Speeding Bullet Comics celebrates 25 years in 2023 — Annette and I took over the shop on June 8, 1998. The retail comics shop continues to serve Norman, Oklahoma at 614 N. Porter Ave.

I shared some thoughts about being a 25-year comic-shop owner on my Substack account:

Annette and I both had a lot of ideas on how to adapt to the shifting comics marketplace of the late 1990s. Primary among our thoughts at the time was increasing the number of comic collections, often called trade paperbacks or graphic novels, that the store would carry. At the time there were very few stores in Oklahoma, if any, that stocked maybe 100 graphic novels, and I even think that’s a very heavy estimate. Reading material has always been our focus – in new, older, and book-format comics – and that continues today, though we enjoy connecting people with toys and games and other things they enjoy as well.

Feel free to give the whole thing a read if you’re interested! Thanks to everyone who has been part of the journey. I’m proud we’ve made it this long, and we couldn’t have done it without so many of you.