The Characters Behind Some of San Francisco’s Comic Book Stores

Graphic Novelty

Jon Adams takes look at some of the characters behind San Francisco’s unique comic book stores in his illustrated post “Graphic Novelty” on The Bold Italic. Featured comics entrepreneurs include James Sime of Isotope, Brian Hibbs of Comix Experience and Leef Smith of Mission: Comics & Art.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.