Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff

Eisner Award-winning Concord institution since 1988 mixing comics with Pokemon, Magic, and sports card stock — honest prices and easy parking.

Few Bay Area collectible stores carry the pedigree of Flying Colors. Founded in 1988 and honored with the Will Eisner "Spirit of Comics" Retailer Award, the shop ranks among the most respected comic stores in the country — and its "Other Cool Stuff" half has long included trading cards, making it a legitimate stop on any Concord card shop circuit.

The card offering spans the store's dual audience: Pokemon product and Magic: The Gathering for the TCG crowd, plus sports cards for the collectors who came in for silver-age back issues and stayed to flip through cardboard. It's a browse-first inventory rather than a tournament scene — you won't find league nights here — but the cross-section of comics, cards, and collectibles under one roof makes it an efficient stop for multi-hobby households.

Now settled in its Concord Avenue location (Suite 140, after relocating from its longtime Treat Blvd home), the store keeps approachable retail rhythms: 11AM-7PM Wednesday through Saturday and 11AM-6PM Sunday through Tuesday, with easy parking called out repeatedly by visitors. Reviews consistently land on the same trio — honest prices, friendly help, and a clean, comfortable floor — which after nearly four decades reads less like marketing and more like institutional habit.

For trading cards in Concord with a side of the best comics wall in the county, put Flying Colors between Black Diamond Games and lunch and you've covered the city's collecting geography in an afternoon.