About HeavyInk
Heavy Ink is a new kind of comic book store, brought to you by a proven team of comic book fans, software engineers, and entrepreneurs, including:
- Travis
- Pete
- Susan
- Tyler
- Katherine
- Craig
- Jimmy
- Julio
- Jeanine
- Dan
We're located in Arlington, Massachusetts, with a five-year track record of excellent customer service.
We decided to launch Heavy Ink because we're comic book fans. ...fans with problems. Problems like:
- we don't always know what the good stuff is.
- it's hard to get copies reliably
- ...and buying online is difficult, and too expensive when you consider shipping
The local comic book stores are not much help - they've got a limited selection, and while the staff is friendly, they know more about Spiderman and The Hulk than they do about good writers, interesting plots, and obscure titles.
Does it have to be this hard?
We knew what we needed: an Amazon.com of the comic book world (easy to use, most everything is in stock, ordering is simple, and customer support - on those rare occasions that you need it - is top notch). It also needs a great recommendation engine geared towards comics, flexible shipping (weekly, if I feel like it, or monthly if I don't), and maybe some way to organize my collection and fill in the holes.
Finally, this web store should offer a tool that will give total neophytes who have seen one issue of Concrete, or have read a novel by Neil Gaiman, or were loaned a book by Art Spiegelman, or whatever, some way to start pulling at that one loose thread and discover what in the world of comics suits them.
Heavy Ink is that comic book store.
What you see today is just the beginning. We've got a lot of great ideas in store.
...but you don't need to wait for the new features; you can start buying comics at discounted prices, with free shipping, and great customer support today.
HeavyInk.com
7 Central St
Suite 140
Arlington MA 02476