Italian comic stores? 0

[ttfitz]

So, I'm leaving shortly for a couple weeks in Italy, and thought I'd see if anyone could recommend a comic shop. We'll be in Florence, Rome, Naples, and Sorrento, with day trips to a few other places. We've got a lot planned, so don't know if I'll have much time to visit a store, but figured I would put this out there just in case we were "in the neighborhood" during a slower portion.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[thunsicker]

@vaillant

[wardevil0]

On 6/10/2022 at 12:38 AM, ttfitz said:

So, I'm leaving shortly for a couple weeks in Italy, and thought I'd see if anyone could recommend a comic shop. We'll be in Florence, Rome, Naples, and Sorrento, with day trips to a few other places. We've got a lot planned, so don't know if I'll have much time to visit a store, but figured I would put this out there just in case we were "in the neighborhood" during a slower portion.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I shopped Florence/Firenze back in 2017 and kept notes on these two:

 

Comics e Dintorni - Via Enrico Guido Bocci, 67/75, 50141 Firenze

    Large shop with vast quantity of old and new comics

Fumetti e Altre Storie - Via Uguccione della Faggiola, 17r, 50129 Firenze

    Tiny shop crammed full of comics, large quantity of old Italian Corno Marvel, mostly in low to mid grade.

 

No idea if they're still there, of course. Also, if you're unfamiliar with Italian comics: for 1960s-70s issues the distributors were much more carefree with their inking, so it's common to see large swaths of ink over the top portion of the cover. Also, many 80s comics came shrinkwrapped with stickers. Expect to pay a premium for one still shrinkwrapped, but most collectors don't expect the stickers to be there.

[ttfitz]

On 6/10/2022 at 5:23 AM, wardevil0 said:

I shopped Florence/Firenze back in 2017 and kept notes on these two:

 

Comics e Dintorni - Via Enrico Guido Bocci, 67/75, 50141 Firenze

    Large shop with vast quantity of old and new comics

Fumetti e Altre Storie - Via Uguccione della Faggiola, 17r, 50129 Firenze

    Tiny shop crammed full of comics, large quantity of old Italian Corno Marvel, mostly in low to mid grade.

 

No idea if they're still there, of course. Also, if you're unfamiliar with Italian comics: for 1960s-70s issues the distributors were much more carefree with their inking, so it's common to see large swaths of ink over the top portion of the cover. Also, many 80s comics came shrinkwrapped with stickers. Expect to pay a premium for one still shrinkwrapped, but most collectors don't expect the stickers to be there.

Thanks, I'm not sure whether we will be close to either location, but I'll be on the lookout.

[thunsicker]

If you are in Florence you’ll be near the shops that are in Firenze.

[ttfitz]

On 6/11/2022 at 6:50 PM, thunsicker said:

If you are in Florence you’ll be near the shops that are in Firenze.

Hardy-har-har.

Yeah, relatively speaking. But the places in Florence/Firenze that we are visiting are not particularly close to either location, ie we won't be walking down the street and say, "Mama mia, look, a comic shop!"

(And my apologies to anyone offended by my horrible cliche)

[vaillant]

Unfortunately I am in Modena, so pretty far from the cities you’ll visit, but I have found this page listing comic shops in Napoli:
https://nicelocal.it/naples/shops/type/fumetti/

Here there’s a list for Roma (leave out the newsstands: edicole):
https://nicelocal.it/rome/shops/type/fumetti/

And for Firenze:
https://nicelocal.it/firenze/shops/type/fumetti/

[theCapraAegagrus]

Are you Jordan Schlansky?

[theCapraAegagrus]

 

[ttfitz]

On 6/15/2022 at 6:37 PM, vaillant said:

Unfortunately I am in Modena, so pretty far from the cities you’ll visit, but I have found this page listing comic shops in Napoli:
https://nicelocal.it/naples/shops/type/fumetti/

Here there’s a list for Roma (leave out the newsstands: edicole):
https://nicelocal.it/rome/shops/type/fumetti/

And for Firenze:
https://nicelocal.it/firenze/shops/type/fumetti/

Thanks for the links. Ended up we were way too busy running around doing tourist things, but I appreciate your response. Closest I came to a comic shop was a street stand with art, books, and some comics, where I picked up an Italian issue of Daredevil, and a shop in Rome we just happened to be passing that had original art (which was way out of my price range).

[ttfitz]

On 6/16/2022 at 8:23 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

Are you Jordan Schlansky?

I'm more Conan.