Posted by
Icarus on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:25:52 PM
I
posted, a while back, about trying to find a comic shop in Greece, and my lack of success. Thanks to a Book Festival happening beneath the Acropolis I found one.
Greek comic fans can get their fix at the
COMICWORLD shop in
Korydallos or
Chalandri (Warning: you need to be able to read Greek to get anything from the link to the COMICWORLD website). The two guys tending the COMICWORLD booth both spoke English, which is not uncommon in Greece. It also served them since a lot of what they sell is in English.
At the COMICWORLD booth I browsed a copy of Batman Hush Vol. 1, which they were selling for
€13 Euro, which is about $19 US, for a book with a cover price of $13 US. $2.99 US comics went for about
€5 Euro, about $7 US. I'm presuming the cost increase is due to cost of importing the English language books into Greece, but I'm not certain. I am certain that I won't be buying any comics while visiting Greece. Until, that is, the American Dollar has greater value than the Euro.
I wish nothing but the best to the guys in Greece selling these books. I hope there shops are successful. I just wish Greeks were getting a better picture of America from the books they sold. Unfortunately, we all know that comics are just as anti-American as the rest of entertainment media.