It’s snowing in Nebraska. And I need to get some comics. Would I find a store in Bellevue, Nebraska to warrant a trip to pick up at least one issue of anything? I certainly found one and snapped a few photos before the snowstorm got out of control.

Ground Zero Hobby
4601 South 50th St, Suite 103
Omaha, NE 68117
(402)733-7212

Besides getting to cook my own deer meat, I also got to visit an old childhood friend: my welsh corgi Ein! She was my tightest homie throughout my high school, and it was nice to see how fat she had gotten living in Nebraska. Then I went to Ground Zero Hobby. This store is one of those all-encompassing stores. It’s a comics, cards, and gaming store, with enough of everything for a general fan to be satisfied with. I visited in the evening and was told that there were a few comics published by the likes of Avatar Press written or illustrated by people who shopped at the store. A lot of the gamer nerds in the store who looked like high schoolers also welcomed me, brushing cheese and french fries off their hands before waving hello.

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Fluke Minicomics festival was a blast. Homeboy Tait and I took off from Savannah to Athens the day of and skipped the first half. We got to experience the last 3 hours of it, which is all you need on a first visit. There were lots of sweet minis to snag, trade, buy, and plenty of great people to meet. We met up with some award-winning SCAD students from the Savannah campus as well as the Atlanta students. I was really into seeing the Atlanta group, getting their group dynamic as a whole.

Athens is a real nice town and I’d love to chill there more. It’s kind of like a cooler Savannah with lots more to do, all within walking distance of each other. It seems like in Savannah, because of those squares, things are much further away. In Athens, its just perfect.

It’s similar to Savannah because UGA, the University of Georgia, is the town. A lot of things go down on College Ave, like the outdoor concert that was happening across the street from the comics fest. There were plenty of young Georgia students out partying and having a good time. Seems like comics and coeds can coexist, and it is a beautiful thing.

Here are some more pictures from the trip!

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