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Off Panel #239: It's Comics Town with Patrick Brower
Off Panel #239: It's Comics Town with Patrick Brower
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Length:
102 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
In this week's episode of Off Panel, the co-owner of Chicago's Challengers Comics + Conversation comic shops, Patrick Brower, joins to chat about 2019 in comics retail. Brower discusses their opening of a second shop, what goes into opening a store, the state of comics retail relative to when Challengers first opened, the rise of the mini-series, what's working for them, differentiating titles today, how the year was for them, risk aversion, figuring out what customers want, second issues, how BOOM! Studios is handling things, whether he'd like more experimentation from comic publishers, the in-store comics conversation, whether he still loves comics, and more.
Released:
Jan 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Off Panel #6: Retail Realities with Patrick Brower: On this week's episode of Off Panel, David welcomes Patrick Brower, co-owner of the Eisner winning comic shop Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago. Patrick joins the show to talk about all things retail, how he and business partner W. Dal Bush... by Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast