Lawrenceville
481 West Pike St.
200 B
Lawrenceville,
GA 30045
(770) 339-3001
Mon - Sat 11-7
Buford
4264 Sudderth Rd.
Suite C
Buford, GA 30518
(770) 614-4804
Mon - Sat 11-7
Rent the only comic book store with a movie theater!
Available for special events.
Our beginnings were humble and the road ahead proved to be a
long one. Success does not come easy. This page
contains a record of our ongoing journey...
ourGALACTIC
QUEST!
2008
2008 - March 27th - GQ in Lawrenceville moves to 481 West Pike Street and doubles in size! It takes almost a full week to move!
2008 - Jan - March - We await the big move with great anticipation!
2008 - Feb 8th-10th - Galactic Quest sets up at the second annual Atlanta Comic Expo.
2007
2007 - Dec 27th - We finally sign the lease for our new location in Lawrenceville.
2007 - Nov 3rd - Our first Magic Grand Prix Trial hosted in Buford.
2007 - Aug 16th & 27th - GQ and 99x host Spider-man 3 & Pirates 3 at the Fox Theater.
2007
- June - Galactic Quest acquires the awesome Silver Surfer
theater display from the Fantastic Four movie. We also begin
posting all the cool TV broadcasts that have been done about
the stores on our website. Our art classes continue to be
a hit at public libraries with about 20 appearances in June
and July.
2007 - May 4th - 6th - Free Comic Book day weekend! It's
a huge weekend as Spider-man 3 releases in theaters. Our 4th
Artist social brings about 40 people out to network and get
inspired.
2007
- April 28th - D&D mini's Qualifier.
2007
- April 21st - We set up at the first Atlanta Comics Exp
and sell an amazing 35 long boxes of comics.
2007 - March 17th - Galactic Quest appears at the Gainsville
Mall for the Kids connection. Captain America died in the
comics and created a huge media buzz.
2007 - March 3rd - D&D
Unhallowed Prerelease.
2007 - Feb 10th - Marvel
Team up release VS - amazing attendance at our Buford store
for our first VS prerelease. 70 people attend!
2006
2007
- December 30th-1st - Galactic ConQuest III offers amazing
entertainment. Musical acts Helios, Lost Boys, and Three Quarter
Ale perform. Click
for pictures of the event. Even with rainy weather, everyone had a great time!
2006 - Oct - World of Warcraft releases and proves
to be the next big game hit! D&D prerelease for Blood
War.
2006 - Oct 7th - Abigail & Caleb Goodson are
married and Abigail returns to manage the Buford location!
2006
- Oct 5th - How do you fit 100 high school students
in a comic shop?
Galactic Quest welcomed Bob O'Keefe's marketing classes from
Grayson High School. These talented kids learned about how
to market their own superhero!
Gwinnett
Daily Post reviews exhibit
and Galaxy Man comic!
2006 - Aug 3rd - Our
second artist social is held at the Hudgen's Center for the
Arts. 35+ artists gather to network. Our Galaxy Man #1 comic
sells out The summer was dominated by Marvel comic's major
crossover "Civil War".
2006 - June 11th -
D&D mini qualifier & July 1st War of the Dragon Queen
D&D release. D&D miniatures continue to be popular
with 20+ people attending these gatherings.
2006
- June & July - Galaxy Man library tour! Our comic
is presented to 20 libraries throughout Georgia. These "how
to draw" classes continue to grow.
2006 June 1st - Galaxy Man #1 the comic is published!
The local print run of 250 copies quickly sells down and the
book is promoted on local TV, radio, and extensively through
the newspaper. Reviews are very positive.
2006
June 1 through Septr 2 - Reaching out to the community,
Galactic Quest puts together "A Galaxy of Heroes"
exhibit at the Hudgens Center for the Arts. 2,000+ attendees
discover over 60 beautiful original art pieces.
