“It’s too late to save Corner Comics, of course, but what about the next retailer to face a similar situation?”
“I don’t know who’s in the right here, the comics shop or the IRS, but when the government wins in their demand for books of any kind to be destroyed, members of a democracy ought to be goddamn alarmed.“
“Whoever’s fault this latest mishap is, it really is a shame for all these comic books to be destroyed, and for the industry to most likely lose one more comic shop.”
“…Corner Comics became another front in the IRS’s never-ending war against cash-based accounting….Publications will be destroyed because of this. Stories shredded. Pleasure reduced. Accrue that, why don’t you?”
“If you know of ANY shop (comic or not) that is using the cash-based method of accounting, warn them….Switch to accrued, or risk having the IRS go after you because they know you don’t have enough money to fight back. And say one last farewell to the boxes of comics (over 100 boxes all told) about to go under the shredder. Curse the taxman for picking on those that can’t fight back (may the spirits of the shredded superheroes haunt him forever… heh).”
“Good Lord, but it’s dull on the world of comics today. Can’t someone start a fight about comic covers or something?”
Good priorities there, Graeme.
(UPDATE: Laura Gjovaag’s reporting on Corner Comics may now be found at this page.)