Way back in the early 80's, I used to buy comics alot. Somehow the owner of this establishment, Dave Sincere, found out I was an artist (I probably told him) and asked me to do a flyer for him. I did and here it is presented in glorious black and white. I later did some other stuff for him...a business card and I can't remember what else. He was a nice guy. Everytime I went to the store he would tell me I was wasting my life...that I should be a comic book artist instead of going to college. Heck, maybe he was right...I don't know.I remember going into his shop one day and he introduced me to this strange fellow who had a comic idea and wanted to find an illustrator. I talked to him and found him to be from the planet Huge Geek. I still remember his idea too. It was something like "Mr. Sound Effects and the Unknown Mind." I think it was a telepath and a guy who could make sound effects. Wow! What a super power.
I also remember meeting Dave Dorman at the shop one day. He's a famous artist especially well-known for his Star Wars renderings. Look him up.
Anyway, I eventually moved away and stopped collecting comics. I don't know if Sincere Comics still exists in Pensacola or not but I hope it does. If so, thanks Dave, for giving me a little bit of work.
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I hadn't thought about Dave and Sincere Comics in many years. I worked in his Fairfield Plaza store in 88 and 89. Dave was a bit trying to work for sometimes, but he was a stand-up guy. I remember meeting Dave Dorman there once too; he was signing autographs but I can't remember for what.
I remember those business cards...
Dave ended up moving to North 9 Mile Road for a while but his store there disappeared a few years back. I think his Mobile store is still open though.
Anyway, thanks for stirring the memories.
I ran into him in Orlando at MegaCon a couple of years ago. He told me at the time that he had closed all the stores in Pensacola and moved all the stuff to the store in Mobile. His shop in Pensacola was the first shop ever went to. I remember going there as much as I could from 1987 to 1993 or so. Eventually I made my way to Amazing Dave's (I lived down the street from there until it closed) and Pennymart / Legends Comics and TBS until I moved from Pensacola in 1997. I think all those are closed now :(
Justin
As of 2004 Dave is no longer in the comic book business (as far as I know). He ran into problems with the IRS and was forced to sell his entire store and his subscribers list.
Dave Sincere was an ass the rare times I went into his store. From his rants on not knowing how to hold a book to overpricing books and then giving a "discount" and the best of all giving negative feedback to buyers on ebay because he thought it was fun to ruin their perfect ratings.
The name David Sincere still has a foul stench in Mobile nearly 4 years since he's been gone.
im friends with his son, he used to tell me all the time about how his dad owned a comic store and i just find it awesome to come across your blog searching for random comic related stuff on google. neat poster.
I worked for Dave for a number of years. Mike Tessier and I ran that store for Dave at its peak. We had customers that would actually wait outside of the store until Dave left (which we would frequently do.) No complaints about that though...Dave was an ASS. Mike and I left for better things and Dave's store withered and died under his watch. I ran into Dave years later at DragonCon (I believe we was only doing shows at this point) and while I don't remember exactly what he said I do remember it showed he was just as big an ASS as he was when I knew him.
A.J.
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