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Comic Books

Seattle, Washington

Golden Age Collectables

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Fontenoy-la-Joûte, France

Village du Livre de Fontenoy-la-Joûte

This village in the northeast of France is packed with book shops.

Marion, Indiana

Garfield Trail

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

São Paulo, Brazil

Loja Monstra

The craziest comic book shop in São Paulo.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sculpture

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world.

One Gary Con vendor was selling these dragon dice holders. Also known as dice jails, these holders "detain" unlucky dice.

Dungeons & Dragons All Started In This Tiny Wisconsin Town

Since 2008, Lake Geneva has hosted Gary Con, a convention honoring the hometown hero who created the beloved game.

Tea Krulos March 28, 2024

Dover, New Hampshire

Birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de Manga (Manga Museum)

Less so a museum and more a library for hardcore Japanophiles.

Linda Yi's <em>Panda Cub Stories</em> comics feature a panda and a cat who offer Sichuanese cooking instructions.

The Delicious Universe of Asian Culinary Comics

These food cartoons fight stereotypes, share memories, and tell forgotten histories.

Sam Lin-Sommer March 17, 2023

The Famous Giles Family

Ipswich, England

The Famous Giles Family

These iconic characters honor Carl Giles, who brought humor to newspaper readers for almost 50 years.

One Street: Georgetown Neighborhood, Seattle

Sponsored by Visit Seattle

Fantagraphics

Seattle, Washington

Fantagraphics

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

Keflavík, Iceland

‘Silver Sabler’

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Twenty Sided Store

Brooklyn, New York

The Grundhauser Hero Lending Library

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

Permanently Closed

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Red Planet Books & Comics

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

This unusual artifact—now housed at the Columbia University Libraries—is part comic collection, part journal of life in the 1930s.

objects of intrigue

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

How the collection went from a small-town barbershop to a big-time library.

Amadea Tanner August 16, 2021

Waycross, Georgia

Walt Kelly Studio

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

A selection of Tamil-language comics distributed by Lion-Muthu Comics.

How a Tiny Indian Publisher Brings a World of Comics to Tamil Readers

A four-person team translates Italian, French, and English comics into a language spoken by 70 million people.

Atlas Obscura October 7, 2020