Tomorrow, English Comic Shops Open For The First Time In 3 1/2 Months Posted on Comic book shops are, sadly, defined as non-essential retail outlets. As a result, in England, they have all been closed to the public for over three months, since the 28th of December 2020, and more as part of the current lockdown rules. Tomorrow, the British government has stated that non-essential outlets in England can reopen in a measured factor. And that included comic book shops though those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are still locked down for another period. I plan to take a trip out around a number of them tomorrow and report live from Central London, but here are what a few are saying right now.