2006 - March, April, May - Our 15 year anniversary is
celebrated with a big 50% off sale. Minda Groves joins the
store team (march 17) as assistant manager in Lawrenceville.
The Galaxy Man activity book is published.
2006 - Feb 17th & 18th Gamers' Marathon returns
to GQ in Buford. Anime Atlanta starts meetings in Buford.
2006 - Galaxy Man becomes more a part of our artist
efforts. We prepare for appearances, art lessons and a Super
Hero exhibit at the Hudgens' Center for the Arts.
2005
2005-2006
New Years! - Galactic ConQuest II attracts 300+ attendees.
This convention featured music by "Lost Boys" and
"Three Quarter Ale". This convention was a lot of
fun and we raised money for CURE. Another high light was the
Art Show and game rooms.
This has potential to become an amazing annual tradition.
2005 - Oct 9th - Our first "Artist Social"
is a huge success. We had 30 artists attend and there was
plenty of talent. Our new movie screen was also installed,
and had quite an impact!
2005 - September 6 & 13 - Grayson High School visits
GQ in Buford. About 100 students from the marketing class
help market Galaxy Man.
Duel Masters invitational brings 44 players to Buford!
2005
- Aug - Our new Buford location hosts major game events
and attendance hits new records. Duel Masters invitationals,
D&D mini's, and VS events are big.
2005
- July 18-22 Comic book art classes at
the Hudgens Center for the Arts!
We've been invited to teach over 50 students at the Hudgens
Center for the Arts! The students are very talented. Click
here for more pictures.
2005 - June 24 - After
weeks of preparation and plenty of help from many of our customers,
Galactic Quest in Buford starts doing businsess out of our
bigger & better location!
2005 - June - Batman
Begins opens. The new "Daily Planet" Jeep debuts.
2005 - May - Galactic
Quest Upgrade announced! Our Buford store is moving!Star
Wars III opens.
2005 - April 25- Comic
art classes at Gwinnett county libraries finishes strong!
Jefferson county library had our largest attendance for an
art class ever... 40 students!
2005 - April -
Galactic Quest's 14th anniversary! Spring Break's Galactic
ConQuest in Lawrenceville has a record setting attendance
of 90 gamers at 3am!
2005 - Feb & March - our
50% off back stock sale is a huge success. Art classes at
the stores have guest teachers and the library classes are
well attended.
2005 - Jan -
AJC's Jon Waterhouse writes about our comic
art classes. Gwinnett Libraries invite us back for 8 more
"how to draw" classes. Marketing classes at Collins
Hill High School features Kyle as a guest speaker. The Galaxy
Man project continues to improve.
2004
2004
- Dec - Kyle begins painting more murals and launched
a new service, Painted Dreams. Our 11th New Years eve Gamers'
Marathon features "Galactic Waffles"! (Buford)
2004
- Oct - As
part of Teen Week, "How to Draw" classes were offered
at Gwinnett County Libraries. Kyle taught at the Snellville,
Buford, Lilburn, & Norcross locations. We held our 10th
Gamers Marathon in Buford on Halloween.
2004
- July 3rd - Spider-man
2 brings incredible attention to FCBD and Galactic Quest.
Mark Brooks, the artist of "Marvel Age: Spider-man"
does a signing at our Lawrenceville store along with Chuck
Hart (Simpsonizer). Everything is reported in the Gwinnett
Daily Post's article "Flying
High".
2004 - June 30 - Kyle Puttkammer
as Spider-man is featured on Fox 5's Good Day Atlanta.
June 2004- Allison Knoch is hired
as part time manager of the Lawrenceville store.
2004 - June 4 - Our 9th Gamers'
Marathon returns to the Buford location.
2004 - May 8 - Atlanta Tonight from
channel 69 / UPN filmed a spot about Galactic Quest. The show
turned out great and featured many of our Lawrenceville customers.
2004 - April
2 -
Our 8th Gamers' Marathon is where we premiered our first
ever Fan Film "Galactic Quest the Motion Picture"
It was a lot of fun to make and Blake Myers was the director.
