My Comic Shop Country (movie)

Name: My Comic Shop Country
Director: Anthony Desiato
Released: 2020-3-7
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Mark Waid, Paul Levitz, James Robinson

User score: 7.5
Production country: United States of America
Producer: Anthony Desiato
Production companies: Flat Squirrel Productions
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 4/7/2020
Run time: 85 min.

Movie description

My Comic Shop Country is a feature-length documentary film exploring the business, fandom, and community of comic book stores across the United States. In 2015, New York's Alternate Realities closed after 23 years in operation, setting filmmaker-and former AR employee-Anthony Desiato on a quest to explore the comics retail industry from coast to coast. Comic book characters are box office gold, but why isn't the same necessarily true for comic stores? See how the 20 shops featured in the film are turning the tide, one customer at a time, seven days a week. Plus: Learn the fate (and future?) of Alternate Realities.