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Safari Pearl

July 22, 2005

VITAL STATS

Owner: Tabitha Simmons & Kathy Sprague

Years in Business: 16

Store Size: 1,000 sq. ft.

Product Lines: Comics, Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks, Games, Toys, Anime, Wall Scrolls

Special Events: In-Store Gaming

Comic Shop Locator Service Participant: Yes

Free Comic Book Day Participant: Yes

Best Retailing Memory: "We were able to help a teenage boy that could not read learn how through his love of Wolverine. We used the Wolverine comic books to help teach him and now he is able to read not only comics, but everything else as well. That was a really good feeling."

Favorite Comics: Simmons: DC Comics/America's Best Comics' Promethea, Marvel Comics' X-Men: Phoenix Endsong. Sprague: Slave Labor Graphics' Charm School

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