We are a full service comic book store located in the Brand New Johnsborough Station in the East End of Tacoma,Washington. Just a hop skip and a jump from Fort Lewis and Puyallup. Established in October of 2002, we hope to provide the best in customer service, subscription programs and in new, and old, comic book and movie merchandise!
In the last four years we have been lucky enough to have such creators as artist Adam Kubert, multiple Eisner Award Winner Brian Michael Bendis, Tim Sale, Daniel Way, Clayton Crain, Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, Stephano Gaudiano, Eric S. Trautmann, Phil & Kaja Foglio, Roberta Gregory, Moritat, Brandon Graham, Joshua Ortega, James Stokoe, Todd Herrman, Carolyn Main, Walter O'Neal, Scott Allie and John Layman...We're always hoping to have more folks visit us as well both famous (and a little infamous).
OUR STAFF
JOHN MUNN - Store Owner
John opened Comic Book Ink as part of a life long dream to own a comic book shop. He also has a life long passion for the theatre; which he is active in as both an actor and a director. Over the last four years he has also crafted some of his stories into screenplays. One of which, SMOOTH CRIMINAL, has made it to the top ten percent of over 3,000 entries at the Los Angeles Screenwriter's Expo (2002 and 2003).
Some of John's favorite writers include Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Cho, Mark Millar, Greg Rucka, Daniel Way, John Layman, Ed Brubaker, Joss Whedon, Joshua Ortega, Scott Allie, Grant Morrison, Jeph Loeb, J.M. Straczynski, Eric S. Trautmann, Geoff Johns, Bruce Jones, Brian Vaughn and Robert Kirkman.
Favorite Arists include Adam Kubert, Jim Lee, Alex Ross, Frank Cho, Gary Frank, Clayton Crain, Michael Lark, Moritat, Brandon Graham, Mark Bagley, Carolyn Main, Phil Foglio, Roberta Gregory, Walter O'Neal, James Stokoe, Mike Avon Oeming, Michael Gaydos, Ryan Ottley, Greg Horn, Terry Dodson, Amanda Connor and Tim Sale.
ALEX HENSHAW - Assistant Manager
Alex worked for a year as a para-educator before becoming Comic Book Ink's loyal register monkey in October of 2003. He's been reading comics since the mid-eighties with a break during the late nineties. Since then, his tastes have grown from just Marvel and DC titles to include many independants, manga and an ever-increasing list of web comics.
Favorite writers include Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Cho, J.M. Straczynski, Mark Millar, Brian Kirkman and Brian Vaughn.
Favorite artists such as Jim Lee, Frank Cho, Mike Avon Oeming, Scott Kurz and Mark Bagely.
JOSH INMAN - Sales Associate / Gaming Specialist
A long time customer of Comic Book Ink, decided to pursue his dream of working in the comic book industry and joined the staff of the shop in the summer of 2008. He brought with him more than 10 years of retail and managerial experience to the store. A life long fan of the Avengers, and a child of the 90's comics boom, he stopped reading for several years until he was introduced to INVINCIBLE and THE WALKING DEAD. These two titles reinvigorated his passion for comic...from independent to marvel and more. He is currently working on his own book series which he hopes to see print soon,
Favorite writers include Robert Kirkman, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Eric Powell, Tim Seeley, Garth Ennis, Ed Brubaker, Jeff Parker, Gail Simone, Geoff Johns, Frank Cho, Kurt Buisek and Mark Millar
Favorite artists such as J Scott Campell, Frank Cho, Tim Seely, Pia Guerra, Mike Avon Oeming, Tim Sale, Ryan Ottley, Daniel Liester, Skottie Young, Stuart Immonen, Mark Bagley, George Perez, John Romita Jr, Terry Dodson and Eric Powell
BILL DARGAN - Chief Appraiser
After 25 years as a Clinical Lab Scientist in Immunology, and another 10 as a food supplement broker and natural health-care consultant, Bill Dargan forsook the medical field for a dream job grading and pricing comics.
Bringing with him to CBI over 30 years comics experience (as a collector since 1954 and as a newsletter editor and appraiser for O’Leary’s Books in Tacoma off-and-on since 1977), Bill, along with Ron Trimble, laid the foundations for the modern 10-point grading system, and has a keen eye for detail, conservatively assessing the condition of a book, so that the buyer almost never feels victimized by the “over-calling” and over-charging rampant in the field today.
Bill’s hobbies include sci-fi movies, comparative theology, and, of course, comics. He has virtually every X-Men story ever published (including guest appearances), and his all-time favorite series is Nexus.
OPEN
7 DAYS a WEEK
Monday - Tuesday
10:00am - 9:00pm
Wednesday - Saturday
10:00am - 10:00pm
Sundays
11:am - 8:00pm
