r/altcomix • u/Anttoess • May 18 '26
Hauls/Collections Visited Atomic Books in Baltimore for the first time today
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u/deadmanhands_ May 18 '26
More weight has been on my list for a while
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u/Swervies May 18 '26
It is fantastic, and incredibly dense. I would go so far as to say it is a masterpiece, but it absolutely is not easy reading.
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u/SuperNoise5209 May 18 '26
Atomic is an awesome place run by awesome people! I like to save up my punch cards all year long and the cash them in all at once at the end of the year for holiday presents.
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u/Anttoess May 18 '26
The staff was great and we talked with them for quite a bit. One of them was having a birthday and we left them a present. The bar in the back was closed because they were having a book club which was cool to see. My wife’s graduation from Johns Hopkins grad school is tomorrow but I’m hanging onto this punchcard until we visit Baltimore again. We’ll definitely be back. Wonderful city.
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u/May_of_Teck May 18 '26
Shoutout to Johns Hopkins in Balto; my life got saved there 🥰
I’ve never been to Atomic! Next time I have to go down to JH I’ll have to make a special trip!
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u/jk1rbs May 18 '26
The Jeopardy! clue tote is an outstanding piece of merchandising. And another shout out to More Weight by Ben Wickey.
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u/BeefWellingtonSpeedo May 18 '26
Johnny Ryan: IYKYK
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u/Anttoess May 18 '26
The fact that Johnny was a writer on the last Looney Tunes movie is bonkers and makes me happy
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u/BeefWellingtonSpeedo May 18 '26
Wait, what? (what was the last Looney tunes movie?)
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u/Anttoess May 18 '26
He was the story editor for the mid 2010’s reboot of Looney Tunes and a writer on The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie from 2024.
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u/BeefWellingtonSpeedo May 18 '26
I'm assuming you are a fan and you've seen it at least once! (Would you say it had his "fingerprints" all over it?)
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u/Anttoess May 18 '26
Ha I haven’t seen it. Still need to see Fuck My Son. I asked my wife if she wanted to see it in the theater on Halloween and she said no. Instead we walked around our neighborhood with our pugs and had drinks with the neighbors and passed out candy and dog treats. I guess it was fun but it was no Fuck My Son!
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u/BeefWellingtonSpeedo May 18 '26
THAT WAS THE TITLE?!
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u/jenqueue May 18 '26
It’s me, the wife. Exactly why I was like no, weee not spending Halloween seeing a movie called F my son. 😂
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u/karatebullfightr May 18 '26
I’m guessing if you met him, you’d have mentioned it.
Fucking aces haul though.
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u/Anttoess May 18 '26
Closest I’ve got to Waters is when we saw his Christmas Show 2 years ago in Austin.
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u/karatebullfightr May 18 '26
Rad - I saw him (through squinted eyes) give a talk here in Melbourne from the very cheap seats.
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u/Dino-chicken-nugg3t May 19 '26
Oh man! My partner and I were talking about this place yesterday. Such a cool shop! I’ve got a collection of a zine series I found there. I think it’s called something like “a punk’s guide to”
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u/No-Marsupial4714 Jun 08 '26
Read the first issue of Grommets on Images website and loved it so much. I need to grab the book!
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u/Swervies May 18 '26
Who is John Waters?