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Comic/record shop to open on Rosewood
PHOTO BY MEGAN TREACY/THE GAMECOCK
Phlii Blair sorts throiif'h inventory at Acr^e Comics. Blair Is one of the store’^four co-owners.
BY MtUAIN I KtAUY
THE GAMECOCK
Rosewood Drive is known for
being home to Rockaways,
Rosewood Dairy Bar, Rosewood
Market & Deli, and other
Columbia landmarks that have
existed for years. Recently, oth
er merchants like Publix have de
cided to try their luck on
Rosewood, and the owners of
Acme Comics think they’ve got
what it takes to become another
landmark.
Opening August 16, Acme
Comics will sell new comics,
used CDs, DVDs and records, as
well as vintage record players
and other music accessories.
“It just seems logical that
there should be a place like this,”
Randy Dunn said.
Dunn, along with fifth-year
media arts student Shadd
Sutton, Phill Blair and self-pro
fessed comic geek Brent Caley,
decided to open the store after
leaving their jobs at Manifest
Discs & Tapes on 5|ush River
Road.
meres no retail on
Rosewood,” Dunn said. “We hope
to be the pioneers to move to
Rosewood.”
The owners envision the store
being more “High Fidelity” and
less “Empire Records.” They
hope to bring the attitude and feel
of lo-fi recordings to their store.
“It’s a music store for the mu
sic lover,” Sutton said. “If you
can hear it on the radio, we won’t
have it.”
“We’re not trying to compete
with music stores who do have
that,” Dunn said..
Dunn said the store is a place
for the discerning music fan, one
who prefers the sounds of WUSC
as opposed to mainstream sta
tions. He credits Carl
Singmaster, the original owner
of Manifest, for making
Columbia a cooler place and
hopes to continue the tradition
with Acme Comics.
“If I can carry on a minor per
centage of that coolness in this
city, then I’ll be happy,” Dunn
said. j
Dunn looks to neighborhood
record stores m larger cities, like
Sonic Boom Records in Seattle,
for inspiration.
“I judge a town by its record
stores,” Dunn said.
“I want it to be the neighbor
hood place to go, a cool place to
come in and buy your mom
something and yourself some
thing.”
The store will feature and sell
work by local artist Breeze, a for
mer Manifest employee, and will
start selling new CDs in
December.
Dunn said he hopes Acme
Comics will eventually become
a place for people to network,
where fans can find information
about music they want to hear,
and musicians can find infor
mation on where to record and
play gigs.
The store is located at 2757
Rosewood Drive and will be
open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 1 to 6
p.m. Sunday.
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