Grumpy's Comics (formerly Madness Comics) — Local services in Denton

Denton has a few comic shops, but this might be the oldest. If you want a bunch of new memorabilia, and to be seen buying it because it's trendy, go to the comic shop on the square. If you want a real comic shop run by people who live comics and have decades of experience, go to Madness.

Now, I'm not telling anyone to actually stay away. This isn't a hostile environment for only elitist comic fans. That's not what I'm saying. In fact, the owner was beyond kind and patient. What I'm saying is this place is like the comic shops of the 80s and 90s and it has relaxed atmosphere with some sort of gaming always going on at the center tables.

Plus, they were very patient setting up my pull list and have an email alert system for when new product arrives. Owner even taught me to read a barcode for printing run and variant number. And if all that wasn't enough I even picked up a Deadpool #1 (1997) for about $30...

Pretty decent selection of comics and statues/figures. Customer service wasn’t great. There were two men (I assume who work there) sitting at a table in the center talking to someone behind the register. Asked me what I was looking for and when I told them what I was looking for, they made no effort to stop their conversation and point me in the right direction. Just kind of nodded. That didn’t really bother me until other customers came in and the person at the register got out from behind the register to direct them to where the item they were looking for was. Don’t know if I was looking for was just too vague since I wasn’t looking for a specific item? Either way I found it on my own. The shop looks like it would have a lot of great stuff in it, I just felt too uncomfortable to walk between everyone having a conversation to look at everything else. Prices seemed decent from what...

Great shop, I come here much more often now that Stellarfy is gone. Dealing with the square to go to More Fun sucks unless I'm there for another reason, and their "Game Center" off the square is the opposite of friendly.

Grumpy (assuming he's the older gentleman with the beard) is a great guy, and the other main staffer is really nice as well. From an MTG perspective, they have a good selection. Newer sets are pretty much always fully stocked and they have a nice amount of older product as well. The prices are LGS prices. You will always pay a few dollars more for your precon at an LGS vs Amazon, etc, but you should be willing to in order to keep one of the couple game stores we have left in...