April
20 - We
relaunched our art class in Buford and Kyle returned as the
instructor. The Atlanta
Journal did a story on the art class and we
revamped the store's mascot from "Kidd Quest" to
"Galaxy Man". Creative efforts have begun on publishing
his stories.
2004 - March
- Galactic Quest opens a booth at Discover Mills to promote
our stores. We continue to pick up new customers as the third
competing comic shop in Gwinnett closes this year.
2004 - February 6 - Largest .//Hack
tour attendance for local area!
2004
- New Years - We hosted our 7th Gamers' Marathon in Lawrenceville
with 55 players at 3am!
2003
2003
- October 10 - Decipher's Lord of the Rings Black Rider
Tour.
2003 - Sept 19 & 20 - A big dream is realized
as we host our
first ever convention, Galactic ConQuest! Games were
the focus of
this convention and a fantastic concert by Hill Valley Preservation
Society completed the weekend.
2003 - September 8 - Jami Gross is hired as our new part
time manager in Buford.
2003 - September 6 - Galactic Quest acquires it's second
most important Silver Age collection. Highlights include JLA
#1,Green Lantern #1, X-men #2-9, and the first appearance
of Green Goblin (Amazing Spider-man #14).
2003 - August 23 - Centennial Park in Atlanta invited
Galactic Quest to set up a display during it's Summer Family
Fun weekend. Our Spider-man display & tent is a huge hit.
2003
- May 26 - GQ Artist Marathon is a great opportunity to
draw for the day. Joshua Hood of JLA scary monsters attends
along with about 10 other aspiring artists. The 24 hour artist
marathon will change formats in the near future.
2003 - May 17 - Village Shoppes of Sugarloaf celebrates
it's Grand Opening and the circus atmosphere brings in plenty
of new customers. Brian Stelfreeze signs his new comic "Domino"
#1.
2003
- May 2 & 3 - Free Comic Book
Day & our x-men 2 private screening are a huge hit! The
movie was incredible and Don Hillsman of Crossgen comics did
a signing at the Lawrenceville store.
2003
- April 12 - Our entire Silver Age collection sells to
Charles Rozanski, president of Mile High comics.
2003
- March 28 & 29 - Our first Gamer's Marathon in our
Lawrenceville Location. This is our 6th marathon. 75 people
stayed until 3am.
2003
- Feb 26 - We welcome our new employee, Elizabeth Rice.Terry McDaniel compiled our first ever "GQ TV".
An hour long DVD of all the broadcasts done on the shops.
Lawrenceville store now in it's New Location!
2003 - Feb 18 - We acquired our Certificate of Occupancy
for our new location and begin doing sales. The new shop is
a huge hit. Customers love the easy access and neighboring
shops. This kind of high profile location is the realization
of a dream I had 12 years ago.
2003 - Jan - Preparation begins on the new Lawrenceville
location. Plenty of delays .
2002
2002 - Dec 31 & Jan 1 - New Year's eve Marathon.
What a way to finish out a record breaking year! We beat
our last marathon with 66 players at 3am! It was a New Year's
celebration to remember.
2002 - Dec 18 - Lord of the Rings the Two Towers private
screening.
2002 - Nov 1 & 2 - Our fourth Gamer's Marathon brought
in 65 people at 3am! During the Friday / Saturday all
day event we had hundreds of players join us for Yugioh,
Magic, Lord of the Rings, Hero Clix and other tournaments.
Plenty of Role Playing games brought even more players.
During our Gamer's Marathon we made the big announcement... Galactic
Quest in Lawrenceville is moving to a better location! Galactic Quest in Lawrenceville will be moving to the
Sugarloaf Parkway shopping center! It's a brand new complex
with incredible potential. The anchor store is a Publix,
which will be the largest built to date.
