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Acadiana Comics & Collectibles

FROM THE ROAD
 
March 23, 2011

Vital Stats
 
OWNER: Teresa Moran

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 1

YEAR OPENED: 1980

STORE SIZE (Sq. Ft.): 2,000

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Lafayette, LA's Acadiana Comics & Collectibles

About Our Shop
 
Favorite Recent Comic Books: Image Comics' Sweets

Products Carried: New Comics, Back Issues, Import Comics, Magazines, Graphic Novels, Books (Fiction), Toys (New, Vintage, Import), DVDs, T-Shirts, Other Apparel, Models & Statues, Trading Cards (Sport & Non-Sport), Prints, Posters, Supplies (Comic and Non-Comic)

Special Events: We participate in Free Comic Book Day, hold a pre-Christmas sale, and threw a Star Wars lightsaber party after hours.

Community Involvement: We donate books to the Boy Scouts and comics to theaters.

How was your FCBD event? Great.

What aspect of your store makes you most proud? The relationships; three generations of people.

What do you do that is innovative within your store? We're always changing things, although some things stay simple and are organized the same way.

What has been your best in-store promotion? Free Comic Book Day.

What has been your best out-of-store or cross-promotion? FCBD and our Star Wars tailgate party in the parking lot.

What recent changes have you made in the store? I sold off the 17-year Star Wars collection that decorated the store.

What are your plans for the near future? Selling and passing the "mantle" to someone new.

How did you choose your store's name? To be first in the phone book (Acadiana) and to state simply what we are (Comics & Collectibles).

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The comics section at Acadiana is bright and accomodating. The young adult section has something for every adolescent interest. Care to buy an oil painting?
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A formidable fleet of die-cast vehicles idle beneath rare comics and Star Wars collectibles. No comic need leave the premises without a protective layer. A copy of Tubby and a cup o' joe. Acadiana owner Teresa Moran knows how to make the most out of a day.

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