July 20, 2013
Link to the original article. southflorida.com Comic-Con, for locals You're not in San Diego, so try these geeky alternatives By Phillip Valys, Staff writer July 19, 2013 Forget making the annual pilgrimage this weekend to the world's largest geek mecca, [...]
July 9, 2013
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com Comic book artist sells first volume 22 years after finishing it By Alysha Khan, Sun Sentinel 1:45 PM EDT, July 8, 2013 Link to original article. In 1989, Cooper City resident Mike Kaye was a bored 13 [...]
September 22, 2009
DIY to Eisner Winner Tate's Comics By Katherine Keller September 21, 2009 I first heard about Tate's Comics several years ago when my husband, Ralph, came home and talked about a really delightful guy named Tony, who had dropped by [...]
September 21, 2009
Tate's Comics has clinched a major international world, making it this year's star of the comic book industry. Miami Herald September 20, 2009 BY EILEEN SOLER Tate Ottati and his wife, Amanda Magnetta-Ottati, owners of Tate's Comics in Lauderhill, are [...]
September 13, 2009
Tate's is marvel By John Tanasychuk South Florida Sun-Sentinel September 12, 2009 If you should happen to find yourself at Tate's Comics in Lauderhill, take a look at the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer award that now sits in [...]
April 2, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009 License to Sell By John Linn Tate's Comics' colossal anniversary tent sales have achieved an almost legendary status — people know when they see that huge white canopy in the parking lot in front of the [...]
December 1, 2008
Published: 12/01/08 Publication: UK's Clutter Magazine
December 1, 2008
Published: 12/01/08 Publication: UK's Clutter Magazine
December 1, 2008
Published: 12/01/08 Publication: Paper Magazine Culture Vulture
April 27, 2005
Tate's Comics Brings Together Toy, Comic and Art Fans Under One Roof Before toys were "vintage" and graphic novels simply meant books my mother wouldn't let me read, I was an avid comic book collector. I saved my dollars for [...]
June 24, 2003
Written By Ralph De La Cruz I was stuck between a Rock and a Hard place. To be more precise, somewhere between the Sgt. Rock and Hard Boiled Comics. Inside Tate's, a comic-book emporium in Lauderhill. My journey to this [...]
March 16, 2003
Mild-mannered Tate Ottati turned a childhood pastime - collecting comic books - into an amazing pop-culture superstore. When you cross the threshold to Tate's, a pop-culture junkie's paradise that shares a shopping center with an indie music store and a [...]
September 5, 1993
Tate & Tony Ottati Circa 1993 When 17-year-old Tate Ottati decided to open up his own comic book store, he financed it with money he had invested two years ago in shares of Marvel Comics, the nations [...]
May 16, 1993
Tate Ottati Circa 1993 Tate Ottati didn't know it at the time, but a $148 investment would one day be the cornerstone of a business he would open. The investment was the first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja [...]