[1] The store's St. Mark's Place location was noted for its underground sensibility and cluttered, over-stuffed decor, and for employing female staff members long before that became the norm in the comics retailing industry.
The store had another location at 150 Chambers Street in lower Manhattan that closed in 2004 in part due to the after-effects of the September 11 attacks.
[9] In October 2017, St. Mark's Comics launched a GoFundMe campaign to keep the store open, but it only raised $1,201.
[2] Reasons cited by Cutler included 90-hour works weeks, higher rents and a changing marketplace.
[5] The announcement prompted tributes from comics creators including Neil Gaiman, Brian Michael Bendis,[4][11] and Dean Haspiel.