Comicbookresources have recently added a UK option to their new FindAComicShop.com service.
However, they have been unable to find a comprehensive and - above all else - accurate listing of all the comic book shops in the UK. So they wondered whether acolytes of Tharg would help with a little crowd sourcing and identify the shops local to them in order to build a full listing. Any and all help gratefully received!
So tell me how do we go about helping?
Merely by listing the details of your local comic book stores on here - or any that you know of that are worthy of inclusion :)
http://www.deadheadcomics.co.uk/ (http://www.deadheadcomics.co.uk/) Edinburgh's finest(ish)
There's a great shop in Shrewsbury that I've visited on occasion called Infinity and Beyond
31 Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, SY1 1XF
01743 360666 ·
infinitybeyond.co.uk
And though I feel I'm betraying my own LCS (Sheffield Space Centre, far better than what's to follow!) there is also a Forbidden Planet in Sheffield as well as the ones currently listed.
12 Matilda St, City Centre, Sheffield S1 4QD
0114 276 9475 · forbiddenplanet.co.uk
Edited to add:
Oh and there was a thread back in December about shops in London so there may well be useful info there?
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,37520.0.html (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,37520.0.html)
Yeah, there is a couple of FPs near me:
Forbidden Planet Hanley
48-52 Stafford Street
Hanley
ST1 1JB
Phone: 01782 279294
Fax: 01782 202381
Nostalgia & Comics (Associate Store)
14-16 Smallbrook
Queensway
Birmingham
B5 4EN
Phone: 0121 643 0143
In fact, there is a full list on their website of all UK stores so its probably best just including them all anyway. Strangely, they seem to have listed a New York store there aswell!
The local Nisa sells comics, and so does the petrol station around the corner. Does that help?
My local comic emporium is 'THE GRINNING DEMON'
The address is:-
5 Middle Row
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1TF
Here is the website The Grinning Demon (http://thegrinningdemon.com/)
There's an independent comic shop in Lichfield, Staffordshire called 'Computers and Comics'. You can find the details on their Facebook page. Sorry, it's all I've got :)
Dave's Comics in Brighton
http://www.davescomics.co.uk/
Uncanny Comics in Worthing.
http://www.uncannycomics.webeden.co.uk/
Mega City Comics Camden Town London
Inverness Street Market
18 Inverness St,
London NW1 7HJ
020 7485 9320
http://www.megacitycomics.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html
(http://www.megacitycomics.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html)
Paradox Comics in Poole, Dorset. Great store!
17 High Street
Poole, Dorset
BH15 1AB
Tel: 01202 661346
E-Mail: paradox@paradoxcomics.co.uk
Web: www.paradoxcomics.co.uk
Great stuff, keep 'em coming guys :)
Limited Edition Comix
10 Market Place
Stevenage
Herts
SG1 1DB
http://www.ltd-edition-comix.com/ (http://www.ltd-edition-comix.com/)
Didn't know there was a comic book shop in Stevenage! I shall check it out....
All the Forbidden Planets: http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/ (http://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/)
Travelling Man: http://www.travellingman.com/page/23/Our_shops (http://www.travellingman.com/page/23/Our_shops)
As far as I know that's all we have in the Northeast :(
Aberdeen:
Asylum Books & Games,
29 Adelphi Lane
Aberdeen
AB11 5BL
SCOTLAND
Tel : 01224 574637
http://www.asylum-booksandgames.com/ (http://www.asylum-booksandgames.com/)
Plan 9
9 Rosemount Viaduct
Aberdeen
AB25 1NE
SCOTLAND
Tel: 01224 624467
Forbidden Planet
12-14 Schoolhill
Aberdeen
AB10 1JX
Tel: 01224 622131
Inverness:
Heroes For Sale
51 Church Street,
Inverness,
IV1 1DR
SCOTLAND
Tel: 01463 711717
I think that pretty much sums up the whole north of Scotland really. If there's any others north of Glasgow/ Embra, I've not been there, seen it or heard of it- not that that's anything to go by...
Bristol
Excelsior Comics
48 Bond St
Bristol
BS1 3LZ
0117 930 0621
http://www.excelsiorcomics.co.uk/