{"id":324187,"date":"2021-08-13T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/iconic-nyc-shop-st-marks-comics-reopens-in-brooklyn\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T21:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T18:58:59","slug":"iconic-nyc-shop-st-marks-comics-reopens-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/iconic-nyc-shop-st-marks-comics-reopens-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"#Iconic NYC shop St. Mark&#8217;s Comics reopens in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Iconic NYC shop St. Mark&#8217;s Comics reopens in Brooklyn<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane, it\u2019s . . . the new St. Mark\u2019s Comics \u2014 but in Industry City.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary store, which shuttered in February 2019 after 36 years in the East Village, recently reopened in a more roomy and modern space in Brooklyn. The store will feature everything that the old location had \u2014 as well as a wider selection of vintage toys and even more comic books.<\/p>\n<p>Co-owner Mitch Cutler bought the comics store in 1984 at just 19. He said he worked 90 hours a week selling books, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>raising comics and consulting for publishers and manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started reading comics as a little kid, and I got a job at a comic shop when I was 15, and then you\u2019re off to the races,\u201d Cutler, 56, told The Post.   <\/p>\n<p>St. Mark\u2019s Comics gained worldwide acclaim as one of the country\u2019s premier comic book shops. The store was featured in an episode of \u201cSex in the City\u201d and still attracts plenty of film enthusiasts and tourists. St. Mark\u2019s Comics also got a shoutout in \u201cFriends\u201d as the place where Phoebe \u2014 back in her hardscrabble days \u2014 mugged a young Ross when he came to sell his copy of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cutler, a Bronx native, had his \u201cDanny Glover moment\u201d \u2014 or the realization that he was burned out \u2014 in the months prior to the store\u2019s closing. That, combined with the changing landscape of the East Village even before the pandemic, led him to shutter the store and move to some online sales \u2014 after a much-needed two-month break.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322\" alt=\"The old St. Mark's Comics closed in February 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-19108696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=483 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>The original St. Mark\u2019s Comics closed in February 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was exhausted, and then a bunch of the other shops on St. Mark\u2019s went out, and the entire corner of St. Mark\u2019s and Third Avenue was bought and shut down, so that they could put up a giant office building,\u201d said Cutler.<\/p>\n<p>Upon closing the store and selling all its merchandise, Cutler noted that support was through the roof, and people proposed deals for a new location right away, although \u201cnone of them turned out to be the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Cutler, Industry City was a perfect fit. He also entered into a formal partnership with Nick Giangarra, who had been a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager at the store for years. He said Giangarra had deep contacts in the toy industry and brought both digital and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> experience \u2014\u00a0all of which, Cutler thought, could bring the latest incarnation of the shop to the next level. <\/p>\n<p>At the new spot at 51 35th St., which had its grand opening on July 30, Cutler hopes to expand inventory beyond the thousands of books already on shelves. Just last week, the store was in talks to acquire a 10,000-book collection, and it bought an assortment of vintage steel cars from the 1930s through the \u201970s. Cutler wants to fill up the interior since the space is \u201cenormous, beautiful and clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Cutler hopes to expand inventory beyond the thousands of books already on shelves, especially with older copies.\" class=\"wp-image-19108712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Cutler hopes to expand inventory beyond the thousands of books already on shelves, especially with older copies.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tamara Beckwith\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne of the beauties of walking in is you never know what you\u2019ll see,\u201d said Cutler. \u201cThe stock changes literally every day, because we buy collections literally every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of the current merchandise consists of books from the last 30 to 40 years, but Cutler hopes to become more established in the arena of Silver and Golden Age comic books from the 1930s through the \u201960s \u2014 which are his great passion. The store also has a selection of imported Japanese toys and GI Joe sets in their original boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single guy of a particular age who walks in and sees these original play sets in their original boxes says, \u2018I had that as a kid,\u2019 \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;Every single guy of a particular age who walks in and sees these original play sets in their original boxes says, 'I had that as a kid,' &quot; he said.\" class=\"wp-image-19108721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cEvery single guy of a particular age who walks in and sees these original play sets in their original boxes says, \u2018I had that as a kid,\u2019 \u201d he said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tamara Beckwith\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Cutler, talking to customers and guiding them through the merchandise has become a \u201challmark\u201d of the store \u2014\u00a0and he\u2019ll go to great lengths to maintain that service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lady who came in much later than she planned on because her international flight landed late, and [my staff] called me at home at 11:30, just as they were locking up, and said, \u2018Hey, this lady is here to buy those vintage Spider-Man [comics] for her boyfriend,\u2019 \u201d Cutler said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got back out on the train in the pouring rain to make sure that she got her books.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The new St. Mark's Comics is located in Industry City in Brooklyn.\" class=\"wp-image-19108772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/st-marks-comics-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The new St. Mark\u2019s Comics is located in Industry City in Brooklyn.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tamara Beckwith\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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