Fat Moose Comics & Games

This is a unique comic shop as I’ve never seen a shop on the second floor of a building. Has a decent amount of parking and the entrance to the shop is in the back of the build up a narrow staircase. After coming up to the top of the stairs, you see they have a pinball machine, no clue how they got it up there!
Fat Moose Comics has been sold and renovated within the last few years, so most of the pictures on Unilocal are not accurate. In the main room of the shop new pull comics are located in several different places, with a good selection. Fair longbox, trade paperback, and wall book selection. The selection of figurines was also fair. Fat Moose didn’t have gaming items as they own a gaming shop elsewhere.
Enjoyed chatting with the staff member and customer who was in the shop at the time, very friendly and knowledgeable. Overall the stop was worth my time for this very decent shop.

I really like Fat Moose Comics, and that’s not just based on their awesome name but also their awesome store.
The first thing you need to understand is that the store was very recently purchased by a new owner, and therefore some of the negative customer service reviews are likely a little outdated (don’t know for sure but it’s my guess).
When you approach fat moose, I’m not going to lie, the entrance is creepy as hell. It’s this backdoor that says comics, you open it and there is just this weird old staircase. As I was walking in, I felt like an example of what not to do on some after school special, being lured into a weird place by the prospect of comics.
However when you reach the store, it’s big, clean, well lit and well organized.
This store does well in every category I care about:
1. Their trade paperback collection was quite good and well organized.
2. Their weekly comic section was normal.
3. Their back issues were abundant.
4. They had some pretty cool rare issues behind the counter.
5. They have a small, but well stocked collection of comic statues.
What really stood out to me was the owner and the employee he had working there, both REALLY nice guys. If you know comic stores, you know the people who work in them/​own them come in 2 varieties: a) unbelievably nice and cool people and b) snobbish assholes (Simpson’s ‘Comic Book Guy’). These guys were in the former category — totally cool — as such it baffles me why I read customer service complaints.
Their prices are very reasonable. I made a purchase that day of an item without a set value. The owner and I discussed the price and I found him to be knowledge, fair, and reasonable regarding the pricing.
This is one of the better/​best stores in the state, give it a try.

We went to Fat Moose to purchase NYCC tickets, and were told by the manager before the doors even opened for the official sale, that most of the tickets had been set aside and pre-​sold to their regular customers (in violation of NYCC policy, by the way) and that few tickets were left. We were tenth in line and unable to purchase the tickets we had waited so patiently, for hours for, in good faith. We were extremely disappointed by this and the owner was unapologetic, even going so far as to blame NYCC management for driving his own nepotism. So the lesson from Fat Moose is: if you’re a regular, you’ll probably be taken care of. If you’re a potential new customer, don’t expect anything special. In fact, you’d be better off taking your business elsewhere, if you want to be treated fairly and ethically. Keep it in mind next time you have to make a choice of which of the many competitive local comic and collectible establishments to take your money to. They already have their inner circle established, newbies and outsiders need not stop by.

I can’t speak to their every day customer service, only to my lone experience. NYCC tickets are sold thru retailers and their own website. midtown comics has exclusive rights to sell wone day before any other retailer. This year a rule was implemented, no presales, set asides or pre orders. Anyone who wants tickets gets in line. This store received 80 Saturday tickets on Thursday afternoon and set aside some for their best customers and then sold some to folks who came in that evening. This violated both rules which made abundantly clear to fans band retailers.
When i arrived at 930 am on Friday, I was 11^th in line so I should not have had a problem since sales were limited to two per person. The owner told me what he had done and that he had few Saturday tickets left. Sure enough the 8^th person in line snagged the last ticket. I asked about why he had done these things and he said that it was his first year selling comic con tickets and reed pop (which runs it) hadn’t been communicative about the process. I’m a patron and I knew the rules so how he can claim ignorance as a trailer is a mystery. If he didn’t now, it’s because he didn’t want to.
I posted to their facebook page complaining and they said that they were sorry I was disappointed but they acted professionally and reputable. Then they deleted my post, and deleted a post made by my girlfriend in another thread. Does that sound professional to you? Deleting negative comments? And they never disputed anything I said. Bottom line is they without question violating the rules for the sale of comic con tickets and pretty much don’t give a damn, placing the blame on the convention owners rather than owning their «mistake»
They are disreputable and don’t care about their customers. Well… They care a lot about their big time loyal customers, everyone else can get bent. I would not recommend this establishment for any reason.

Pretty decent if you’re a fan of DC and Marvel, but if you’re thinking of comics as in «manga», look elsewhere seeing that manga is nonexistent here. Good place to buy aforementioned comics in an area that is devoid of such stores (save for Barnes and Noble and BAM)

Fat Moose has everything you could want… more so than any other comic book store in the area. Friendly, relaxed atmosphere and I cant stress enough how they have a lot of things in stock that most places don’t.

I like this place, it’s like a cave on the 2^nd floor which is fitting for comic fans. Moose is the truth. It’s like the central nerve when you enter this realm.

This place is hard to find. There is a good chance you will pass it, as its above a dry cleaner and there are no good signs out front.
The Enterance is slightly sketchy as you can see from the picture. The guy inside was friendly, they looked like they had a good supply of comics and such. I just stopped in for a set of dice but if you needed some comics or toys they might have what you need.