The store stocks a wide variety of underground and alternative comics, zines, artist's books, graphic novels, art magazines, and screenprints, sold from both the store's own stock and on a consignment basis from individual artists. The store opened in a location formerly occupied by an Italian bakery, and maintains a modified version of the bakery's signage. Desert Island also hosts the annual comic book festival Comic Arts Brooklyn, and publishes Smoke Signal, an independent comics anthology that has been nominated for an Eisner Award.ĭesert Island was founded by Gabriel Fowler in 2008 in response to the lack of alternative comics stores in New York. The store focuses on underground and alternative comics, as well as independent and self-published comics sold through consignment. Desert Island is a comic shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.
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