tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post113764246136831488..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Are you confused?Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137941984477755572006-01-22T09:59:00.000-05:002006-01-22T09:59:00.000-05:00You continue to loose (sic) credibility with your ...<I>You continue to loose (sic) credibility with your arguement (sic) when you spell the word 'business' wrong. -- crystal_tina</I><BR/><BR/>Regarding the above, Homer Simpson said it best: "The ironing is delicious."<BR/><BR/>(And big ups to that last Anonymous. Someone obviously paid attention in their philosophy classes.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137915698705355822006-01-22T02:41:00.000-05:002006-01-22T02:41:00.000-05:00Crystal_tina did you ever take debate or for that ...Crystal_tina did you ever take debate or for that matter take a logic class? You attacked my arguement by Poisoning the Well and making a Personal Attack. Not by showing the flaw in my logic. <BR/><BR/>Lets check your logic out by breaking down your arguements and statements from the beginning:<BR/><BR/>Alright lets start from the begining of your arguements:<BR/><BR/>your aurguement is this:<BR/>With all due respect, it seems to me that this was a purposeful move on your end (BIG Monkey being two blocks down from BIG Planet...come on Scipio, your fans might have been born at night but not last night). <BR/><BR/>your first statement of proof:<BR/>And Devon, darling, I don't think I would market the current store as the same store as AW, AU, and BC...after all, they all failed. <BR/>Fallacy: Guilt By Association and Personal Attack<BR/><BR/>second statement:<BR/>Peolple tend to not sell successful businesses..four times.<BR/>Fallacy: Confusing Cause and Effect and Slippery Slope<BR/><BR/>Next statement<BR/>Analogies are not your long suit are they, Devon sugar...<BR/>Fallacy: Personal Attack<BR/><BR/>Next statement<BR/>I wouldn't compare myself to Marvel if I wanted make the point of a sucessful business model.<BR/>Fallacy: Begging the Question<BR/><BR/>Next statement:<BR/>As for Another Universe, if it was a success, it could have afforded the rent on M street<BR/>Fallacy: Biased Induction<BR/><BR/>Next statement:<BR/>Don't box with a princess, "sweetheart". In the war of wits, you're unarmed.<BR/>Fallacy: Appeal to Fear and a Personal Attack.<BR/><BR/>Next statement:<BR/>I'm just a blogger, honey. Just a blogger.<BR/>No fallacy, just has nothing to do with your arguement. Unless you consider this a Red Herring. Which is a fallacy.<BR/><BR/>Next statement<BR/>And may the Goddess bless you as you have done to others<BR/>May be the fallacy but again has nothing to do with arguement.<BR/><BR/>Next statement:<BR/>Well, I do know how to spell business.<BR/>Fallacy: Appeal to Authority<BR/><BR/>Next Statement:<BR/>You continue to loose credibility with your arguement when you spell the word "business" wrong.<BR/>Fallacy: Poisoning the Well and personal attack<BR/><BR/>Next statement:<BR/>Besides, I never said Big Monkey Comics was a faliure or even headed towards it. <BR/>Fallacy: Red Herring<BR/><BR/>Next statment:<BR/>My comments about faliure were solely directed at the previous business venues. Since they no longer have the same ownership or name (and I hope a different management team) they probably shouldn't, for their own reputation, ally themselves with it.<BR/>Fallacy: Circumstantial Ad Hominem<BR/><BR/>Next Statement:<BR/>As for the rest of the "kink" in my logic, all that matters in retail is the bottom line. <BR/>Valid but that supports my arguement on why a business would move. <BR/><BR/>Next Statement:<BR/>When businesses prosper, yes... they do grow into bigger locations, but Another Universe closed ALL it's retail locations. The final outcome sure rings of faliure to me. <BR/>Fallacy: Questionable Cause<BR/><BR/>Crystal Tina I would like to see proof and not a bunch of pointless statements and fallacies before I belive your arguement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137899530929820752006-01-21T22:12:00.000-05:002006-01-21T22:12:00.000-05:00Crystal_tina did you ever bother to study bussines...Crystal_tina did you ever bother to study bussiness or math for that matter?<BR/>Rent on M Street is rather high, hence a comic book shop has to sell a lot of comics. <BR/>For this example:<BR/><BR/>Lets say I can sell 1000 comics am month ($1 each) at the M-Street location. My costs are $900 a month ($800 rent, $100 other costs). I make $100 a month.<BR/><BR/>If I move my shop to location b. Which is a few block from the M street location with my rent going down by 20% and my sales only going down 10% what I am going do? If you understand math you are going move.