2002 - Sept 25 & 26 (Broadcast Oct 19) - Galactic
Quest is featured on TBS for an artist profile on Interact
Atlanta. Film crews followed us around for 2 days and documented
our lives as comic book retailers. During this time we trained
our new employee, Abigail Stom.
2002- July 28th & August 11th - Silver and
Golden age collection sale! For the first time in our store's
history we are open on Sunday to sell a special collection
of prime stuff. Top books like Daredevil #1, Iron Man #1,
and popular character's first appearances (Mary Jane, Batgirl,
Poison Ivy etc.) sell quickly.
2002 - July 19 & 20 - 3rd Gamer's Marathon Results
Over $500 in prizes were given out. Paul Reyes won the $150
shopping spree. Horace Howell won the $50 shopping spree.
Over 100 registered players with over 50 players staying
through the entire night.
Georgia exclusive
Lord of the Rings Prerelease! 2002 - June 15th - Realms of the Elf-lords prerelease
in Buford brings 50 players. This was our largest LotR event
and everyone had a great time. Richard Deeter walked away
with the victory.
2002 - June 10th & 11th -Buford Store
New & Expanded!
Huge
Thanks go out to Joseph, Zack, Nick, and Morgan for all
the help moving
from suite 12 to suite 10 (Two doors up, Where the Real-estate
spot was). We did it all in just two days. This larger
location improves our game room and storage space. It also
moves us closer to "Golden Buddha", increasing
our exposure.
2002 - June 2nd - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
features Galactic Quest and
the Spider-mobile on the cover of Sunday's Gwinnett section.
The story was about the growing popularity of comics.
2002 - May 27th - Our second 24 Hour Artist Marathon!
16 Artists gather for a wonderful day of comic drawing.
2002 - May 16th - Here it is again. Star Wars II hits
theaters and our private screening sells out. The movie
gets mixed reviews but is an excellent addition to the Star
Wars franchise. The media hype on this one is much more
controlled.
2002 - May 3rd - Spider-Man breaks all the records!
Our private screening sells out and the movie does $114
million at the box office. National Free Comic Day is a
huge hit the following day.
2002 - April 9th - The Lawrenceville store gets new
carpet! The sales floor is greatly increased and new shelves
are built with the help of a great group of gamers / Central
High School students.
2002 - April 5&6th - 2nd
32 Hour Gamer's Marathon. Tons of gamer's showed up
and 40 dedicated players stayed all night! One of our biggest
days of the year and it was so much fun we scheduled another
one for July. 2002 - March 20th - The Spider-mobile makes is grand
entrance. Kyle sold his faithful Honda CRX after 12 years
and replaces it with his idea of a "family car".
2002 - March 10th - The Lawrenceville store gets a MAJOR
face lift as the office that separated the game room and
the sales floor is removed. With new carpet and a completely
different display layout, we're ready for a busy summer.
2002 - February 8th - With the release of Magic the
Gathering's "Torment" expansion, a new tradition
in Lawrenceville starts... Friday night Magic.
2002 - January - The Lord of the Rings CCG is a huge
hit and inspires us to support games in a larger way.
2001
2001 - November - Laurel Wike joins the Galactic Quest
team in Buford. 2001
- October - Big tournament activity with Magic the Gathering's
Grand Prix Trial and Star Wars Reflections
III prerelease. 2001 - September - Wolverine's Origin #1 ships and immediately
sells out. GI Joe and many other books gain some heat as comics
become more collectible.
2001 - September 11th
2001 - August - New & Improved! Both Galactic Quests
get new tile flooring!
It was a much needed update and the tiles proved to be easier
to clean. The stores look much brighter and more welcoming. 2001 - July 19 - Cynthia returns as a full time manager.
:) 2001 - June 22 & 23 - Our first ever 32 hour gamer's
marathon is a huge hit! Attendance was excellent and plenty
of different games were played all day and night.
2001 - June - Star Wars Tatooine expansion, Magic's Armageddon,
and Mage Knight's Lancers expansions kick off the summer as
school lets out and players flock to Galactic Quest.
