Categories: It Happened to Me

"Something Positive’s" take on Avenue Victor Hugo Books’ Closing

Back in April, I wrote about Avenue Victor Hugo books, which I stumbled into while walking along Boston’s Newbury Street with The Redhead. In that article, I republished The Crepuscule, a document which describes itself as “Twelve reasons for the death of small and independent book stores”.

In Wednesday’s and yesterday’s editions of his webcomic, Something Positive, Randy Mulholland shows the main character “Davan” in a bookstore that bears a striking resemblance to Avenue Victor Hugo…

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