After 40 years, Aquilonia Comics finally has some in-town competition

 A little slice of home to start the new week.

Aquilonia Comics has been a downtown Troy staple since it opened in March 1985. While it's changed ownership since then, it has been a fixture along Fulton Street, currently located across from Herbie's Burgers (the former Black & White Taxi stand), and, until this week, it was Troy's only comics shop.

That's about to change.

Former Earthworld Comics staffer Andrew Falkenhainer is spinning off to open his own shop, Cromulent Comics, which had a soft opening on Saturday, and will hold its grand opening on Friday. The soft open enabled Rick Marshall of the Albany Times-Union to check the place out, and posted not only a feature article, which appeared in Sunday's editions, but also the following video.

Like Aquilonia, Cromulent Comics will be open Tuesday-Sunday, closed Mondays & holidays, and its location on Congress Street places it closer to RPI, which represents a good chunk of Aquilonia's consumer base.

The timing is perfect, with Free Comic Book Day on May 3. Now, all the Collar City needs is a movie theatre, and............!!