2001 - May 14 & 15 - GQ supports Comic Book Artists
and "CURE Childhood Cancer" with our first
24 hour artist marathon! Ten artists drew a
total of 90 comic pages all in the space of 24 hours. FOX
5 Atlanta's Brett Martin broadcasts live from our Lawrenceville
store as part of his Road Warrior report. The entire experience
is fantastic for all the artists involved and they look forward
to returning next year. For a full report
click here.
2001 April - Poke'mon tournaments gets new directors (Kirk
& Matt) as Michael Beck moves back to Washington.
2001 - February 21 - Paul Jenkins does a signing at the
Lawrenceville store. Everyone had fun and we had a great turnout.
Paul is the writer of Spider-man, Witchblade, and Sentry.
2001 - January - GQ wins "Favorite Gaming Store
for 2000" in Decipher's world wide on-line poll. Magic
continues to gain popularity with Invasion & Planeshift
expansions. Kim Myers comes back to work at the Lawrenceville
store.
2000
2000
- November- the Mage Knight game is a big hit! Gaming
at GQ continues to grow in popularity.
2000 - October - Gwinnett Loafing readers choose Galactic
Quest as best comic shop in Gwinnett!Our online
shopping cart is finally up and running thanks to a great
new customer, Richard Method.
2000 - August - Christy Park becomes our part time manager
in the Lawrenceville store. Our web page is updated with a
new look and format. Vulkon invites Galactic Quest to host
all it's gaming events. The Lawrenceville store gets new shelves
and floor layout.
2000 - June & July - Convention season! Hero's
Con is a great time. Galactic Quest sets up at Dragon
Con. Our booth is a hit. We featured Marvel comics
for $1 each. customers were amazed at the savings.
July 15th is our X-men movie private showing. Marvel
month moves a lot of our back issues. Gwinnett Daily
features a story on GQ owner Kyle Puttkammer going to Dragon
Con.
2000
- April - Our 9th anniversary brings a new tradition...
Monthly Spotlights! Every month will bring a new sale,
free merchandise, and plenty of surprises.
1999
- December 20 - What an amazing way to end the year!
Galactic Quest hosted an advanced screening of Galaxy Quest the
Movie! It was an awesome show. Best of all it was
Free to all our customers!
1999
- Summer & fall - Poke'mon
continues to dominates sales. Never before have so many
people been introduced to Galactic Quest. Best of all
we sold packs for suggested retail price while everyone else
charged 2 or 3 times that.
1999
- July 20 - Adam
Hughes teaches our art Class. Galactic Quest also took
1st place in a national competition... The Star Wars Insider's
display contest.
1999
- June 31-July 4 -
GQ attends our first Dragon Con and our display looks great!
A huge success and a lot of fun.
1999 - June -
Galactic Quest becomes a great source for the runaway hit card
game Pokemon. We hold our first Poke'mon day. Ben
Parrott (longtime employee) leaves for Texas after years of
faithful employment.
1999 - June 5 -
Private showing at AMC18 and costume contest are a huge hit!
GALACTIC
CON*QUEST
We
thank the following companies for covering our events...
-
May 4th NEW YORK TIMES -
Channel 5 (Tom Corvin) -
Channel 5 (Toys R US) May 3 Morning, Noon, & Evening -
Channel 11 (May 12) 11pm news -
Creative Loafing (Cover - May 12) -
Atlanta Journal Constitution (May 17) -
Channel 5 Good Day Atlanta (May 18) -
Cross promotions with "Dave & Busters" in Gwinnett. -
Star 94 with Steve & Vickie (May 18) -
Channel 5 Live broadcasts from AMC Phipps (May 18-20) -
790 the Zone (May 20)
1999
- May 19 -
Star Wars Episode I opens nationwide and Galactic Con*Quest begins!
Our private showing on May 22 sells out.
1999
- May 17 -
Kyle is chosen as Fox 5 & Star 94's Star Wars Star Correspondent!
