It seems actual comic book stores are becoming few and far between thanks to digital comics. I have one near me and it has tons of comics plus action figures, video games, DVDs, pretty much anything involving comic characters. It's really cool but it doesn't do much business. Do you guys have one around you? What's it like?
How many of you have an actual comic store near you?
One opened in my town about 2 years ago. I think the gaming keeps the guy in business. I shop in the next town over. There are 3 shops in about a 10-12 mile radius.
There's one that's about 10-15 minutes away that I go to. Really cool guys. They also sell action figures and cards etc. and host game nights where people can come and play D&D or whatever.
Not me and I live in a major city....... We have one comic book store in New Orleans and it's on the other side of the city from me, so I buy digital........ Oh yeah we just lost our last major book store too.........
@thetimestreamer: where do you live?
@blackdog2009: romania
I have two, but one is really small, and kinda sucks, so I go to the large one, which is in driving distance.
@blackdog2009: romania
We're neighbours lol, but in Serbia we have several comic book shops :D
@bigcimmerian: comics were popular in the 90s but even then they were sold at most at news stands. nowadays we have comics but they're not legit, as in they sell knock-offs using copy/paste of spider-man pics. and yes only spider-man comics. the last real comic series we had was ultimate spider-man but it died fast. lasted only up to number 10.
Just 2 left around here within reasonable driving distance.
One, Back to the Past, is literally right down the street from me, and it's absolutely HUGE (literally called a Comics & Pop Culture Warehouse). Their pull-list system is kinda screwy so I only grab my bags, boards, and boxes there, and go a few miles out of my way to a smaller shop called A to Z Cards & Comics in the next town over for my new books. I really want to see both places stick around for as long as possible, so it's nice to support them both as often as I can.
@giantsfan576: Show us your Comic Shop
If you guys would like to see a lot of good images of comic shops from all over the world check out ^ the thread.
There used to be many stores in my city they only used to have local comics though but now not even 1 is left but sometimes book stores & magazine stores can still be seen selling some comic books , finding any Marvel , DC or Image is super rare let alone following a series so i just end up ordering them from a shopping site even then a single issue too damn costly so been a year since i last ordered a comic . Nowadays i just download comics & read them on pc from a free site :/
I'm lucky to have several to choose from
Alliance Comics
Barbarian Comics
Big Planet Comics
Beyond Comics
Fantom Comics
If your ever in the DC area please support.
There's a tiny one across town (15 minutes) that's my favorite simply because the guy that owns it is really helpful and doesn't treat you like dirt if you have a question.
There's a huge one about an hour away a couple towns over but I don't go there that awesome because it's in a very sketchy part of town and everyone that works there has contracted the comic snob virus.
@irishx: that's cool. Id upload a picture of the one by me there but I don't know how. I can take it on my phone but how would I get it on there?
The nearest CBS from my home is about 45 minutes to an hour, depending on traffic.
Though the Books-A-Millions, which is only 25-30 minutes from my home, also sells comics, but I've never considered it a "comic book store."
@bigcimmerian: comics were popular in the 90s but even then they were sold at most at news stands. nowadays we have comics but they're not legit, as in they sell knock-offs using copy/paste of spider-man pics. and yes only spider-man comics. the last real comic series we had was ultimate spider-man but it died fast. lasted only up to number 10.
I haven't been to comic book store for years, but we had all of ultimate universe and some of 616 series. In my country European comics are more popular than Marvel and DC.
I've got one about a 10-15 minute drive away.
It's the only one in the area, and it's not the best one I've been to, but it's still a pretty good store.
@bigcimmerian: i got lucky when a physics teacher went to florida and gave her money to buy me a comic. and she brought me back ultimate spider-man volume 1. i was like 'f&ck yeah'.
I have one. The people who work there are so nice and helpful. I went there on Saturday and I spent almost 30 minutes talking to the guy who works there about Daredevil and Green Lantern. My comic book store has everything. I like it a lot.
A long, long time ago, in a neighborhood far, far away, there was one. You knoW what happened to it? Everybody spilled coffee at once. Like, all over the place. Earthquakes aren't supposed to happen in Iowa....
I have three near me. The closest one is about a fifteen minute drive, but usually has very bad customer service. The second one is roughly the same distance, it's just in a very bad area and the comics aren't usually in good condition. The third one is probably the best, but depending on traffic it'll take thirty to forty minutes just to get there.
I have 1 shop really nearby, but the people in there are rude, so instead I take the train and make a 30-40 min ride to another one. The section of US comics is rather small, but so far they managed to get almost everything I wanted to buy (=single issues; trades are cheaper when I get them from amazon). Apparently they mostly sell translated US comics, European comics like Asterix, and mangas. They also have a limited selection of figures (mostly DC Direct figures).
I wish there was something like Midtown Comics around here. People who can go into a store as huge as that one are really lucky.
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