Comics are an art form in Rochester. Just look to the many stores specializing in comic books, mentions of Rochester in comics, and local comic author/artists that are Rochester natives.
Rochester Comic Stores
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1st Print Comics in Gates - New and back issues.
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13th Verse Comics in Greece - A vendor at The Shops on West Ridge that participates in promotions such as Diamond's
![[WWW]](https://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png)
Halloween Comic Fest.
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All Heroes Comics in Charlotte - New and back issues.
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Bartertown Collectibles on Park Avenue sells second-hand comics and vintage toys.
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Comic Book Heaven - New and back issues, with an extensive "underground" room.
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Comics Etc., located in the Hungerford Building, is one of the area's biggest and oldest comic book stores.
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Mr. Deals - Buys and sells vintage and recent comics, mostly Marvel.
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Pop Roc - Cereal, coffee house and comic book bar
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Rhino's Comics and Collectibles in Greece - New and back issues.
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Two Kings Comics in Victor - New and back issues.
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Wonderland Comics is located across from Panorama Plaza in Penfield. New and back issues.
Like many other areas in New York, we are fortunate to have a decent wealth of comic book stores to keep fans interested.
Rochester in Comics
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In June 2014 1st Print Comics commissioned limited press run of 1,000 issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 34 (IDW) with the Rochester skyline on the cover. The artist was Salvador Otero, a resident of Gates.
Story in the Democrat and Chronicle.
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The Rochester Institute of Technology was mentioned in
Doonesbury.
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Rochester was mentioned in the middle entry in the right-hand column of the IHoP menu in
this day's xkcd.
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DoonesburyLocal Comic Authors/Artists
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Nicholas Gurewitch draws The Perry Bible Fellowship which is archived at PBFComics.com. |
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John Kovaleski, whose Bo Nanas was syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group from 2003 to 2007, lived in the Rochester area for 31 years. He left in 2004. |
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Kevin McCormick, whose comic strip ![[wikipedia]](https://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/inter.png){kind=small} Arnold was syndicated from 1982 through 1988, is now the principal of Bread of Life Christian Academy here in Rochester.See also Interview on BakerToons Blogspot (image at right) as well as this Usenet discussion (via Google Groups) about interview. |
See also the![[WWW]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Arnold-comics.jpg){kind=small} Copyright Wikipedia Image  |
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Dragon Messmer draws SkullyFlower, which you can read and buy here. |
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Caitlin Yarsky, a graduate of RIT's Illustration program, did the pencils, inking, coloring and lettering for the entire run of Coyotes from Image Comics. |
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Jason Yungbluth draws Deep Fried and Weapon Brown. Visit his WhatIsDeepFried.com Website. |
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2008-03-03 18:36:52 Does anyone know what happened to Last Worlds in Macedon? We went to go to their store today on Main St and it was no longer there. —FranChandler