Galactic Quest gets incredible coverage on Channel 5 as we broadcast
live from AMC's Phipps theater.
1999 - May 12 -
Tickets go on sale for Star Wars Episode I! Our customers
wait in line and John Olvey is the first to buy a ticket from
AMC 18. Jennifer Lesslie from Channel 11 does an excellent
story on Kyle Puttkammer, owner of Galactic Quest. Creative
Loafing's cover features Galactic Quest.
1999
- April 29
- Kyle, Cynthia, & Andrea go to the Star Wars Celebration
in Denver. A great time to make contacts and prepare for
our own Galactic Con*Quest.
1999
- April 20 -
Tom Corvin from Channel 5 news visits the Lawrenceville store.
1999
- March 26
- Beth Kennair is hired to help out in Buford as the Star Wars
Prequel promotion grows closer.
1999
- March 20th & 21st
- Vulkon invites Galactic Quest to host all gaming activities
at their Marietta Star Trek convention. The entire event
goes very well and future GQ conventions get a name... Galactic
Con*Quest! Special thanks go to Ron Quinn for the great
name, and to all those who volunteered to help Demo the games.
1999
- January -
Jared Hamilton takes over art classes from Allen Belk for the
Lawrenceville store.
1998
GALACTIC
QUEST FEATURED
ON
CHANNEL 5 NEWS!!!
1998
- November 19th - The trailer for the Star Wars Prequel was
released in theaters. Many people were going to the movies
just to see the trailer! Channel 5 wanted to interview some
fans, so they came to Galactic Quest during one of our first Thursday
night tournaments. They showed the trailer LIVE at our store
and got LIVE reaction from our customers for the 10pm news.
The broadcast went very well and brought us hundreds new customers.
We would like to thank channel 5 for recognizing us as the Largest
Star Wars retailer in Atlanta!
1998
- September - Our web page switches to www.galacticquest.com
& a local tournament ranking is introduced.
1998 - May - Karen Greene becomes our first full time
employee. This provides the much needed help as both stores
continue to grow and better serve our customers throughout Gwinnett
& Atlanta.
1998
- April 25 - Galactic Quest expands to the internet.
The Star Wars Jabba's Palace Pre-release tournament is one of
only 19 in the world and is held at the Buford store.
40 players attend.
1997
1997
- December - Kim Myers becomes our first part time employee
in Buford. She is a great addition to the team.
1997
- September - Galactic Quest in Buford opens! With
only two weeks to build shelves, create displays, and move product,
we open on time. Customers greet us with great enthusiasm.
Cynthia Puttkammer works hard to make our second store tant
success.
1997
- June - Decipher sponsors their second tournament at Galactic
Quest. A familiar looking Batman is seen at AMC 18 as
Galactic Quest - Bat Fest strikes again!
1997
- February - "the Empire Strikes Back" & "Return of
the Jedi" greet us with the same success! Our private
showings sell out and for Jedi we promoted the store at the
AMC in Lawrenceville and at the Phipps Plaza in Atlanta.
Our promotions gain fame throughout Gwinnett.
1997
- January 31 - The return of Star Wars! Galactic Quest
makes history! Our movie promotion makes it on the evening
news and front page of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Over 300 of our customers pack the AMC 18 theater to see a private
showing of the Star Wars special edition. Thousands are
introduced to Galactic Quest through costumed stormtroopers,
a giant x-wing, R2-D2, half price sales, card tournaments,
advertisements, free food, trivia contests, and many other festivities!
This was by far one of the biggest days in our history.
1996
1996
- November 23 - Decipher, the makers of the Star Wars card
game, comes to Galactic Quest. 50 players pack into the
game room to compete!
1996
- May 18 - The first Star Wars card game tournaments are
held. These soon become famous and the Collectible Card
Game market becomes a big part of what we do. Tournament
attendance grows and so does "Open Game Night". Neal Weaver
& Jessica Napier join the team.
