2017 Bakersfield Comic Crawl

it's that time again and I am excited to share with you the most recent location for the comic crawl.  last year the hubs and I did several comic crawls throughout the Los Angeles area.  this year we decided we would do Bakersfield since we wanted to eat at a particular restaurant there, Wool Growers.  you can read about the restaurant review at my cookinator blog.

comic lovers, here is Bakersfield.

Stop 1: Silver Wolf Comics


a smaller shop with a lot of cosplay stuff and statues.  not a lot of comics.  what they did have was what I consider the "top ten" variety.  basically the big name comics from the major houses.  they also had a smaller selection of back issues.

we purchased a zatana statue of her coming out of a spell book.  it is one we haven't see other places. this is how we decide what we want to get on our comic crawls, unusual items we haven't seen on our local spots or items we have been looking for and haven't found yet.  just another way to commemorate our annual comic crawl.




Stop 2: The Gaming Spot

a little gem in an industrial park (actually almost all of the comic shops are in industrial parks, funny).  they had some comics, the top ten.  and then some statues, but a lot of cosplay items.  different from the Silver Wolf.  These were more costume pieces (masks, dress, etc) whereas the Silver Wolf has accessories for cosplay.



we picked up a black and white harley statue.  and they also had my missing Flash #22 Porter variant.


Stop 3: Little Shop of Heros

such a clever name.  when they say "little" they mean very small hole in the wall atop an antique mall.  what was very cool about this shop was that they had so many vintage, old relics from both my hubby's and mine childhood.  think of it as the prop department of robot chicken.




Attempted Stop 4* 
I say attempted stop because the shop we had planned to go to was out of business and so was everything in the industrial park/shopping center.  I kick myself for not taking a picture (or actually a video) of the spot because it was the type of place that would be overrun my zombies.  and then as we were leaving the complex, I swear I saw marty mcfly pull in with doc brown.  

EDITED: to be fair, the shop had actually moved and we had the wrong address in the GPS, which we found out when we got home.  so the next time we are in bakersfield, we will be stopping here.  the website page shows it as a huge store and great potential as a gold mine for comics.


Stop 5: Paladins Game Castle

not really a comic shop, but online there were a few comics.  it's actually a tabletop game shop.  and it's run completely by women!  I couldn't believe that.  not that it wouldn't be possible, but unlikely.



Stop 6: Darkside Comics

last stop of the day and it didn't have any signage, but this is the door to the (another you say) industrial complex, with a comic store in it.

it was pretty small, and had the top ten.  we had asked if they had Liberty Meadows by Frank Cho, but they explained that the customers in Bakersfield only read caped comics, so any of the non mainstream comics don't sell.  even (hold your hats) Saga a tremendously popular comic by Image.

we also purchased two harley statues and a funko pop impopster.



overall, it was a fun trip. what can I say I love comics and browsing comic shops.  I am also always amazed at the differences in customer base and what they like regionally.  the other thing that surprises me is that Bakersfield has a comic con.  I wonder what they have there since they only purchase caped crusaders.  I guess I will have to go and see.

so long for this years comic crawl.  our next crawl will have to venture further north, beyond paso robles or further south to san diego and inland to pasadena/ojai areas.



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