<BR/>Let me do the math for you, my rent is now $640 and my total cost is now $740. I now only sell $900 worth of comics. However my profits grow to $160 or 60% increase in profits. In this case how fast are you going to move locations? Particular if the move will not cost you a few months of the extra profits. <BR/><BR/>Did you ever think someone at Beyond Comics/Big Monkey Comics bothered to do the math and figured out that they could make more profit at their current location, then at their M-Street location and decied to move?<BR/><BR/>Then again I think you just like saying bold statements that defy standard bussiness logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137899248195760132006-01-21T22:07:00.000-05:002006-01-21T22:07:00.000-05:00Well there's a difference between being a "success...Well there's a difference between being a "success" and being a comic book shop that survives in a two-story location in the middle of M street. I could never believe how they were there in the first place. Just look at Big Planet's G-town location, a tiny shop on a side street off Wisconsin around a bunch of houses. Even the current location Another Universe moved to is better (and bigger, from what I can tell) than Big Planet's. I don't mean to incite a pissing contest or anything, I'm just trying to make it clear that Big Monkey is in no way a failing business, despite the multiple ownerships. If you're familiar with the area (I obviously have no idea where you're from, who you are, whatever), you should probably understand. Also, you may remember that the first change the store underwent, that kicks off your list of evidence that they are a failure, was the change from tiny P street store to the huge M street location, so...I guess that's at least one kink in your logic.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651266597214800115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137894714511951122006-01-21T20:51:00.000-05:002006-01-21T20:51:00.000-05:00Listen I don't know you, as you won't reveal yours...Listen I don't know you, as you won't reveal yourself. I have nothing to hide behind. At the end of the day, all I have is me.<BR/><BR/>That's all I can offer. I don't argue over The Internet. I don't have to.<BR/><BR/>As someone wanted, we'll let the lawyers box it out. <BR/><BR/>We have very good lawyers. They don't dance.<BR/><BR/>Good night and I sincerely say, "God bless"...<BR/><BR/>whoever you are.Devon Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137893503588734172006-01-21T20:31:00.000-05:002006-01-21T20:31:00.000-05:00I don't see where this "failed" thing is coming fr...I don't see where this "failed" thing is coming from. I know Another Universe had to move from its crazy big M Street location for, perhaps among other reasons, probably not raking in the appropriate cash for such premium real estate; but is evey change in ownership an indicator of failure? At least in the Big Monkey instance, I'd say a huge no. Of course I'll defer to the experts on this one if I'm not on target.<BR/><BR/>And as little as I know, I'm sure people who don't even know who Scip or Devon are know even less than I do about their financial success.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651266597214800115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137890939388937252006-01-21T19:48:00.000-05:002006-01-21T19:48:00.000-05:00...and how many times has Marvel changed hands, "d......and how many times has Marvel changed hands, "darling?"<BR/><BR/>Don't dance with a boxer, sweetheart.Devon Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137885422724148922006-01-21T18:17:00.000-05:002006-01-21T18:17:00.000-05:00Devon thanks. The last time I visited Big Monkey ...Devon thanks. The last time I visited Big Monkey Comics, I swore there used to be a comic book shop across the street from back in the early 90s (last time I visited was for a Valiant/Image book signing). That had moved to M-Street when Another World changed its name to Another Universive. If anyone does not belive me that Another World did not exist in the 90s. Go open up a comic book for the early 90s/late 80s. Look at the addresses of the comic books shopping offering huge deals and subscription. Yup one those address is P-Street Georgetown location of Another World.<BR/> It took me awhile to find Big Monkey Comics because I thoght Big Monkey Comics was on M-Street at the Another Univerise/Beyond Comic location as of 2001 when Beyond bought Another Univerise DC location. Thanks Devon for claifiy that mystery too. Long story short there has been a comic shop in Georgetown since the mid 80s. Big Monkey is part of that legacy and not Big Planet which arrived in the late 90s.<BR/><BR/>As for BC Comics. Yes they are now owned by Phoneix Comics. However vestiages of it is still in exsitance.