When Leslie Osborn learned that Square Records would be closing later this year, she made the hour drive from Ashland on Halloween to flip through the Akron store’s bins. The Highland Square record store is a destination for her, she said — she never leaves empty handed.
Weeks later, Brent Sobleski flipped through a different set of bins across town at Kenmore Komics. That store, too, will close later this month — perhaps as soon as Saturday.
Sobleski, who in early December drove an hour and a half from Cadiz, spent $1,050 on more than 100 comic books, priced at 90% off. It’s the third trip he’s made since owner John Buntin, Jr. announced this fall that this would be the store’s last year…