Crow’s Nest Comics (formerly Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique) is cozy, welcoming, and inclusive local comic book store located in the Central District of Seattle, WA. We are a queer, trans, woman of color owned small business that caters to readers of all ages and experience levels, specializes in indie and local publishers, and highlights local, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ creators. You can find graphic novels, zines, geeky fashion, nerdy jewelry, games, gifts, and much more in our store. Learn more or visit us at 831 Hiawatha Pl S, Seattle WA 98144 today!
We have a 100% mask required policy. We ask that everyone over the age of 3 wear a face mask in the store, with KN95 or better masks required on Sundays. Free face masks are provided, but we appreciate it if you bring your own.
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Free Comic Book Day 2026
It’s back: Free Comic Book Day! This year it brings its legally distinct friend sponsored by rival distributor Comic Giveaway Day, and both FCBD and CGD will be happening on Saturday 5/2! That’s right: two free comic book days, on the same day! Hooray! We will be once again participating in the best of comic book store traditions and here’s the details: Date, Time, and Logistics We’ll be open…
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From Black History to Black Futures: 7 Graphic Novel Recommendations
Thanks for reading another of our recommendations! If you’d like to support us, a local minority-owned comic book store, you can buy the comics above and many more at our online store or on Bookshop.org. Or drop by our brick and mortar shop in Seattle if you’d like some personalized recommendations!
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Trans/it Joy: a Trans & Transit Celebration
Join us for a mini art market and fundraiser to celebrate trans joy and public transit on Sunday March 29th from noon to 6pm! For our first big event in our new location we’ll be hosting several local trans artists and raise funds for Seattle area trans run non-profits on the weekend of our local Sound Transit light rail station’s opening weekend r(only two blocks away omg). Nonprofit Partners…
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We’re on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm!
We joined Bookshop.org and that means you can now select Crow’s Nest Comics as your bookstore on there and give us 30% of all proceeds from your purchases! That goes for any kind of book—including DRM-free ebooks! You can also directly visit our Bookshop.org store where you can find some curated lists of books just like on our regular web store. Purchasing from either our regular online shop, our…
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It’s a Wrap! Here’s Our Bestselling Comics of 2025
Everybody is doing is so we are also doing a 2025 summary! We’ve compiled our bestselling comics in general and in several categories, and you can see them right after this paragraph because we’re bad at algorithms and not hiding the actual thing you probably came here for under 70,000 words of random text. But if you wanna read more about the categories and some of these comics in…
Did you scroll down here because you’re looking for our address or hours? :3