# Paul Howley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Howley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Howley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Howley > Source revision: 1305938625 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Paul Howley** (born 1955) is the founder and owner of the "[That's Entertainment](/source/That's_Entertainment_(comic_shop))" [comics](/source/Comics) and [collectibles](/source/Collectibles) store in [Worcester MA](/source/Worcester_MA), established in 1980, and "Entertainment Publishing". In 1997 Howley and two other [comic book](/source/Comic_book) store owners received the "[Will Eisner](/source/Will_Eisner) Spirit of Comics Retailer Award," from [San Diego Comic-Con](/source/San_Diego_Comic-Con). The award is intended to honor the best comic shops in the world.[1] After he got married in 1973, Howley began buying and selling comic books for the first time at comic book conventions in Boston, and for the next three years continued to do business at conventions in Boston and New York. In 1976 he relocated to Tennessee to help open and manage a store for a comic book retailer, then shortly afterward went to work for another comic book retailer in Ohio, traveling around the country to comic book conventions. Eventually, the arduous convention travel schedule conflicted with Howley’s desire to settle down, and he opened That’s Entertainment in Worcester MA in 1980. In 1992, he moved his store to Park Avenue, where it is currently operated. Howley also has a smaller location in Fitchburg MA.[2] Howley credits his wife for initially encouraging the rebirth of his childhood passion for comics (which had begun at age five), and for supporting his subsequent career path. "My wife was important," Howley said, "mostly because she trusted me to take the risks necessary to open a store."[3] Howley published officially licensed *[The Man From U.N.C.L.E.](/source/The_Man_From_U.N.C.L.E.)* comic books in 1987 and 1988, under the name "Entertainment Publishing".[4] Howley also published the first and several subsequent issues of [Mark Marderosian's](/source/Mark_Marderosian) *Delta Tenn* [comic book](/source/Comic_book) series (1987–88),[5] as well as *Insect Man‘s 25th Anniversary Special* in 1991. [6] Howley's *Insect Man* had been around since 1965 as a photocopied amateur press offering.[7] This first nationally distributed and professionally printed issue marked the character’s 25th anniversary, and included art by [Rick Veitch](/source/Rick_Veitch) and [Kevin Eastman](/source/Kevin_Eastman). In 2016 Howley published another standard-sized issue for the 50th anniversary of *Insect Man*. The comic featured a cover [Gene Colan](/source/Gene_Colan) had penciled several years before his death; the cover was inked by [Tom Palmer](/source/Tom_Palmer_(comics)) in the year prior to the issue's publication.[8] With Brian Paquette, he co-authored *The Toys from U.N.C.L.E.*, an authoritative price and identification guide for *[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.](/source/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E.)* toys.[9] Howley, Paquette and [Marderosian](/source/Mark_Marderosian) also produced a set of *Classic Toys Trading Cards*. ## External links - [Paul Howley's Store Site](http://www.thatse.com) - [Paul Howley's Story, *My Life with Comic Books: the History of a Comic Shop.*](https://mylifewithcomicbooks.blogspot.com/) ## Notes 1. ["2007 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award Honors the Best Comics Shops in the World, Published on: 2007"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070911033848/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_spirit.shtml). Archived from [the original](http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_spirit.shtml) on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-08-26. 1. ["Comic book maven celebrates 30 years of That's Entertainment, Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Tuesday, April 12, 2011"](http://www.telegram.com/article/20110412/UNPUBLISHED/104129907). Retrieved 2011-04-13. 1. ["Comic book maven celebrates 30 years of That's Entertainment, Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Tuesday, April 12, 2011"](http://www.telegram.com/article/20110412/UNPUBLISHED/104129907). Retrieved 2011-04-13. 1. ["*The Grand Comics Database, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Comic Book (1987 series)*"](http://comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=3543). Retrieved 2008-06-07. 1. ["Delta Tenn comic books from Entertainment"](https://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=18082) 1. ["Comic books from"](https://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=8040) 1. ["The Lair of the Silver Fox.: The Once and Future AERO, Chapter Three!"](https://silverfoxlair.blogspot.com/2008/11/once-and-future-aero-chapter-three.html). 16 November 2008. 1. ["'Insect Man' celebrates 50th anniversary at That's Entertainment, Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 11, 2016"](http://www.telegram.com/article/20160211/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/160219963). Retrieved 2016-06-16. 1. ["Behind The Toys from U.N.C.L.E.: The Inside Story of a Collector's Guide, McNeeley, Editor's Note, Published on: 2006"](http://home.att.net/~wbritton53/paul_howley2.htm). Retrieved 2007-08-26.[dead link] --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Howley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Howley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Howley?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.