Bedrock Comics
November 24th, 2006
I stopped by to check out Bedrock Comics on route 9 the other day. When I asked the owner if I could take pictures and explained what I do, he said “Awesome, I’ve been waiting for you to come in here!” His wife and mother-in-law run the candy shop next door and told him about the blog, I feel bad it took me a while to get here but I finally did.
The owner is one of the happiest people I’ve met and with good reason, he’s been collecting comics since he was 13 and then worked for Bop City Comics (previously downtown and in the old Marshall’s mall) and then bought the store and now calls it Bedrock Comics –and he gets the left over candy from next door : )
I can’t image how great that must be to be in a business that you can’t wait to go to everyday because it’s so awesome to be there.
I thought maybe comics have died down but they definitely have their loyal followers and collectors so it seems like people will always ”need” their comics.Â
I couldn’t help but feel like a kid again when I went in there even though all the customers were adults.
I was short on time that day but I’ll be back. I used to collect loser comics like “Stray Toasters” and thought it wil be fun to look through stuff like that when I have more time to spend in there.
A rare “yay” for route 9.
if by “loser comic” you mean “winner comic,” then i agree; “stray toasters is a winner comic.”
Comment by Chaz — January 27, 2007 @ 2:48 pm
I think the guys at Bedrock are really nice but their back issue selections are kinda thin. (They also do not have a lot of trade paperbacks in stock)
They do seem to have a decent “current” issues selction
Comment by Homer — February 7, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
i agree. the store was much better in the early 80s when it was bop city downtown framingham..They dont have alot of back issues anymore. They also were for a time in the lechmere mall across from bringhams but not for very long..my favorite store is the outer limts in waltham on moody st..
Comment by bill — June 14, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
i used to buy comics from bedrock back when i was 10 and it was called bop city comics. i moved back to framingham almost 10 years later, found these guys and they stiil freakin remebered me! i dont care what anyone says bedrock is one of the best comic shops in the area. im about to go to iraq and jack and jim are going to help send comics to me and my fellow soldiers overseas.
Comment by shawn d. — December 16, 2007 @ 7:21 pm
shawn, thats awesome
theyre so nice and I agree their trades are lacking but cant blame them, trades werent very popular for the longest time
Comment by george — May 18, 2008 @ 5:01 pm