! Check out that button in the upper right corner! Also, for everyone who’s donated and subscribed or helped me out,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patreon? Yeah, I got it if you wanna help me make more comics here. We’ve been told a lot that the last week of April gets a little better. I certainly hope that’s true. A lot of stuff has been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Want to help me make these comics? You could even be part of the cast like Christiana here! The last month of the fiscal year usually runs a little tight. maybe the budget wasn’t paid enough attention, maybe sales weren’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know you could see these comics early, and in color, and you could see fun weekly giraffes, and even more cool stuff by supporting the comic strip on Patreon! I was helping a customer pretty much like this guy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out my Patreon page! It’s a way to help support the comics I draw and it’s also a way for you to see extra cool stuff! A customer I was helping made a small comment about the artwork of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support my comic here on Patreon and get access to extra comics, drawings, and even appearances in the comic strip like Tommy here! It’s been happening wit more frequency as of late, I’ve had a lot of customers come[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support my comic on Patreon!! We see all sorts come through the doors of The Bookstore and an assortment of those sorts bubbles to the top of my memory more than many others. The three foot long single side[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patreon support allows you to see cool extra stuff!! My friend shared a story with me about how he was helping a customer look for a book, couldn’t find it, offered to order it, and the first panel up here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wanna see this in color and earlier than on the website? That can happen for you here! Trevor shared a story with me about a coworker helping a customer find a book and then asking, “Do you need anything else?”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was doing a search for the DVD of “The Rundown” for a customer when I came across the option on the computer to order in the HD-DVD format in addition to the regular DVD. It caught me off guard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The best I can say about the book that’s being feature for The Book Club is that people are ambivalent towards it. Some love it, some hate it, and a great majority seem to not even care at all. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
James Patterson is an advertising man first, author last. It’s worked for him for sure, and it’s a wonderful source of capital for us. But you have to admit, from a distance, all of his books, written “alone” or co-authored,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a weird phase going on in that self improvement section for books. Things have gotten a lot less safe for work. Employees have gotten fired for saying words found on these book titles. Customers themselves are embarrassed to say[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So everyone and their mother in law want this book. As of the creation of this comic my store is still waiting on the book to be shipped in. We aren’t getting very many to start with and I’m sure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These voice changing toys are pretty cool in theory. The toys themselves are unfortunately not loud enough to drown out the person who’s speaking into it. I’m sure there’s a way to augment the voice changers after market, but who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support Mike: Bookseller on Patreon! As a Patron you get extra stuff seen only there!!! There are days where the weather is perfect, I got a good amount of sleep, and I have friends who have the day off.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out all the cool extras you could get by becoming a Patron on Patreon! As an extra special thank you, you can see extra drawings, giraffe doodles, you could even be in the comic like Matt here! Insomnia is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the site here on Patreon! All sorts of cool stuff can be found there for Patrons! You could even be part of the comic like Maria and Tommy here! A new book titled “Phenomena” came into the store[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Please help support the comic! You can even be part of the comic like Evil Chris here! I got a fun email from Megan: ” I answered the phone in the usual fashion and was replied to by an older[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the site like Trevor here and you too could be part of the comic!! You also can see extra drawings and comics and stuff! It’s a very frustrating aspect of the job we do as a retail customer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is always fun to do. Especially in front of another bookseller. You can earn some great bragging rights pulling off one of these moves. Not needing to look up a title is one thing, being able to READ SOMEONE’S[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While we still have some signed copies of books that were a huge deal on Black Friday, they’re all the books no one cares about. Or rather they are all the books people can’t sell at ridiculous mark ups on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark my words, within five years we’re going to be setting up Christmas product before Labor day. It’s getting ridiculous. We took down our Halloween displays a week or two ago, set up our Thanksgiving display, and now we’re taking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the majority of children I see running around the kids department I really want this recommendation to be taken seriously. Dang kids making messes all over the place. I also recommend getting a t shirt or two from my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A scenario very similar to this happened at my store just this past week. We sure get the winners in our bookstore. I’ve had my own technology blind spots, but to think you could connect to your home wi-fi network[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I saw this particular book come into the store yesterday and wondered how people would ask for or look for this book. So many uncomfortable situations can be created through that book title. I get why the title is what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This latest comic could be used as a way to introduce people to their retail job or my comic or both! The Holidays are edging closer and closer. I’ve gotten too many Christmas related products in the store in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every once in a while I’ll happen upon a book title that wiggles into my mind in just the right way to inspire a silly comic. Here’s the latest of that particular avenue of inspiration. My friend shared this article[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got a great story emailed to me by Benjamin a little while ago that inspired today’s comic: “I was opening at cash wrap this morning, when a male customer, maybe 50s, came in asking about a pipe fitters blue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…