I've been reading and collecting comics for so long, it does seem to be an instinct to just know where a local comic store is. But for someone else, just getting in to it or just wanting to buy one, yeah I can see that being a question.
To add to Marc's list there are a couple shops that I have frequented here in the LA area:
House of Secrets (1930 W Olive Ave, Burbank, CA 91506)
The first comic shop I went to when I moved here. Not to big but has a nice collection of old issues. Plus I ran in to Patton Oswalt once. Nice guy.
Legacy Comics and Cards (123 W Wilson Ave, Glendale, CA 91203)
I accidentally found this place, driving by it. Went in and got me some new comic boxes!
Thank you for the shout out to both Galaxy of Comics and Earth-2 Comics. I know people associated with both stores--one is a friend who is also a manager at Earth-2. Great stores and great people! It's important to support comic bookstores if they are in your neighborhood and to get a pull list.
I was just a wee one when I went to my first comic bookstore. My dad had once co-owned a comic bookstore before I was born. When I was nine and started expressing interest in comic books (my interest sparked from the Marvel Universe Series 2 card set that came out in 1991), my dad would take me to Pfeiffer's in Pomona every Saturday. The Comic Bookie in Claremont was my personal fav. I am friends with the owner to this day.
There are two local comic bookstores now I visit every blue moon and those are Funny Business Comics in Pomona and A Shop Called Quest in Claremont. I also used to visit 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga when I lived closer to Rancho (but now I work in the city so I might make it a point to see them again.) 4 Color Fantasies always has amazing guests--I met Gail Simone there about ten years ago. Recently Tini Howard was signing there too.
Comic book shop visiting seems like an initiation into a not-so-secret society.
I've been reading and collecting comics for so long, it does seem to be an instinct to just know where a local comic store is. But for someone else, just getting in to it or just wanting to buy one, yeah I can see that being a question.
To add to Marc's list there are a couple shops that I have frequented here in the LA area:
House of Secrets (1930 W Olive Ave, Burbank, CA 91506)
The first comic shop I went to when I moved here. Not to big but has a nice collection of old issues. Plus I ran in to Patton Oswalt once. Nice guy.
Legacy Comics and Cards (123 W Wilson Ave, Glendale, CA 91203)
I accidentally found this place, driving by it. Went in and got me some new comic boxes!
for anyone in the SAN DIEGO area, I'll drop my favorite go-to comic book shops:
- YESTERYEAR COMICS
9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92123
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMICS
8280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd #124, San Diego, CA 92111
- COMICKAZE COMICS
5517 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite A, San Diego, CA 92117
- TC's ROCKETS
5155 Waring Rd, San Diego, CA 92120
Just want to add that Pulp Fiction in Culver City is phenomenal - been going there for over a decade!
They're usually running 10%-30% on trades as well.
Thank you for the shout out to both Galaxy of Comics and Earth-2 Comics. I know people associated with both stores--one is a friend who is also a manager at Earth-2. Great stores and great people! It's important to support comic bookstores if they are in your neighborhood and to get a pull list.
I was just a wee one when I went to my first comic bookstore. My dad had once co-owned a comic bookstore before I was born. When I was nine and started expressing interest in comic books (my interest sparked from the Marvel Universe Series 2 card set that came out in 1991), my dad would take me to Pfeiffer's in Pomona every Saturday. The Comic Bookie in Claremont was my personal fav. I am friends with the owner to this day.
There are two local comic bookstores now I visit every blue moon and those are Funny Business Comics in Pomona and A Shop Called Quest in Claremont. I also used to visit 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga when I lived closer to Rancho (but now I work in the city so I might make it a point to see them again.) 4 Color Fantasies always has amazing guests--I met Gail Simone there about ten years ago. Recently Tini Howard was signing there too.
Comic book shop visiting seems like an initiation into a not-so-secret society.
How to buy a comic book (by Marc G.)
Okay, a man (Marc G.) walks into a comic book store.
Proprietor (P): "How may I help you, sir?"
Marc G.: "How does one go about buying a comic book in 2023?"
P: "You have to go on-line for that, sir. There's an app."
Marc G.: "Where do I get the app?"
P: "At the app store".
Marc P. (Fiddling with a map app). ".. I don't see any app store near here."
P: "You'll have to go to Malibu for that, sir."
Marc G.: "I have to go to Malibu to find the app store?"
Luckily, another customer walked in just then. Marc P. eventually left, bookless.
A man walks into a Local Comic book Store...