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Willy Street\u2019s only comic book shop will hang up its proverbial cape and cowl<\/a> on March 27.<\/p>\n

Since 2010, Westfield Comics<\/a> (944 Williamson St.) has been the neighborhood\u2019s source for comics and collectibles. It\u2019s the place I\u2019ve gone once a week for the past six years to stay caught up on old friends like Spider-Man, Green Lantern and the Fantastic Four. And outside of Graham Cracker<\/a> \u2014 a Chicago-based chain with a location on East Wash \u2014 it\u2019s the only comic book store on Madison\u2019s east side.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know some of our regulars will be going to Graham Cracker for various reasons,\u201d says manager Josh Crawley. \u201cAnd some will still be shopping the west side, just a lot less often.\u201d<\/span>\n

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Josh Crawley \/ photos by Tom Whitcomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/span>Westfield Comics\u2019 origin story starts in 1979, when it began offering a mail order service for mainly golden age books (1938-56<\/a>). Crawley says it is one of the longest-running in the country. They later expanded to two brick-and-mortar shops and now offer a variety of current titles and exclusive merch. And they\u2019ll continue to do so, just in different digs. The west side location will absorb everything from Willy Street, including staff.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not for lack of trying. The store\u2019s management had been actively looking for a new home since February 2019, when they found out their lease wasn\u2019t getting renewed. While their landlord had been considerate about extending the lease in the past, planned renovations made that an impossibility. Finding somewhere affordable in the area with similar square footage was difficult.<\/span>\n

\"Exterior<\/p>\n<\/span>Crawley couldn\u2019t help but draw parallels between his situation and the west side counterpart, which itself moved \u201c13-ish\u201d years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you\u2019re not moving that far out of the neighborhood you\u2019re in, it drastically changes the store dynamics,\u201d he says. \u201cIf we just moved a mile away, it could be totally different even with who\u2019s coming in regularly. People get weird sometimes about where they\u2019re going, or if it breaks up their pattern too much.\u201d<\/span>\n

\"Interior<\/p>\n<\/span>News of the closing hasn\u2019t yet affected the shop\u2019s atmosphere, though. A tight-knit base of customers still comes in each week to pick up their books, hang out and chat. Sure, the location is convenient for a lot of people, but there\u2019s more to it than that. Westfield isn\u2019t just a place to feed a hobby \u2014 it\u2019s also a welcoming and tight-knit community of people into the same weird thing you are. And if I have to start driving across town to maintain it, so be it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like the Silver Surfer once said<\/a>: \u201cParadise unearned is but a land of shadows.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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