Poked my head into a vintage comic shop in Portland last week

I was visiting Portland for a weekend and stumbled into this little shop called Comic Club on Belmont Street. What caught my attention was that they had a whole section of fans' hand-drawn alternate covers pinned up on the wall. Not professional stuff, just regular people's sketches of superheroes they loved, like a Spider-Man where he's eating a slice of pizza. Made me wonder if more shops do this kind of community wall thing, or if it's just a Portland oddity. Has anyone else seen something like that at their local shop?

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caleb2621mo ago

Doubt most shops would bother. They usually want to sell you something, not give wall space to random fan art.

alicecooper1mo ago

Yeah that's a fair point, kind of a bummer honestly.

felixlee21d ago

Ngl you're probably right. I asked a local comic shop if I could hang a watercolor I did of Spider-Man eating a hot dog and the guy just stared at me like I asked to set up a lemonade stand in his bathroom. Honestly I get it, wall space is precious and nobody wants to explain why there's a weird drawing of Goku next to the new X-Men issues. Tbh my art belongs on my fridge at best, not a retail wall.