The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 9 and Version 8 of Comic Showcase
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| Comic Showcase was a neat comic store at 63 [[Charing Cross Road]]. Unfortunately, it appears to have closed for good as of the end of May 2006 (as part of the forthcoming demolition of that block, which also caused its neighbour [[Murder One]] to move to new premises across the road). |
* '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?postcode2map?WC2H+0NE&Comic+Showcase&Back+to+%22Comic+Showcase%22&http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?Comic_Showcase&y&bimage=bgcolor%3df3f3f3 63 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0NE] * '''Locale:''' [[Charing Cross Road]] / [[Soho]] * '''Nearest [[tube]] stations:''' [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] |
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Luckily, there is still [[Mega City Comics]], which is less than 10 minutes away on the tube, and carries much of the same stock, along with a fair bit more. See also [[Category Comic Shops]]. |
This is one of my favourite comic stores in London. It's got less of the superhero range than [[Forbidden Planet]] and tends to stock lots of publications from places like [http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/ Drawn and Quarterly] and [http://www.onipress.com/ Oni Press]. They do stock comics from the more mainstream presses too, and there's a reasonable selection of Manga. There's a good selection of graphic novels, interesting collections, and related comic-ish books and magazines. And the staff are very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, Comic Showcase appears to have now closed for good (as at end of May 2006)! Luckily, there is still [[Mega City Comics]], which is less than 10 minutes away on the tube, and carries much of the same stock, along with a fair bit more! Worth a look also is [[Murder One]], the crime and SF bookshop, which is a couple of doors along. <br clear="all" /> ---- <small> |
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| summary='' summary='Former comic store on Charing Cross Road, now closed.' | summary='' summary='Former comic store on Charing Cross Road, now closed.' |
- Address: 63 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0NE
- Locale: Charing Cross Road / Soho
- Nearest tube stations: Leicester Square / Tottenham Court Road
This is one of my favourite comic stores in London. It's got less of the superhero range than Forbidden Planet and tends to stock lots of publications from places like Drawn and Quarterly and Oni Press. They do stock comics from the more mainstream presses too, and there's a reasonable selection of Manga. There's a good selection of graphic novels, interesting collections, and related comic-ish books and magazines.
And the staff are very friendly and helpful.
Unfortunately, Comic Showcase appears to have now closed for good (as at end of May 2006)! Luckily, there is still Mega City Comics, which is less than 10 minutes away on the tube, and carries much of the same stock, along with a fair bit more!
Worth a look also is Murder One, the crime and SF bookshop, which is a couple of doors along.
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