<BR/>Here is a simplified history of it:<BR/>BC opened in the 80's as a book store/comic book shop in Burke, Va.<BR/>Right next to the Domino Pizza shop owned by the guy in the famous Vetinam picture of the Vetinam cop shotting a crook with his pistol. That shop is now a Blockbusters.<BR/>The guys who owned that location business went downhill in the mid to late 90s and sold the location to Lance. <BR/>Lance then moved BC comics to another location in the shopping center and open a bunch of other BC locations. Those BC locations where the Centreville shop, Alexandria shop (which was previsouly owned by guy named Kai who sold it to Dan, the owner of the Lucky Frog, who renamed it the Lucky Frog II. Who then sold it to Lance who renamed it BC Comics Alexandar.) , Annadale Shop (Ron Collectors World, this location was a partnership more then a buy out). Then Lance moved the Burke BC location to the Fairfax shopping centre across from GMU. Lance ran into finicial problems and closed the Alexander location (not sure what is too but it is not a comic book shop) and Centreville locations (which now a Curves gym). He also ended his partnership with Ron (which still exsits). After a few months at the Fairfax location, Lance sold the shop to Phoniex Comics in Sterling who renamed it Phoneix Comics II I belive. The Fairfax shop is still there. At the time of closure of all the BC comic shops one of the employees split off and started his own shop. This shop is Nova Comics in Springfield VA. Nova Comics also is where I belive most of BC Comics back issue inventory ended up. The orginal founder of BC comics passed away a few years ago from a heart attack (I belive). Lance is now a banker (again I belive) and most of BC comics old employees either have quit/fired, work/own Nova comics or work at Phoniex comics. However in the 90s when Big Planet in Vennia started up BC comics was still owned by the orginial owner who attacked them at any chance he could over their bussiness pratices. <BR/>The lesson in all this. Shops change owners and locations all the time without their legacy chaning. Big Monkey Comics is just next part in the legacy of Another World Geogetown shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137881288337922342006-01-21T17:08:00.000-05:002006-01-21T17:08:00.000-05:00Awww, Andrew's all grown up now.Awww, Andrew's all grown up now.Devon Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137879013560528552006-01-21T16:30:00.000-05:002006-01-21T16:30:00.000-05:00Damnit, Devon!!! Beating me by minutes with things...Damnit, Devon!!! Beating me by minutes with things like facts and experience rather than vague memories of being 8 years old. Go back to playing with your monkey and stop stealing my thunder.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651266597214800115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137878888099876232006-01-21T16:28:00.000-05:002006-01-21T16:28:00.000-05:00"You've obviously never been to the Absorbascon be..."You've obviously never been to the Absorbascon before... "<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that one got me too. <BR/><BR/>As for all this junk about accusing Big Monkey of moving in next to Big Planet to steal their dough...I guess Scip has already basically laid out the facts but I just thought I'd help make things clear. First of all, Big Monkey has, amidst various names and a couple (more than a couple?) ownerships, been in Georgetown for more than a decade. I know I've been shopping there for about that long. A handful of years ago, they moved locations from M Street to Wisconsin--before Big Planet was anywhere near the neighborhood. A few years later Big Planet decided they needed a G-Town presence and moved in about a block away. I don't know their reasons, as I have never been to their Georgetown store and haven't visited their other one in years. But they chose to move that close to Big Monkey/Beyond Comics, not the other way around. <BR/><BR/>Recently Scip decided he wanted some adventure in his life, so he acquired ownership of BM/BC to further the secret gay agenda and infect our children with homosexual propaganda. He did not do this because the store was doing poorly (not that I want to speak for Scip, but I think this much is clear), but rather because he loved the store almost as much as he loves dog sweaters and it was, and continues to be, doing very well (and certainly better than the local competition). So history was made and now Big Scip's in charge. If you head over to the Big Monkey blog that he mentions above, you'll see the name and logo were decided upon for a separate store (and/or chain of stores), and when he got his hands on the Georgetown place it was renamed according to this decision–a decision, again, not tailor-made to this specific location.