Golden Apple Comics

Golden Apple Comics is a small chain of comic book stores with branches in Hollywood and Northridge, California.

History

The store's original owner, Bill Liebowitz, was a yo-yo champion in the 1950s, a co-founder of Rhino Records, and had recurring roles as himself in Archie Comics. He opened Golden Apple in Hollywood in 1979, and the Northridge location in 1983.cite web|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=903|title=Golden Apple Comics: GM Ryan Liebowitz|author=DesRocher, Bailee|date=April 21, 2008] . Liebowitz was well known for hosting signings by comic book artists and writers, as well as for his anti-censorship activism.

After Liebowitz' death in 2004, his widow, Sharon, and son took over the business and continue to run the stores.cite news|title=Comic Book Fans Pay Respects to Superhero|publisher="The Los Angeles Times"|author=Fausset, Richard|date=November 15, 2004|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/nov/15/local/me-comics15]

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The shop has been featured in many film projects, including Weird Al Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" video and—perhaps most prominently—in the movie Free Enterprise (1998) in which Sharon Liebowitz played herself. [cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE0DB1430F935A3575BC0A96F958260|title=Free Enterprise: Captain Kirk And Friends Grounded In Neverland|author=Van Gelder, Lawrence|date=August 6, 1999|publisher="The New York Times"] Blair Butler, G4TV's resident comic expert, often hosts her segment of Attack Of The Show, called "Fresh Ink," at the Golden Apple. It was also featured in an episode of the short-lived NBC crime drama, Raines, in which an up and coming comic artist who frequented Golden Apple Comics was murdered.

Golden Apple regularly hosts celebrity guests such as Stan Lee [cite news|publisher=Business Wire|date=August 13, 2001|title=Stan Lee Makes Landmark LA Appearance for DC Comics At Golden Apple On Melrose] , Frank Miller [cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=4181|title=Comics Retailer Bill Liebowitz Dies|authlr=Weiland, Jonah|date=October 27, 2004] , Marc Silvestri [cite news|title=Adventure Capitalists Publishing: After inking strategic deals, Malibu Comics has become a leader in the world of mutants and super-heroes|author=Apodaca, Patrice|publisher="The Los Angeles Times"|date=October 13, 1992] and George A. Romero, and has been frequented by famous patrons such as Michael Jackson and Michael Boatman. [cite news|publisher="The Los Angeles Times"|author=Michael Boatman|title=My Favorite Weekend|date=May 10, 2001] DC Comics vice president Bob Wayne called Golden Apple Comics, "one of the most important comic book stores in the world."

References

External link

* [http://www.goldenapplecomics.com/ Golden Apple Comics home page]