Comic book shops in Thompson

The map for Thompson, MB's comic shops is still blank. Our search covered roughly 40 km around Thompson, looking through OpenStreetMap for comic shops, and turned up nothing mapped so far. Blank maps are usually a mapping gap rather than a real gap. This page refreshes daily from the latest map data, so a blank today can be a full guide tomorrow.

The new reader's playbook

Until Thompson has mapped comic shops, here's how to start anywhere. Walk in on a Wednesday and say you've never read comics — staff hear it happily every week. Start a pull list so you never miss an issue. Try the indie shelf alongside the big titles. And bag and board anything you want to keep; it costs pennies.

Thompson sits about 56° north of the equator, so it gets proper seasons. Winter is peak comics season: dark evenings, the big event storylines running, and the Wednesday ritual at its cosiest.

The back-issue long boxes are the real treasure: full runs of older series at a fraction of collected-edition prices.

Comic smarts for Thompson

No mapped comic shops yet, but the comics habits work anywhere. Four worth knowing:

• Visit on Free Comic Book Day. First Saturday in May. Free comics, creators, costumes — the best day to discover a new shop.
• Keep them out of the sun. UV fades covers fast. A sunny shelf is a slow-motion disaster for a collection.
• Bag and board your finds. Acid-free bags and backing boards cost pennies and save collections. Shops sell them; buy them there.
• Learn what a key issue is. First appearances and landmark issues — the keys — hold value. The staff can point out which back issues matter.

The kind of shop that belongs here

Somewhere you can pull a weekly list and dig long boxes: a proper comic shop. Not a bookstore shelf — the real thing.

When a qualifying comic shop gets mapped in Thompson, this page updates on the next refresh with its name, address where available, and whatever hours, phone or website the mappers recorded. Nothing here is paid placement and nothing is sponsored — if it's on the map, it's on the page.

This page refreshes daily from the latest map data, so the moment a qualifying comic shop appears in Thompson's OpenStreetMap data, it shows up here — usually within a day of being mapped.

Put Thompson on the map

Know a comic shop here that isn't listed? The fastest route onto this page runs through OpenStreetMap: add it as shop=comics with its name and address, and it'll appear here after our next daily refresh. Local knowledge beats every dataset. The most useful details are the comic shop's name, its street address, and its opening hours — even a name and a pin on the map is enough to get started.