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As described by Wikipedia…”Golden Apple opened in Hollywood in 1979, and a second location in Northridge in 1983.^[1] The store was well known for hosting signings by comic book artists and writers, as well as for anti-censorship activism. In 2010, Golden Apple became the official sponsor of the popular weekly geek podcast Bagged & Boarded. 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.^[3] 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,^[4] Frank Miller,^[5] Marc Silvestri^[6] and George A. Romero,^[1] and has been frequented by famous patrons such as Michael Jackson^[2] and Michael Boatman.^[7] DC Comics vice president Bob Wayne called Golden Apple Comics “one of the most important comic book stores in the world.”^[2]

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