Comments on: Comic Shop Focus: Desert Island, Brooklyn, NY

By: mikeHirst

mikeHirst — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:38:27 +0000

i love this store!

the guy that owns it is awesome and plays cool records while you shop.

fave sat afternoon stop!

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Friday The 13th: SHOWPAPER At Arm Gallery — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:29:25 +0000

[...] books and prints from PictureBox, t-shirts from Famous Class, and a gigantic cartoon print from Desert Island.To celebrate Friday the 13th Death by Audio held a Zombie afterparty for SHOWPAPER with bands [...]

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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:45:19 +0000

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By: James Sime

James Sime — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:11:12 +0000

Nice!

There are few things that make me happier than seeing nifty new comic stores opening up and Desert Island definitely looks and sounds like a very cool shop. Can’t wait to get to visit on my next trip out that way and will definitely send some of my East Coast friends by to check it out.

Thanks for the article and the great photos!

If Daily Cross Hatch is looking for more cool new shops to profile, let me suggest the recently-opened Neon Monster in SF. I suppose some folks might consider them “the competition” because they’re not all that far from *my* comic book shop, but I gotta say, they’ve done a really admirable job putting together a great comics, crazy japanese toys, and cool vinyl records shop.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/neon-monster-san-francisco

By: Danny Hellman

Danny Hellman — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:39:22 +0000

Of course EVERYONE orders from Diamond, but EVERYONE also bemoans the extinction of Diamond’s competitors. Diamond’s core business has always been the mainstream market, and it would be unrealistic to expect them to handle indy/alternative books as well as they do the men in tights stuff. If Gabriel can keep his shelves stocked without dealing with Diamond, I say more power to him.

I wish Gabriel and his Desert Island nothing but success. God knows he’s in the right neighborhood for the readership. Why wish failure on anyone when they’re just getting started? Who knows, with a little nurturing, today’s indy comics retailer might evolve into tomorrow’s indy comics distributor, (at least we can hope).

By: STREET BONERS and TV CARNAGE » COMIC BOOK REVIEWS – DADDY’S GIRL & FUN HOME

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:16 +0000

[...] just went to a new comic store near our office called Desert Island and bought a TON of books. Here’s our [...]

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:46:45 +0000

Why the negativity, friend? If you want homoginized content, go buy your comics at Wal-Mart.

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:58:43 +0000

I can’t hope this fails hard enough. Spoiler: EVERYONE orders from Diamond. Good luck paying your rent with street cred, Gabriel.

By: Matt Little

Matt Little — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:30:50 +0000

@ Torsten:

It’s less than a block from the Lorimer L/Metropolitan G stop.

If you get out at Metropolitan and Lorimer, walk downhill less than a block towards Union.

If you get out at Metropolitan and Union, walk uphill less than a block towards Lorimer.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:12:43 +0000

Google has little info about Desert Island… If you know it, could you please there phone number, the nearest subway stations, and when they are open? I’d walk from Woodlawn, but would hate to find it closed! thanks!
another good store to feature is Krypton Comics in Omaha.