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How Ariell Johnson’s Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse keeps flying and fighting through the pandemic

Growing up in Glen Burnie and Baltimore, Maryland, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse owner Ariell Johnson became adept at learning new skills and finding ways to monetize them. Whether it was learning how ...
Penn Live

Pa.’s Amalgam Comics, the first of its kind owned by a Black woman on the East Coast, to close

Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, the first comics book shop owned by a Black woman on East Coast, is closing on Oct. 15 in Philadelphia. Ariell R. Johnson, the owner of the shop, made the announcement ...
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Ariell Johnson Gets $50,000 Grant To Expand Amalgam Comics To Teach New Comic Creators

Ariell Johnson, manager of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia has been awarded a $50,000 to expand the store to serve the artistic community. The Knight Foundation chose Amalgam out of ...
Yahoo

Amalgam, known as first East Coast comic shop owned by a Black woman, is closing

Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, owned by Ariell R. Johnson, became a hub for Black creatives and Black nerds in Philadelphia. The first Black female-owned comic book store on the East Coast will close ...
Philadelphia Mag

I Love My Job: Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse Owner Ariell Johnson

When Ariell Johnson founded Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse at the end of 2015, the entrepreneur was immediately catapulted into the national spotlight as the East Coast’s first black female comic book ...