Stores: Chicago -> Grand Rapids -- UPDATED w/ Purchases

[manetteska]

I'm taking a trip this upcoming weekend from Chicago to Grand Rapids, MI.

 

I see a lot of comic stores listed along the way on Google Maps, but that only gives you half the story.

 

Anyone have suggestions and/or comments on any stores along that route?

 

For example, I see:

 

White Cap Comics

Vault of Midnight

Tardy's Collectors Corner

Heroes Haven

Fat Boy's Nerd Emporium

 

Thanks for the help!

 

-- dave

[manetteska]

No one has ever been to Grand Rapids?

[manetteska]

Last call.... :shrug:

[Icculus308win]

Sorry man I've been to GR quite a bit (was just there two weeks ago actually) but never had had time to see if any shops there, or along the way from Chi-Town up:(

 

Hopefully someone can chime in to help.

[jaybes]

PM Sent

[RCheli]

I wish I could help you, but I rarely drive east out of the city.

 

I assume there are places in South Bend and probably Michigan City.

[manetteska]

Thanks for the info, jaybes.

 

I'll be following up on your recommendations and probably hitting a couple new ones.

 

I'll report back if there's anything worth reporting about. :thumbsup:

 

Have to make these trips for my girlfriend's random marathons worthwhile somehow!

[Psithyrus]

Fanfare in Kalamazoo.

[manetteska]

Fanfare in Kalamazoo.

 

Heard about that place a couple times; definitely hitting that one on the way up.

[Psithyrus]

Not a big shop, but I picked up some nice books through them, and the owner was a good guy. They were right around the corner from my apartment there on Westnedge, before I moved to Houston. They were my shop when I got back into comics in 2004.

[Psithyrus]

My brother lived in Grand Rapids, and it is right between Kalamazoo (where I went to school) and Muskegon (where I grew up). . . I don't recall ever hitting up a shop there.

[jaybes]

Not a big shop, but I picked up some nice books through them, and the owner was a good guy. They were right around the corner from my apartment there on Westnedge, before I moved to Houston. They were my shop when I got back into comics in 2004.

 

Not sure when you went to Fanfare last, but they did some renovating...pretty big shop. Biggest modern selection in west Michigan.

[Tempus Fugit]

I live along this route about 45 min. from GR, you are welcome to stop by and plow through my show boxes. PM me.

 

TF

[MediumLover]

The Vault of Midnight in Ann Arbor is

a good shop, it won the Eisner a few years ago.

 

The GR location opened recently, and if it's anything like

the A2 store, it's worth a trip.

 

ML.

 

[jaybes]

The Vault of Midnight in Ann Arbor is

a good shop, it won the Eisner a few years ago.

 

The GR location opened recently, and if it's anything like

the A2 store, it's worth a trip.

 

ML.

 

Unfortunately it's not like the AA location at all. Small and mostly TPBs. BUT, it's open at 4am so that's a plus

 

[Psithyrus]

Not a big shop, but I picked up some nice books through them, and the owner was a good guy. They were right around the corner from my apartment there on Westnedge, before I moved to Houston. They were my shop when I got back into comics in 2004.

 

Not sure when you went to Fanfare last, but they did some renovating...pretty big shop. Biggest modern selection in west Michigan.

 

That would have been. . . 2010 or early 2011. I think that was the last time I was in Kalamazoo. Picked up a NYX #3 (CGC 9.8).

 

That's great that they expanded! I'll have to swing by and check it out, if I can ever get out of Houston for more than a couple of days (spending time with my nephews takes priority).

 

I know they had original artwork on their website.

[manetteska]

I live along this route about 45 min. from GR, you are welcome to stop by and plow through my show boxes. PM me.

 

TF

 

PM sent.

[manetteska]

Well, my girlfriend and I took a wrong turn at Albequerque and went to some shops we shouldn't have.

 

Oops.

 

The shops we ended up at:

 

Knappy's Comics

Buy Me Toys

Fanfare

Vault of Midnight

 

And the spoils:

 

Finally found a BH6 #5 to finish my set (though I did pay for it).

A Y the Last Man #1 in the wild!

An X-Men #4 b/c I always pick these up.

And a Captain Marvel #1 in good condition at a great pice.

 

Lastly, some wall books for my upcoming 1st ever show!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jsilverjanet]

PM sent

[manetteska]

And a big THANK YOU to everyone for their tips and suggestions.