Bookstore and art space
in Bay View, Milwaukee

Zines, prints, small press
Books and comics for kids and adults

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​Mon-Wed 11-5 | Thu-Fri 11-6 | Sat 10-6 | Sun 10-5

Lion's Tooth won 2025 Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee in the "Best Comic Book Store" category!! We had no hope of ever getting a Best of Milwaukee plaque because we don't really fit any of the categories. Lion's Tooth is part bookstore, part zine fair, part art and gift shop, part tiny venue... and we happen to have tons of graphic novels and weirdo indie comics too, so yeah, we'll take it :)
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"Look up the term 'Milwaukee gem' in a dictionary and you’ll find an impeccably illustrated picture of Lion's Tooth."
Matt Wild, Milwaukee Record

2026 Book Clubs: Comix, Nonfiction, Music, Wine
And a brand new Clarice Lispector Book Club too!
Always on Thursdays | 6-8PM
​All free and open to the public

Dandelion Comics Residency
Presented by Lion’s Tooth in partnership with BearBear and MILK Comic Fest
Mentorship by Quinn Blackshere and Hannah Hallman

The Dandelion Comics Residency (established in 2022) is a juried program for cartoonists based on the Greater Milwaukee area. Our goal is to support the local comics community while promoting work produced here to well-respected professionals active in the industry today.

Our 2026 Dandelion artist-in-residence is Maggie Carroll. 
From Maggie's’ application: “I am an illustrator and enjoy making other people’s stories come to life, but I want to have the confidence and skills to bring my own stories to life through comics. The Residency will not only help me take the leap to make the stories in my head and sketchbooks into a reality, but it will also allow me to connect with and learn more about the comics community in Milwaukee.”
Click for e-gift cards and we also have physical gift cards at the store. Both may be redeemed online or at the shop in Bay View

LION'S TOOTH COMICS SCHOOL
Summer sessions for kids and teens (ages 8-17)

Lion's Tooth Comics School is a fundraising effort to keep our bookstore afloat and help fund comics-related programming. 2025 sessions are done but you can get the anthologies produced by Milwaukee kids and teens this summer, available in our online store.
We have bumper stickers!!! Extremely cute too, if we may say so.
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