by Erica J Heflin   Let’s fast forward a bit to my college years. My first college job involved telephone calls. I left as quickly as I was able. Shortly thereafter, I began my first job in a comic shop. I’d been a customer at that store for less than a year, but was on [...]

  by Erica J Heflin When I was very little, my parents were divorced. Though that may sound like an odd opening to a commentary on fandom, it’s undoubtedly at the root of my developing interests. I was three, my parents were divorced, and my mother – who had primary custody – worked long hours [...]

by Erica J Heflin I started working at my first comic shop job in the late 90s. I was still living in Indiana and attending college. I only worked three days a week – spanning a couple of locations. The store had several locations in the Indianapolis area. I’d been a customer there for less [...]