Ralph Mathieu, owner of Alternate Reality Comics, 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, sells his wares as a vendor during the 2011 Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival in Las Vegas. (Courtesy of Jeff Cordell/Ve …

Ralph Mathieu, owner of Alternate Reality Comics, 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, sells his wares as a vendor during the 2011 Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival in Las Vegas. (Courtesy of Jeff Cordell/Vegas Valley Book Festival