Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The burglar.



I've been in business for three decades and have been broken into a few times.

What they call 'smash and grabs'. They just break a window, grab some stuff, and vamoose.

So this morning I get in the shop to set it up for New Comics Day and it's very quiet in here (as it should be)

And then I hear a noise.

Maybe it's my buddy Clinky playing a trick on me (he has keys to the store)

So I stay quiet and listen.

I hear some more noise.

It ain't Clinky. There is someone I don't know in here with me.

I think I should call out "Hey! Who is here." or something equally clever.

Or maybe I should stay quiet.

Maybe I could call the police...but he'll hear me.

Not sure what to do.

I hear some more noise from down back.

And some more.

Maybe it's just a rat or cat or bird or something.

Or a burglar with a blackjack.

I decide to man-up and head towards the back of the store. Alone. In the dark. With a stapler in my hand (why a stapler I have no idea)

As I walk back there I hear some more noise...some more. Some more.

My heart races a bit.

I get to the back and see the burglar face to face...

It was a stack of comics that fell off the rack.

And not just any kind of comics...but Spider-Man comics. And we all know how a burglar played into THAT mythos.

The above story is true. It happened just a little while ago.

Though I did lie about having a stapler in my hand.

SO TO SUM UP:
Comics fell off my racks.

12 comments:

  1. Flash Thompson11:09 AM EDT

    Panty-waist!

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  2. Cousin Saul11:11 AM EDT

    So...I'm in North Carolina watching the local news...and my version of Wifey gives me an evil look when I snicker at the story about the explosion at the Slim Jim factory. I guess it's not really funny cuz two people died...I must really be a JERKy.

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  3. Slim Jim Factory explodes.
    Spiderman comics fall off rack.
    What next?

    These things do come in threes

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  4. There are worse ways to die than to die surrounded by smoked and processed meat in a handy snack size.

    I'm just sayin'...

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  5. Psychics R Us11:32 AM EDT

    One of the last remaining Golden Girls is gonna die. Mark my words.

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  6. The burglar was cleverly disguised as a comic book rack.

    Look at the rack.

    See it over there? Close to the door now, edging its way out, filled with Golden Age comic books?

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  7. Charlie Chan says: Explosion at factory make Slim Jim contents more suspect than usual.

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  8. you can just rock me to sleep tonight with that scary story, thank you very much.

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  9. Doctor Gay2:01 PM EDT

    IANO is gonna rock Joe to sleep tonight?

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  10. With many comics comes great responsibility.

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