Lambeik, Amsterdam

This is the oldest comic store in the world. It is a shop people visit to reclaim the child in them. It was founded by Kees  Kousemaker in 1968 and was named after Lambik, a popular character from Suske and Wiske comics. The earliest customers were those who could not lay their hands on comics due to parental supervision. Slowly a new comic buying audience too emerged. One who runs such a store must have encyclopedic knowledge and an elephantine memory. Kousemaker passed away in 2010 and his son continues his legacy.

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