For me, it still has that element of Christmas. I can't wait to see what's coming out next, all the new stuff.

My whole life has been comics, and this store has really been my dream all of my life. Because of it, I've gotten to meet all of my heroes.

Murphy gave us Eisner's phone number, but we were all afraid to call, ... I was afraid, too, but I figure when you've got a little Southern twang and sound like you're from Mayberry, you can do anything. So, I called him up, and it turned out he was the sweetest guy in the world. He said he'd love to do it.

To have Eisner and Kirby back to back like that just blew everyone's minds, ... From then on, I think that some people we asked thought, 'Well, if Eisner did the convention, and Kirby, why shouldn't we?'

When I started collecting, it was a lot harder. You could get comics at newsstands or grocery stores maybe, but if you missed an issue, your best chance was to send away to the dealers in New York who advertised in the back of the comics.

Anderson encouraged us to do another one. He said that we should get Will Eisner for the next year.

We've got a great shop with as wide a selection of new comics and back issues as anyone in the state. But if there's one thing I'm proudest of it's that everyone who has ever worked here loves comics more than anything else in the world. That's a rare thing, but that's what we're all about.

I just thought he should have some of this stuff. I think I was one of the first people who, instead of writing to ask him for stuff, actually gave him things.