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Contest of Challengers CHALLENGERS Comics + Conversation
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From Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago, this is Contest of Challengers, a podcast about the business of running a comics shop. From publishers to distributors to the sales floor itself, each episode deals with the issues of the week and how they affect the way Challengers conducts business, and that includes the actual comic book issues themselves. Hosted by Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush. Thanks for listening. Keep Reading Comics!
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INTELLECTUALLY?
INTELLECTUALLY?
•Bad customer service.
•Gotta get them Back Issues!
•Setting up for FCBD.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Our C2E2 experiences.
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THE FUTURE OF COMIC BOOK RETAIL
THE FUTURE OF COMIC BOOK RETAIL
LIVE from Conference Room S403 at McCormick Place, it’s the C2E2 panel discussion, THE FUTURE OF COMICS RETAIL with Patrick, W. Dal, Katie Pryde (Books With Pictures, Portland), and Dimitrios Fragiskatos (Anyone Comics/Everyone Comics, NY).
The sound quality is a little iffy on this one due to recording in such a large room, but we’ve adjusted it some to make it a little more listener-friendly. But Patrick and Katie were much closer to the recording device than Dal and Dimitrios were.
We talk about:
•Building your shop on your specific passions.
•Using the book industry as a retail guide.
•What to immediately change in the next year to increase sales.
•Lots more!
What you missed (before the recording started): Patrick pretending to be James Tynion IV for the first 5 minutes of the panel. It’s okay though, because afterwards, James actually signed off on the impersonation.
•Comics talked about in this episode:
SPECTREGRAPH #1 -
I’M NOT EVERYBODY
I’M NOT EVERYBODY
•Dented packaging.
•Charging delinquent subscribers interest…?
•DC’s 5-book release week.
•FCBD output.
•California’s Earth-2 is closing, and their reasons make perfect sense.
•Results of the ComicsPRO Retailer Survey.
•Patrick read a ton of advance PDF’s (and most of the books already came out).
•Comics talked about in this episode:
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON LIVES #1, #2
WHITE BOAT #1
AIN’T NO GRAVE #1
CROCODILE BLACK #1
HELLVERINE #1
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BLACK TIE
BLACK TIE
•The Future Of Comic Book Retail
•Apparently we are not a “Legacy” shop.
•”Marcus” and his comic book. And a black tie.
•People keep asking to have signings at Challengers.
•3 new X-Titles and X-Men ’92 vs X-Men ’97.
•Waaayyy too much television digression. Sorry.
•Lunar’s waxy new cardboard inserts.
•Diamond shipping changes.
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ENTHUSIASM OVER KNOWLEDGE
ENTHUSIASM OVER KNOWLEDGE
•A very full inbox.
•Leaving tasks for the other person.
•Upcoming Events with: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips, Sarah Becan, Sage Coffey, Bianca Xunise (and more!)!
•Publisher price changes are always a surprise.
•Misplaced retailer concerns.
•Prioritizing sales over tasks.
•Us, as customers at other shops.
•Our dentists.
•”Butcher, Baby” by The Divorce Gun.
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IN SEQUENCE
IN SEQUENCE
•We have now officially been open for 16 years! Yow!
•Keeping the “local” in local events.
•C2E2 is fast approaching.
•Wanting to refresh every aspect of the shop.
•Some of the many books being published in June.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Taskmaster
Contest of Challengers #678