I love shops like Album Comics, and we have several of them in the States. I often find, however,…read morethat the random paraphernalia found in comic book stores is overpriced in the States. Either I'm wrong about that or Parisians are paying out the nose eight times for their whimsical gift items. Still, the shop is well-stocked and very fun to browse. You can find a huge selection of action figures and little toys related to various areas of pop culture - animes, video games, movies, cartoons, etc. I enjoyed a whole set of wands from the Harry Potter movies, as well as uniforms and Hermione's time turner. There are Twilight trinkets too, of course. An army of figurines from One Piece line a glass case, and Matt B. and I found a trove of Barbapapa toys. I almost bought a Raving Rabbid before deciding it was way too expensive. Of course, there are comic books too, and plenty of other random knick-knacks. The vibe of the place is just fun and conducive to a long browse. It's located near the Sorbonne, so I'm sure it gets student traffic. I know I would spend some time here if I were a student and it were in my path.

So inviting/clean, interesting and easy to browse. Lighting was also great. The way everything, the…read morecomics in particular, are arranged makes it easy to find what you came for or be introduced to new items. Large selection of comics in French and English. Loved it here!

Nice organized store with mostly books about comic books. Actual comics books were mainly new ones…read moreand I did not see any DC OR MARVEL which is what I was looking for.

So yeah my nerdiness is showing I know... Here I am in Paris and cruising a comic book shop with my…read morekid... we both enjoyed it. Unfortunately they didnt have what I was looking for. Regardless they had a pretty good selection of english language comics from Marvel, DC, Image, etc. I didnt see any translated into french for the specific ones I had hoped for. None the less this place looked exactly like what I expect a comic book store to look like in the states. So yeah it was a kewl find and they had a pretty friendly and helpful staff.I suggest you check it out if you want to find something fun or your rug rat wants a comic while in Paris...

Plan to get lost in this shop for a few hours. A great shop if you have the time to devote to it…read more It is a big used and bargain BD shop with bin after bin of loosely organized albums. A smaller section of collectible albums is well alphabetized. The staff is friendly and helpful. It is open late most every night, so you can visit here after the other BD shops have closed!

From the owner: Le nom de notre librairie vient des premiers mots du fils de son fondateur qui, il y a 10 ans,…read morenous a offert la moitié du fond afin qu'un copain étudiant et moi la reprenions. On trouve dans nos magasins des rues Dante et Serpente près de 15.000 livres, avec des tas d'éditions originales ou épuisées, mais aussi des albums à moindre prix, pour le simple plaisir de lire de la BD.

Très mauvaise expérience dans cette librairie. Je suis venue avec mes deux amies récupérer des…read morelivres que nous avions commandés. Au départ tout se passe bien, les libraires sont aimables. J'explique que je vais payer avec le compte Labaz d'une de mes amies et on me répond clairement que ce n'est pas un problème, qu'il suffit soit que la personne soit présente soit de montrer sa pièce d'identité. Je cherche donc la pièce d'identité de mon amie et la montre, et là une des libraires aux cheveux courts devient soudainement très désagréable et change complètement de discours en disant que finalement la personne doit obligatoirement être présente. Quand je lui fais remarquer qu'elle venait de nous dire l'inverse, elle commence à chercher des excuses qui n'avaient ni queue ni tête. Elle mentionnait sans arrêt "sa responsable" qui aurait donné cette consigne, mais cette dernière n'est jamais venue nous parler directement. Je trouve ça assez lâche de faire passer ses employées pour des messagères au lieu de venir expliquer la situation aux clientes. Une librairie devrait être un endroit agréable, mais l'attitude froide et agacée de certaines employées a vraiment gâché l'expérience.

All you need in one place. HUGE store with lots of options, and in many languages too. My favorite…read morebookstore in Paris.

Probably one of the best music stores I have ever been too, Gibert stocks a staggering selection of…read moremusic from France, Africa, Britain, America, and well beyond. Located near St Michel metro, the store is very close to the Latin Quarter as well as the Jardins de Luxembourg. Dealing in more than genres, Gibert has the ability to find you browsing for hours as you move from Reggae to Rock to Avant-Garde to Celtic to pretty much anything else. But it gets even better, as they also stock a lot of very well-priced 2nd-hand music and also deal in hard-to-find music magazines (such as Punk Planet) at very reasonable prices. Worth setting aside an hour or two for during your visit to Paris if you can, Gibert is one place you'll remember fondly long after leaving the city.

Pylones is a truely fantasy-like experience in gift shopping. A wonderful array of offerings are…read moredisplayed to the delight of all who dare to visit.colorfulfunctional.fantastic! A comic strip come to life. The amazing transformation of the most mundane items: egg whiskers, staplers, thermos, toasters, etc. comes to life in this shop. A unique and boutique purchase for items designed and mad solely in France. Only sold elsewhere through specialty catalogsyou will be amused and thrilled at the selection of the boutiques here in Paris..where you can buy to your hearts content! Enchanting! '(¿)

I am so happy whenever I see a Pylones shop - the bright colors & whimsical items always draw us…read moreinside & this visit to Paris was no exception This time, I was on the hunt for cute & fun reading glasses......yes, yes, I've come to *that* point in my life when I had to admit I needed reading glasses. Sad but true! Luckily there are all kinds of adorable color patterns available at Pylones - found a style I liked & they have all the different reading strengths behind the counter Prices are fantastic for the quality & I chalk this up to yet another great find & happy remembrance of our visits to Paris

I really like this narrow and quaint store. It was vibrant with activity and had a nice selection…read moreof old and new BD. I talked at length with one of the people there our languages overlapping just enough to understand one another. Really great little find and I hope to go back there before I had back to the states. If you're in the area, definitely check it out. Their passion for books is really great.

I've visited many comics shops in Paris over the years, and they've all been pretty good to be…read morefair. La Planète Dessin is a new shop to me, and so I was eager to check it out on a recent visit to Paris. I knew that it would be at least good as it's part of the Canal BD chain of affiliated stores, but I was blown away by just how excellent it was. Not only is there a simply phenomenal selection of BD, manga and comics but there's an excellent range of books and magazines about comics too (a particular interest of mine within the wider comics world). The owners and staff are lovely people and more than happy to point you in the direction of comics that would interest you, and talk about their particular favourites (we had a lovely chat about Pascal Jousselin's fabulous Imbattable series, the work of Marc-Antoine Mathieu and the series l'Atelier Mastodonte). In short, I have a new favourite comics shop in Paris. Be sure to check them out--I guarantee you'll come out with something good!