Collector’s Paradise was created in September of 1994, when Edward Greenberg and Joseph Zelich bought an existing comic book store, called Little Angel’s Comics. Little Angel’s business was in shambles, but pogs were keeping it afloat. It’s prominent location, on a major intersection, across from two schools and a busy traffic street, was what attracted the new owners to the store. For the next several years, the two tried to refocus the business model of the old store and focus more on comic books, the emerging graphic novel category, and customer service. A few years later, the store moved two doors down to a much bigger location and, in the last couple of years, has finally started to become the store that the owners have always had in mind.
In the last couple of years, the store’s goals have been re-evaluated again. They now include moving forward into online presence and continuing to refine their online customer services, including the “Namor” Subscription Manager, a custom-created online software application. It lets the store’s customers track and organize their monthly comic book subscriptions online and have access to complete Previews catalog information for every title. The mail-order part of Collector’s Paradise business has grown tremendously since the software was implemented.
The store also changed in 2009 when a full-time gallery was opened with a beautiful Grand Opening Party that featured famous comic book and culture artist Jim Mahfood producing a wall-size mural in front of huge crowd. Since then we have hosted many Art Gallery Exhibits and sell a wide variety of Original Art and Limited Edition Prints from a wide range of Artists.
Collector’s Paradise is a proud member of ComicsPRO, a retailer organization dedicated to the progress of direct market comic book retailers.
Collector’s Paradise Comics & Gallery
7131 Winnetka Ave
Winnetka CA 91306Phone Number: 818-999-9455E-mail Address: cparadise@socal.rr.com
Facebook: Collector’s Paradise
Twitter: Collector’s ParadiseStore Hours:
Monday 11am – 7pm
Tuesday 11am – 7pm
Wednesday 11am – 8pm
Thursday 11am – 8pm
Friday 11am – 8pm
Saturday 11am – 7pm
Sunday 12pm – 5pm
