Graham Crackers Comics NormalNormal, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics PlainfieldPlainfield, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics SchaumburgSchaumburg, ILBe the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics St. CharlesSt. Charles, IL · since 1984Be the first to rateGraham Crackers Comics WheatonWheaton, ILBe the first to rateHowling PagesChicago, ILBe the first to rateJays ComicsThird Lake, IL · since More than 30 years in business (as stated)Be the first to rateMellow Blue PlanetRock Island, IL · since 2000 (October)Be the first to rateModern Age ComicsAlgonquin, ILBe the first to rateOne Stop ComicsOak Park, ILBe the first to ratePhantom Zone Comics WoodfieldSchaumburg, ILBe the first to rateRicks Comics & GradingMidlothian, ILBe the first to rateSheep Cult ComicsChicago, ILBe the first to rateStooges Comics & CollectiblesPeoria, IL · since 2025Be the first to rateThe Paper EscapeDixon, ILBe the first to rateThird Coast ComicsChicago, IL · since 2008 (brick-and-mortar shop; current address since 2016)Be the first to rateTop Cut ComicsLoves Park, ILBe the first to rateTwilight ComicsSwansea, IL · since 1993 (January 1)Be the first to rateWatcher ComixEvanston, ILBe the first to rateZombie Unicorn ComicsChicago, 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.