Monthly Archives: July 2009
Who’s Got Dick?
Kilgore Books do. That’s right folks, just got in over 30 in brand-spanking-new condition Philip K. Dick books. No foolin’! They run about $8 a pop, and will be gone FAST, so get your fanny on down here. We’ve also … Continue reading
King-Cat and Nico
I was talking about John Porcellino and his work to a friend the other day, and said, ‘He’s like the Velvet Underground of comics’. I was referencing that quote about how the VUs first album sold just 5000 copies, but every one … Continue reading
A special treat from Border’s
While cleaning a copy of ‘The Corrections’ by Jonathan Franzen, I realized that Border’s price tag had a special little treat. You can see in the lower right hand corner the word ‘FART’ with no other context clues as to … Continue reading
Summer Reading List
It’s 7:30, which is normally closing time, but we’ve got some customers in the shop, which I’m more than happy about, so I thought I’d take a minute and throw out some thoughts on my summer reading list. The Wind-Up … Continue reading
Great EC Reissues
As you can see in the picture at left, we just came into some GOLD. In the form of EC comic reissues that is! We’ve got all the classic EC comics from the 50′s – Vault of Horror, Two-Fisted Tales, … Continue reading
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to Noah Van Sciver, Robert Heinlein, and Ringo Starr! Three great innovators who we at KBC tip our hands in admiration to. Also, they’re all total FREAKS, but God love ‘em, right?
Just Shelved….
Post Office – Charles Bukowski, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami, many volumes of Preacher & Transmetropolitan, Kerouac, Howl – Allen Ginsberg, Monkeywrench Gang – Edward Abbey. Also, still have a handful of volumes of Y The Last Man & … Continue reading
Three Classic Vonneguts
Hey team! Brought in three classic Vonnegut paperbacks today – God Bless You Mr. Rosewater (first Dell printing, 4/66, $8), Cat’s Cradle (sixth Dell printing, 7/69, $6), and Slaughterhouse-5 (fourteenth Dell printing, 7/74, $5). I always thought Vonnegut made excellent … Continue reading
Happy Almost Birthday, USA!
Check it! It’s been a busy busy week at Kilgore. In addition to loads of used comics (Preacher, Y the Last Man, 100 Bullet, The Walking Dead, tons of Batman/Gotham City stuff) we printed up new shirts – and get … Continue reading
New Site!
Greetings! As you can see, we’re working on changing around the KBC site a wee bit. Still figuring some stuff out, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have great books and comics at the shop! Come on down, seven days … Continue reading
