Some very sad news this morning from Jim and our colleagues at FPI in Glasgow: “We are sad to report the the loss of our dear friend Pete Root who passed away on Sunday morning. He will be missed by all at the Glasgow store and was a loyal and true friend. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to his wife Doreen.”
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July 2nd, 2007 at 12:28 pm
[...] Over on his message board, Mark Millar reports the death of Scottish comics retailer Pete Root. After increasing success with local weekend comics marts, Root and compatriot John McShane founded AKA Books & Comics, and both the store and its owners were integral to Scotland’s modern comics scene. The store finally succumbed to the horrific economic climate for comics in 1995. You can learn more at Wikipedia’s entry on AKA Books & Comics; Craig McGill wrote about the Glasgow scene for Ninth Art in 2002. (Mea culpa: The Forbidden Planet Blog reported this last week, but I missed the significance at the time. Millarworld link via Graeme McMillan.) [...]