Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery

Seattle


Founded in the 1970s on the East Coast, this cool alt-comic and graphic-book publisher moved to Seattle in the late '80s and opened this one-of-a-kind bookstore-gallery in 2006. Stocked with quirky books, comics and magazines, and furnished in an exhibition space that hosts monthly shows and readings, it’s well worth making a pilgrimage out to Georgetown to visit.

Don’t miss the Damaged Room, with out-of-print and steeply discounted books.


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