Comic Grapevine
4.6
(166 reviews)Online Store
Games Available
Flesh and BloodYu-Gi-Oh!
Opening Hours
Friday11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
MondayClosed
Sunday12:00 – 5:00 PM
Tuesday11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
I took my 17-year-old son here because he loves comics. While there, I asked an employee—who may have been the owner—if the store would be interested in connecting with local school districts for a work program for kids with disabilities. He responded by saying that Autistics are “too difficult” to work with. He went on to explain further, but anything else he said was irrelevant given how offensive and discriminatory the initial statement was. Students placed in school work programs are selected because they have the ability and readiness to succeed. As a successful autistic person myself, I can confidently say that autistic people can function very well—including taking their kids to comic book stores and supporting themselves through their careers. This attitude is not only deeply offensive and discriminatory, it also shows a complete lack of awareness of their own clientele—comic shops often have many neurodiverse customers, including those on the autism spectrum. The comment was shocking, insensitive, and ignorant. I was very disappointed and cannot recommend this store.
920 South Cherokee Lane
Lodi, CA 95240
United States
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A chaotic experience if you're looking for comic books. Collection is uncurated and the numerous boxes along the floor are unlabeled. Staff was very friendly in trying to help find a recent back issue for me, but even they couldn't figure out where it might be, claiming "I don't know where they might have put it." I purchased one of their cool discount bundles, however, although it wasn't much of a discount. Very exuberant crowd was there on a Sunday playing a card game, so perhaps cards are the focus of the store? If so, they are hitting that mark perfectly.
This should be a post from my personal account, but I stopped by Comic Grapevine for my business. I buy and sell racing equipment, specifically race karts such as shifters or TaG go carts. I also sell on eBay and I ended up with a box of comic books from a friend that asked me to sell them. And of course, this box that I had was filled with rare, one of a kind comics, just like we all have sitting in our attic storage. I spoke with Allen, and he was very helpful. I new most of my box was commons and not worth more than the issue price. However, Allen dug through the box and found a few that he said I should look up online and base the package price off those. He and I couldn't agree on a price, since we both do the same thing, I understand his business model. He buys comics, I buy race karts. That did not stop him from being extremely helpful and straightforward.