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Comic book lending library
opens in Carroll Gardens
He’s got a novel approach to sequential
A new kid-centric shop in Carroll
Gardens offers a new twist on
the traditional comic book shop,
using a lending library approach
instead. Loot, which opened on
July 1, allows its subscribers to
check out one comic at a time, as
many times as they want, for $30
a month, according to the shop’s
founder, in an effort to get kids
away from their screens and into
the printed page.
“The idea is that ultimately,
we want kids to be motivated to
consume and read comics,” said
LOOT GREAT: Founder Joe Einhorn recently opened his comic shop Loot in
Carroll Gardens. Catherine Michelle Bartlett
Bicycle racket Ruff rescue in Park Slope
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
¡Vive Fidel!
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
art!
Thieves stole a woman’s
15-year-old chihuahua mix
from Prospect Park on Saturday
— only for the owner
and her friend to recapture
the pilfered pup the following
day!
Owner Jess Gray’s beloved
38-year-old Joe Einhorn. “Part
of it is nostalgia. This was a
fun thing for people my age to
do as a youngster. At the same
time, we’re hoping to provide
children with an alternative to
highly addictive video games.”
Loot houses a library of over
3,000 issues available for rent —
or for sale at $5 each — from the
biggest names in comics, with
a focus on superhero titles from
Marvel and DC, along witha few
collections of Japanese manga,
according to Einhorn.
The shop owner said he also
plans to use his second-fl oor
tail wagger, Fidel,
was roaming free during
off-leash hours in the Long
Meadow section of Brooklyn’s
Backyard at 8 a.m.,
when a fi endish pooch pirate
snatched the furry
comrade while Gray’s back
was turned, according to a
friend, who helped lead the
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ad-hoc search-and-rescue
operation for the dog.
“There were a lot of
people around. Everyone
had their dogs off
the leash,” said Danielle
Marveal. “Jess heard him
yelp, and then he disappeared.”
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Police cuffed a man for allegedly
body slamming a patrolman outside
Commodore Barry Pool on
June 27, charging the suspect
with felony assault, despite numerous
eye-witnesses who claim
that the suspect’s badge-wearing
victim exaggerated his account.
Cops cuffed Kamel Hawkins,
18, for allegedly slamming Offi cer
Frank Reddington to the ground
near the Flushing Avenue public
bath, which Parks staffers closed
for the day after the incident .
The incident occurred as dozens
of exasperated Brooklynites
lined the pool’s N. Elliott Place entrance
following a mid-day break
at around 4:20 p.m.— 20 minutes
after the pool was scheduled to
open.
Hawkins and his friend got
into an argument, and at one
point a city Parks worker grabbed
the teen in an effort to break up
the fi ght, according one witness,
Daequa Turner, who’s a friend of
Hawkins.
Reddington, joined by several
other uniformed offi cers, arrived
shortly after and moved to intervened
in the argument. As Hawk-
BY CHANDLER KIDD
Marine Park parents
claim their kids are being
targeted by older teens
intent on stealing expensive
trick bikes, saying
that as many as five
of the high-priced stunt
cycles have been nabbed
since Memorial Day.
“They keep getting stolen,
because they’re expensive
and you can do tricks
on them,” said Sarah, a
Marine Park mom whose
12-year-old son lost his custom
trick bike to thieves.
Sarah, who asked that
her last name not be used,
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A 15-year-old chihuahua mix
was recovered by his owner
after being stolen from Prospect
Park. Danielle Marveal
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