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    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/9/2024 at 10:39 AM, FigaroToe said:

    For the East Bay, CA, there's a few notable ones:

     

    Cape and Cowl Comics -1601 Clay St, Oakland, CA 94612 - Easily my favorite spot in the Bay Area. Fantastic back issue area, constantly revolving top-shelf selection of keys, super nice staff. Prices are extremely reasonable too.

     

    Flying Colors - 2980 Treat Blvd, Concord, CA 94518 - originator of FCBD. They'll be moving locations soon apparently. Have a nice wall of keys but the prices can sometimes be a little crazy. They are VERY anti-slab so don't bring up CGC unless you want to get lambasted by an angry nerd.

    Done/updated and thanks!

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/12/2024 at 7:50 AM, FlyingDonut said:

    Virginia is multiple states so please make sure you have several sections. I live in Northern Virginia, which is part of the Northeast. @CAHokie lives out west where it says "Here There Be Tygers" on the maps. The Richmond area, the Tidewater area - those are all different places.

    Northern Virginia:
    Comics and Gaming, 7556 Gardner Park Dr, Gainesville Good store, been there forever.
    Victory Comics,     586 South Washington Street, Falls Church. Owned by mega-dealer Jeff Weaver. Has great selection but you're paying convention prices. Lots of gaming.
    Amazing Comic Shop, University Mall, 10647 Braddock Rd, Fairfax. This is my LCS. Very little back issues but solid for stuff. Located in a strip mall - its behind the Giant. Used to be the Laughing Ogre, which is a story in itself.
    Comic Logic, 44031 Ashburn Shopping Plz, # 281, Ashburn. Odd store - huge with a lot of wasted space. Good to box dive as they don't really track non-superhero stuff.
    Keep it Strange Comics,      9863 Liberia Ave, Manassas. Lots and lots of stuff. Stuff.
    Big Planet Comics, Vienna - been there for a thousand years. Back issue prices are stratospheric but if you're in the Tysons area a pleasant way to spend an hour
    Painted Visions, Woodbridge - humongous store. Lots of stuff.
    Flashback Comics, Woodbridge. Lots of back issues but a very small store so quite cramped.
     

    Done and thanks.

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/9/2024 at 9:02 AM, universal soldier said:

    @HighRadArt

    You missed a few on my post for Massachusetts. Also, it's Salem not Salam.

     

     

    That's Entertainment- https://thatse.com/

    244 Park Ave, Worcester, MA

     

    Bedrock Comics - http://www.bedrock-comics.com/ 

    371 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA

     

    Rubber Chicken Comics - http://www.rubberchickencomics.com/

    15 N Main St # A4, Bellingham, MA

     

    Boston area

    The Outer Limits - https://eouterlimits.com/

    437 MOODY ST. WALTHAM, MA

    All updated and let me know if you have any other comments to add - thanks.

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/9/2024 at 9:02 AM, universal soldier said:

    @HighRadArt

    You missed a few on my post for Massachusetts. Also, it's Salem not Salam.

     

     

    That's Entertainment- https://thatse.com/

    244 Park Ave, Worcester, MA

     

    Bedrock Comics - http://www.bedrock-comics.com/ 

    371 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA

     

    Rubber Chicken Comics - http://www.rubberchickencomics.com/

    15 N Main St # A4, Bellingham, MA

     

    Boston area

    The Outer Limits - https://eouterlimits.com/

    437 MOODY ST. WALTHAM, MA

    Fixed (Salem) and I probably will not get a chance to update these and the others until I have a day off. 

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/6/2024 at 12:43 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

    Kowabunga Comics in Oconomowoc, Wis., is an outstanding store. James from Kowabunga is a member here on the boards, and he's just a flat-out great guy. The store is large and well stocked with new books and back issues, as well as toys, Pops, etc. They always have a large presence at the local comic shows as well - and James really helped me out a lot when I first decided to start doing shows myself.

    https://kowabungacomics.com/index.html

    650 E Wisconsin Ave Oconomowoc, WI 53029

    Done and thanks!

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/4/2024 at 4:15 PM, universal soldier said:

    Massachusetts can be looked at in three general areas. Locals may argue otherwise as we have the north shore, south shore, Cape Cod, and the New Bedford area that encompasses the larger Boston area.

