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In the late 1970s, Ralph Holt joined up with a friend of his and opened up the Andromeda Bookshop, a store specializing in science fiction books and comic books, in Santa Barbara, CA. After a couple of years, Ralph decided to head out on his own. He made his way about 50 miles down the coast to Ventura, CA, and, in May of 1980, opened up the very first incarnation of Ralph's Comic Corner. Originally located in the back of a thrift store (where it literally was just a corner), Ralph moved to a larger location, with his very own storefront, down the road in 1984. In 1990 Ralph moved the shop across the street to an even larger store. In 1997, the store doubled in size, having moved to its current location of 2379 E. Main Street.We carry a large selection of back issues, as well as a full line of currently published comics, including everything from best-selling Marvel, DC, and Image comics to the usually difficult-to-find small press titles.
ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Ralph Holt is the Big Cheese of Ralph's Comic Corner. His favorite football team is the San Francisco 49ers, but don't hold that against him. He is 39 years of age, in a Jack Benny sort of way. He is a big fan of the work of Steve Ditko, and an avid collector of Charlton and ACG comics. He also collects Target CDs, which...well, you can ask Ralph what's up with that.
Mike is the Not So Big Cheese (i.e. the manager) of Ralph's Comic Corner. Having been with the organization for (ahem) many years now, he has an extensive knowledge of comic book characters, history, and trivia which has no practical application anywhere outside of a comic book store. Being a person of great internal contradictions, his favorite comic characters are Swamp Thing and Uncle $crooge McDuck, two characters that have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever. Not getting enough of comics during his work day, he also writes the long-running comics weblog Progressive Ruin, which he plugs at any given opportunity...like, oh, say, when he's writing the "WHO WE ARE" page for the store's website.
Aaron likes Hellboy. Like, a lot. Maybe too much.
Tim is the newest and youngest member of the Ralph's Comic Corner team, and he really likes the work of Mike Allred.
Thank you for visiting, from all of us at Ralph's Comic Corner!