<BR/><BR/>That’s as much as I can muster in common sense’s defense at the moment, but let me know if you need any more help, anonymous.<BR/><BR/>Also, to reiterate what Scip said, he very clearly linked to pages that displayed the two logos and despite the guilt you imply, it is completely obvious how different they are from each other. Beside the fact that they both combine words with a picture of some kind.<BR/><BR/>Sorry if you don't think you need me help Scip, but I'm nosy and defensive of my hometown hangout :)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651266597214800115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137878763953994642006-01-21T16:26:00.000-05:002006-01-21T16:26:00.000-05:00To all of the persons named "Anonymous":I can as a...To all of the persons named "Anonymous":<BR/><BR/>I can as a twenty year subscriber to the various incarnations of the current Big Monkey Comics (Another World/Another Universe/Beyond Comics)attest to the fact that we were here in Georgetown first. The very first comic I ever bought from Another World...hmmm...Another World/Big Planet... was Batman: The Killing Joke which, I believe came out nearly 20 years ago. I bought it when AW was located on P St. in Georgetown. <BR/><BR/>The store changed it's name to Another Universe & moved to M St. about 10 years ago. When Another Universe Georgetown folded five years ago, it was bought out by Beyond Comics. That year I believe Another Universe...OOPS, I mean, Big Planet moved into Georgetown, just up the street from us. At which point, in one form or another, we'd been in Georgetown for over fifteen years. <BR/><BR/>Due to rising rent costs, we had to move and the most affordable & available space was located just off of P St, just across the street from our old location and in my eyes, not up the hill from Planet Universe.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we've had many name changes but so did Timely/Atlas/Marvel Comics. <BR/><BR/>Our history in Washington is rock solidly rooted in fact, not when someone else "discovered" Georgetown.Devon Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223057696498728357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137874084399541892006-01-21T15:08:00.000-05:002006-01-21T15:08:00.000-05:00Finallly, who is up and blogging at 4:00AM?Is his ...<I>Finallly, who is up and blogging at 4:00AM?<BR/><BR/>Is his wife comely?</I><BR/><BR/>You've obviously never been to the Absorbascon before...Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137874011668943232006-01-21T15:06:00.000-05:002006-01-21T15:06:00.000-05:00if the store you bought out did so well why are th...<I>if the store you bought out did so well why are they gone?</I> <BR/><BR/>They aren't "gone". They have a huge new store in suburbs and another in Maryland. They're called "Beyond Comics"; nice place, good people. Do visit them sometime. Tell them I sent you.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137873830964167682006-01-21T15:03:00.000-05:002006-01-21T15:03:00.000-05:00why don't you post the logo's and signage at issue...<I>why don't you post the logo's and signage at issue?</I><BR/><BR/>Another store's logo is not mine to use as I please. The post provides links to the website of each store, where each logo is visible.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137873745931591542006-01-21T15:02:00.000-05:002006-01-21T15:02:00.000-05:00tell us why you located so close to an existing su...<I>tell us why you located so close to an existing successful and long running business?</I><BR/><BR/>There seems to be some misunderstanding.<BR/><BR/>The store we bought was in the area first. It was Big Planet that moved in around the corner from an existing shop, not us.<BR/><BR/>If you want to know why THEY did that, perhaps you should ask them.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137872084491774632006-01-21T14:34:00.000-05:002006-01-21T14:34:00.000-05:00First, why don't you post the logo's and signage a...First, why don't you post the logo's and signage at issue?<BR/><BR/>Second, tell us why you located so close to an existing successful and long running business?<BR/><BR/>Third, if the store you bought out did so well why are they gone?<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Finallly, who is up and blogging at 4:00AM?<BR/><BR/>Is his wife comely? <BR/><BR/>If so I would gladly babysit, when she asks him where he is going.<BR/><BR/>She won't care if he comes back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137855838039587202006-01-21T10:03:00.000-05:002006-01-21T10:03:00.000-05:00Kong say me am only monkey allowed. Say Kong lawye...Kong say me am only monkey allowed. Say Kong lawyer crush you like puny jungle man then me rip your spine out. Kong am only monkey! You stop taking Kong money.