    Western Mass (ain't no one out that way 'cept for some sheep lol)

    Central Masschusetts

    Hall of Comics - https://thehallofcomics.com/ (My LCS)

    122 Turnpike Rd, Westborough, MA

     

    That's Entertainment- https://thatse.com/

    244 Park Ave, Worcester, MA

     

    Bedrock Comics - http://www.bedrock-comics.com/ 

    371 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA

     

    Rubber Chicken Comics - http://www.rubberchickencomics.com/

    15 N Main St # A4, Bellingham, MA

     

    I can personally recommend the first three and have heard great things about rubber chicken.

    Boston area

    The Outer Limits - https://eouterlimits.com/

    437 MOODY ST. WALTHAM, MA

     

    Great information.  :golfclap:  Hopefully, others will chime in as well.

    London UK Comic/Toy Stores

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    On 4/4/2024 at 7:38 AM, Cocomonkey said:

    Woo, got some nice traction and suggestions going! Thanks all. I had Mega City pinned, but not Gosh! so added that, along with Chaos City and Notting Hill. I added Piranha in case I happen to be in those neighborhoods (doubtful), but added notes that they were fine to miss, heh. Sadly, going to miss out on the chance to hit up the Comic Mart, since it's once a month and happening this weekend. Sucks; would've loved to attend that...but oh well. Kind of surprised given the size of the city that there's only...4? stores within the main city and a couple more on the outskirts, but I guess in a post-Covid world, it makes some sense that a few would close and switch to online. I remember a local store doing that in 2003 to ditch the overhead; some things never change!

    Yeah, I'm not expecting a ton from Forbidden Planet. From what I remember when I was last in London (which was...sheesh, almost 17 years ago?), it was mostly modern stuff and collectibles then. Basically no different from the NYC location. I'll pop into it, but I don't have great hopes of finding anything worthwhile.

    Back issue-wise, I'm basically just hoping for maybe some pence variant X-Mens, and if I can find them, Captain Britains cheaper than they tend to be when I come across them here in the US (with bonuses for 1 and 8). Nothing huge. With the X-Mens, when I travel internationally, I like to try to find a local language version of something X-related if I can, but anything else if I can't. For the UK...that means a pence variant, hehe. Or failing the pence X, I'd call some Captain Britains a win.

    If you visit any of these post post it here so I can link it in the thread for LCSs.

    Comic shops in Paris and/or Edinburgh

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    On 4/4/2024 at 1:12 PM, BA773 said:

    Please just dont go to Paris, wheter for comics or something else

    Why?  Aaapoum Bapoum in Paris has some great reviews on Tripadvisor.  Looks like they have back issues and the reviews are old so a fresh review would be nice.

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/4/2024 at 10:09 AM, wardevil0 said:

    For shops outside the US, it might be worth gleaning some info from the old Society of International Comics Collectors forum.  I posted most of the reference material on the site, with my impressions if I went to the store in person.

    https://siccforum.proboards.com/board/34/sellers

    Most references will need to be verified in case shops close or relocate.

    Thanks for pointing this out - I didn't know this existed.  What would be the best place for this?  I could check each country and see if the site works.  I checked Canada and that site did not come up.  I also checked Sweden and its not in english.

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    On 4/3/2024 at 5:33 PM, universal soldier said:

    Great idea for a thread. I was going to post about an upcoming work trip to Paris and Ediburgh ( I did in the water cooler but minimal traction) so maybe you should increase the scope? Is your thought to take the info posted in other threads and create a knowledge base here?

    Post what you find here (or a link) and I will include it.  The more the merrier...

    Local Comic Shops by Location

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    Posted · Edited by HighRadArt

    On 4/3/2024 at 5:33 PM, universal soldier said:

    Great idea for a thread. I was going to post about an upcoming work trip to Paris and Ediburgh ( I did in the water cooler but minimal traction) so maybe you should increase the scope? Is your thought to take the info posted in other threads and create a knowledge base here?

    Yes, we have folks from around the world so I used location in the title.  Everyone uses Google but if you're like me I'd rather know about stores that have back issues.  Also, I'm jealous as my recent work trip was in the US (Paris and Edinburg sounds pretty cool for a work trip).