I've visited many comics shops in Paris over the years, and they've all been pretty good to be fair. 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! read more