Acme Comics & BooksPeoria, IL · since 1991Be the first to rateAlternate RealityChicago, IL · since 1994 (August)Be the first to rateAmazing Fantasy FrankfortFrankfort, IL · since About 1991 (business founded 1978)Be the first to rateAmazing Fantasy LockportLockport, IL · since 1995Be the first to rateAmazing Fantasy Tinley ParkTinley Park, IL · since 1993Be the first to rateAnime & ThingsWoodstock, ILBe the first to rateAtlas ComicsChicago, ILBe the first to rateBigfoot ComicsBelleville, ILBe the first to rateBlerds UndergroundLa Grange, IL · since 2022 (September)Be the first to rateCastle Perilous Games & BooksCarbondale, IL · since 1990Be the first to rateChallengers Comics + ConversationChicago, IL · since 2008 (March 31)Be the first to rateChicago ComicsChicago, IL · since 1986Be the first to rateClan McDonald ComicsNaperville, IL · since 2014 (online; storefront later)Be the first to rateComics and CoastersRockford, ILBe the first to rateComix RevolutionMount Prospect, ILBe the first to rateDark Tower Comics ChampaignChampaign, ILBe the first to rateDark Tower Comics Lincoln SquareChicago, ILBe the first to rateDark Tower Comics Logan SquareChicago, ILBe the first to rateElseWhere ComicsBlue Island, IL · since Early 1990s storefront (business since early 1970s)Be the first to rateFantasy Books & GamesFairview Heights, IL · since Parent company serving the Metro East for over 41 yearsBe the first to rateFirst Aid ComicsChicago, IL · since 2008Be the first to rateGem ComicsElmhurst, ILBe the first to rateGoblin MarketChicago, IL · since 2023 (October)Be the first to rateGot ComicsGlendale Heights, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics AndersonvilleChicago, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics DeKalbDeKalb, IL · since 1999Be the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics Downers GroveDowners Grove, IL · since 1986Be the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics LakeviewChicago, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics LoopChicago, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics NapervilleNaperville, ILBe the first to rate
Comic shops in Illinois at a glance
There are 50 comic and manga shops in Illinois on byocosplay, each with the address, services and events the shop itself lists.
Challengers Comics + Conversation (Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, 2013) and Chicago Comics (Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, 1997) have won the industry's best-known retailer award.
The oldest of them is Graham Crackers Comics St. Charles, open since 1984.
35 say on their own site that they run a pull list or subscription service, and 15 say they buy collections.
Regulars rate each shop on selection, pull-list service, staff and prices.