<BR/>Uh oh airplanes coming Kong get back to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137855255591653412006-01-21T09:54:00.000-05:002006-01-21T09:54:00.000-05:00Actually, the name Big Monkey Comics was originall...Actually, the name Big Monkey Comics was originally chosen for the store in Richmond (the one that didn't happen). <BR/><BR/>The conversations about that are even still available on line. The name was retained when the DC store was acquired and the Fredericksburg store opened.<BR/><BR/>Big Planet is not McDonalds. The predecessor store to Big Monkey did twice the business the the Big Planet store does. Even if there were any confusion, it would be Big Planet that would be receiving benefit, not Big Monkey.<BR/><BR/>However, I, unlike some, have faith in the intelligence of the customers of both stores. If customers are going to one store and not the other, it is not because they cannot tell the difference between them.<BR/><BR/>It's because they <B>can</B>.<BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S. I expect commenters on my blog to be able to make their points without swearing. Or least, with a "@#$(*^!"Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137853746301989132006-01-21T09:29:00.000-05:002006-01-21T09:29:00.000-05:00Maybe you should be able to open a McDougals Hambu...Maybe you should be able to open a McDougals Hamburgers right next to a McDonald's you prick.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'm sure it was coincidence to change your name to Big Monkey Comics right down the street from a Big Planet Comics. Nice to know you knew you couldn't succeed on your own merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137853124237288982006-01-21T09:18:00.000-05:002006-01-21T09:18:00.000-05:00BC Comics is now owned by someone else, I think it...BC Comics is now owned by someone else, I think it's now Phoenix Comics like the one in Herndon. <BR/><BR/>As to the Big Planet/Big Monkey debate, why did you choose Big Monkey knowing that Big Planet was right down the street from you? Was it to cause confusion? Was it to poke fun? Or was it complete happenstance? I'm wondering why you didn't name the store Beyond Monkeys since you converted it from Jon's ownership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137759911218357412006-01-20T07:25:00.000-05:002006-01-20T07:25:00.000-05:00"...the doomed exploding monkey of Krypton."I woul...<I> "...the doomed exploding monkey of Krypton."<BR/><BR/>I would buy 3 copies each of that title.</I><BR/><BR/>I hear it's on Grant Morrison's short list...Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137752475566542422006-01-20T05:21:00.000-05:002006-01-20T05:21:00.000-05:00"...the doomed exploding monkey of Krypton."I woul..."...the doomed exploding monkey of Krypton."<BR/><BR/>I would buy 3 copies each of that title.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137750409987149472006-01-20T04:46:00.000-05:002006-01-20T04:46:00.000-05:00So does this mean that BC Comics in Burke is now g...So does this mean that BC Comics in Burke is now going sue EC Comics in Vennia over a simlar trademark? <BR/>I admit when I told my wife I wanted to go to Big Monkey Comics the first time she thought we where going to Vennia. Then again there a ton of comic book shops in Vennia. <BR/>Funny how Big Planet is slowly turning into dino like BC comics. So when is Mr. Pollack going to pop in and yell at Devon for offering a better customer service?<BR/> <BR/>(local NOVA legend was that when Big Planet comics started out. The Owner of BC comics, the comic book empire in the 80s and comic book haters, walked in and yelled at the owners of Big Planet for offering better customers service and a discount. His major complaint was that buy treating comic book buyers nicely, they where going to drive him out of bussiness. To say the owner of BC comics liked comic book buyers is a large strech. A think that amount of hate for BC comics owner was summed up best when his death was announced at certain local comic shop: <BR/>Customer - "Did you hear *Owner of BC comics* died?"<BR/>Owner of a certain shop - <BR/>"Do you know where he is buried? I all of sudden feel the urge to dance?"<BR/>Customer - "Take a number there is a long line."<BR/><BR/>Sadly I think people are lining up to also dance on said Owner of a certain shop grave too. )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1137726698792656312006-01-19T22:11:00.000-05:002006-01-19T22:11:00.000-05:00...let me share my knowledge of the law from my da...<B><I> ...let me share my knowledge of the law from my dating of court employees.</B></I><BR/><BR/>Scarlett Drake, you rock.Walakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320268370872417847noreply@blogger.com