SPLICED Magazine Issue 04 April/May 2014 | Page 115

SPLICED COMICS / FEATURE / ISSUE 04 LONDON COMIC CRAWL Gosh! Location / 1 BERWICK STREET, LONDON W1F 0DR Online / WWW.GOSHLONDON.COM Time spent / 45 MINUTES Gosh! was first on the epic journey that lay before me. The store has been around for a quarter century and is best known for their wide variety of graphic novels, which range from the mainstream superhero affair to the small press independent graphic novels too. With so many books from all over Europe and the States we spent a good 30 minutes just perusing the shelves and discovering gem after gem of great material. If you enjoy the medium of graphic novels and art then this is the place to be. You won’t find many single issues of comics here, but with so much variety of graphic novels who cares. RATING / The Vintage Magazine Shop Location / 39-43 BREWER ST, LONDON W1F 9UD Online / WWW.VINMAG.COM Time spent / 50 MINUTES Not strictly a comic book shop, The Vintage Magazine shop was a place of pop culture heaven. It has been around since 1980, it’s red storefront blending in perfectly with the London town aesthetic. A shop much like our very own Spliced Magazine wherein it had something for everyone. From Dr Who Tardis souvenirs (and everything else Dr Who you could ever want, seriously they love Dr Who here), to vintage movie/comic/war propaganda posters, used books and magazines, retro furniture and vinyl records, it had it all. RATING / 115