Sterling Silver Comics

Sterling Silver Comics is an independent comic shop at 2210 Pickwick Drive in Camarillo, California, open since 2014 and serving Ventura County. The store is built around new and old comic books, with trading card games carried alongside: Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and Flesh and Blood. It suits regular comic readers who want a pull list, back-issue hunters, and customers who prefer a quiet, organized, family-friendly shop run by someone with decades behind the counter.

What's on the shelves

Comics come first. New releases arrive every Wednesday, and the shop keeps a weekly list of what is coming in. Alongside the new books are back issues, with stock that keeps changing and a storeroom of boxes still being priced and put out. Customers hunting for a specific issue can ask, and the owner will move it up the processing queue. Anything not in stock can go on a waiting list, and the store contacts the customer when the book shows up.

Beyond comics, the shop carries graphic novels, comics-related merchandise, toys and t-shirts. Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and Flesh and Blood round out the games it carries.

Special orders are a regular part of the business. In-print items are ordered on request, and for out-of-print items the owner will try to track them down.

Pull lists, discounts and mail order

The subscription service requires no deposit, and comics pulled for a customer carry a 20% discount. Military and educational discounts are also offered, and the store supplies books to libraries, which the owner, a former librarian, is glad to do.

Customers outside the area can order by mail, either for a single hard-to-find item or for regular shipments of new comics. The shop sits right next door to the local post office, so packages leave quickly.

Selling your comics

The store buys back issues. Sellers are asked to get in touch first and arrange a time. Walk-ins are sometimes accommodated, but the owner can't always stop to look through a collection, so booking ahead is the more reliable route.

Events

The shop takes part in Free Comic Book Day, with free comics and special deals. In 2022 that meant an 11 AM to 7 PM day on the first Saturday in May. Batman Day has also been marked with free comics and discounts on in-stock Batman comics, graphic novels and toys. No weekly play nights or sanctioned organized-play programs are confirmed for the shop.

Getting there

The store is in the same shopping complex as Rock City and Chester's Chinese Restaurant, reached from the 101 Freeway by way of Pickwick Drive. Masks are not required inside, though the owner encourages them.

Hours

History

The owner spent close to forty years in comics retail before opening the shop, including a long stretch working for and managing a comic shop in Ventura that later became Seth's Games and Anime. He opened Sterling Silver Comics in Camarillo in 2014 to run a store of his own.

The local scene

Camarillo has two other shops nearby: +ev Games, 0.8 miles away, and More Collectibles Shop, 1.6 miles away. Farther out are Sideshow Collectibles in Newbury Park (6.3 miles), Arsenal Comics and Games in Thousand Oaks (7.6 miles) and Mero Games in Oxnard (8 miles). For tournament play, a Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Qualifier in Los Angeles, about 46 miles away, starts on December 5, 2026.