1995
1995
- June - The "Galactic Quest Bat Fest" is a huge success!
The store's sales floor space is dramatically expanded.
Batman Forever brings many new customers to our store.
1995
- March - Marvel makes a move to dominate the comic industry
through self distribution. This later proves a financial flop
and Marvel files for bankruptcy.
1994
1994
- December 10 - Galactic Quest's Art Class is featured on
Channel 5's Campus Live. The 15 minute spot was a highlight
in our history. Galactic Quest promotes the "Star Trek Generations"
movie club which was held at Town Center Cinemas.
1994
- Oct - The art class creates a new store mascot... Kidd
Quest. 500 copies of "Ash"#1 are handed out to all the
fire fighters in Gwinnett, compliments of Galactic Quest.
1994
- March - Weddings bells ring for Rick & Marlow of "Incredible
Hulk", Jean Grey & Scott Summers of "X-men", and Kyle
Puttkammer & Cynthia Jordan from "Galactic Quest"!
Many of our customers attended.
1993
1993
- July - Galactic Press publishes "Double Time" #1 (followed
later by #2)
1993
- May - Ben Parrott becomes our first part time employee.
Spencer the iguana takes up permanent residence at Galactic
Quest.
1993
- January 15 - Galactic Quest moves to 155 Gwinnett Drive.
With the help of many of our customers the move takes just 2
days. The new location is a big success!
1992
1992
- December - Superman #75 makes history as the Man of Steel
dies! New customers discover Galactic Quest and our future
looks brighter. The art class publishes it's first comic
through "Galactic Press". "Genesis" sells about 200 copies
locally.
1992
- September - The first "Galactic News" is published.
1992
- May - "Alien3" movie promotion at Towne Center Cinemas
followed by the even more successful "Batman Returns" movie
club.
1992
- March 30 - Our first art class was taught by Kyle.
It was a huge success and attendance soon grew to 20 students
most every week. Galactic Quest still offers weekly art
classes to this day.
1992
- February - Everyone asked "is Youngblood #1 in yet?"
Image became an amazingly successful company and sales were
up!
1992
- January 31 - Cards & Comics opens full time and moves
to "The Old Railroad Depot" and changes it's name to "Comics
& Music". Richard Gedney, Kyle's new partner,
would share in the work as new shelves were built and stocked.
After 3 months, Richard's product was not selling (Music CD's
& tapes) and so he moved out. I was on my own now.
The store needed a permanent name... something that would define
us. Thus Galactic Quest was born.
1991
1991
- April - Cards & Comics opened at Britt's Flea Market
in Downtown Lawrenceville. Kyle Puttkammer sold comics while
his friend Daniel Cotton sold sports cards. The "hot" comics
that year were X-men #1, Ghost Rider #15, & Silver Surfer
#50. The comic industry was building momentum.
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2004
- July 3rd - Spider-man
2 brings incredible attention to FCBD and Galactic Quest.
Mark Brooks, the artist of "Marvel Age: Spider-man"
does a signing at our Lawrenceville store along with Chuck
Hart (Simpsonizer). Everything is reported in the Gwinnett
Daily Post's article 
2003
- March 28 & 29 - Our first Gamer's Marathon in our
Lawrenceville Location. This is our 6th marathon. 75 people
stayed until 3am.
Lawrenceville store now in it's New Location!
Galactic
Quest is featured on TBS for an artist profile on Interact
Atlanta. Film crews followed us around for 2 days and documented
our lives as comic book retailers. During this time we trained
our new employee, Abigail Stom. 
2000 - June & July - Convention season! Hero's
Con is a great time. Galactic Quest sets up at Dragon
Con. Our booth is a hit. We featured Marvel comics
for $1 each. customers were amazed at the savings.
July 15th is our X-men movie private showing. Marvel
month moves a lot of our back issues. Gwinnett Daily
features a story on GQ owner Kyle Puttkammer going to Dragon
Con.
