Best Comic Book Store: Bedrock City Comic Company Westheimer
Bedrock City Comic Company’s store on Westheimer may have been tucked into a corner of a shopping strip for more than a decade now, but the trusted comics vendor is hardly hidden away. As it edges nearer to 30 years existence, the comics and collectibles shop has been nationally recognized and is a local favorite with its own string of Best Comic Store nods from past Houston Press Best Of Houston® seasons.
It’s not hard to see why once you step into the shop, particularly the spacious, breathable store on Westheimer, just one (but our favorite) of multiple Bedrock City Houston locations. Besides the new releases and requisite back issues of all sorts of comic books, there are cool collectibles like action figures, T-shirts, Funko Pop figures (buy three, get one free on Fridays), games, door mats, a wall full of actual swords, even a life-sized replica of Wonder Woman for a fan out there with $5,000.00 in disposable income and a WW fetish.
What we love a lot about this particular location is how inclusive it feels. There’s an “Everyone Welcome” sign in LGBTQ rainbow colors posted on the door and just weeks ago, during Hispanic Heritage Month, the shop hosted a signing with award-winning graphic novelist Julio Anta, who signed copies of his works like Sí, Se Puede and the acclaimed Latinx graphic novel, Frontera. There are plenty of titles with strong female protagonists featured in the store (and a badass, life-sized Wonder Woman!) and, maybe best of all, an all-ages area, where young comic book readers of every ilk can grow and carry Bedrock City Comic Company into the future.
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