Gosh! The culture of comics

The last time Miss Salami and I were in London we found a wonderful comic store, “GOSH!”.

The shop is situated in 1 Berwick street, Soho. We were surprised because we have been to Soho together so many times and our eyes had never fallen on it before. 

But after a quick web search, we discovered that the shop has actually been open for 25 years, and has just moved premises and is well known amongst comic book lovers.

Salami isn't into comics so much, neither am I but sometimes I love reading some well designed and well written graphic novels, and to be honest there are a lot of classical ones that I would love to read. To tell you the truth, the shop isn't just a comic store. As they say on their site: “..we’re always striving to source new and interesting products, whatever the genre. From translated European albums to mainstream superhero antics; vintage children’s books to contemporary graphic fiction; compulsively readable manga to cutting edge small press: we’ve got something for everyone”.

 

They're right, we have been there and we can honestly say that they have something to please everyone's illustrative taste, with a wide selection of authors, styles and periods (and prices also!). In the basement there's the more “commercial” stuff (batman, x men and stuff like that to be clear) and in a corner on the first floor there's a shelf with interesting indie comics and fanzines at reasonable prices. 

Obviously the shop has just been refurnished; It resulted to be really luminous thanks to its gigantic windows and minimal furniture and almost everything is made with wood and metal. The shop assistants were friendly and helpful.

In conclusion, from what they sell to where they sell it from and who sells it, the place seemed to be really nice to us, it's definitely worth a visit whether you are a comic reader, an illustrations lover or not, you're surely bound to buy something!

Visit Gosh! London at  http://www.goshlondon.com/