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Contest of Challengers

Contest of Challengers

By: 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!2024 Challengers Inc Art Economics Leadership Literary History & Criticism Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • “MITCHELL!”
    Jun 30 2025

    “MITCHELL!”
    •Patrick is joined by Mitchell Davies of All Star Comics in Melbourne, Australia!
    •How can 2 stores 15,570 kilometers apart have the exact same experiences selling comics?
    •2 Will Eisner “Spirit of Comics” Retailer Award recipients!
    •Which store has the better All-Ages section?
    •How GHOSTBUSTERS brought the stores together.
    •All Star predominantly sells American comics, so how do they get them?
    •Working with the same distributors from very different distances.

    This episode is dedicated to 9,675.05 miles.
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    Contest of Challengers #743

    Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
    Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
    “Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
    Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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    Challengers Comics + Conversation
    1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
    773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • YOU HAVE MORE VALUE THAN THIS
    Jun 23 2025

    YOU HAVE MORE VALUE THAN THIS
    •The 200th Anniversary of the first comic book?
    •Marvel’s 616 Day.
    •The Golden Biscuit of Adventure Comics #210.
    •Problems for IDW.
    •Zenescope leaves Diamond.
    •What we’ve never received from Diamond.
    •Comics talked about in this episode:
    SUPERMAN TREASURY EDITION 2025
    NEW HISTORY OF THE DCU #1
    GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #1
    EXQUSITE CORPSES #3


    This episode is dedicated to The Glasgow Looking Glass.
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    Contest of Challengers #742

    Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
    Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
    “Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
    “Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Arune Singh
    Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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    Challengers Comics + Conversation
    1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
    773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • HOW TO MEET THE MOST AMOUNT OF NEEDS
    Jun 16 2025

    HOW TO MEET THE MOST AMOUNT OF NEEDS
    •Magic the Gathering: Final Fantasy and the wave of unmeetable collector demand.
    •Prioritizing the in-store experience.
    •Back issue bundles!
    •Gehenna Naked Aggression’s printing issue.
    •No more Marvel Masterworks?
    •How the 1999 manga “The Future I Saw” is currently effecting Japanese tourism.
    •Getting a credit line from a comic distributor.
    •Sourcing comic supplies from Lunar.
    •Warner Bros Discovery splits in 2!

    This episode is dedicated to a 45+ year-old office desk that lived a very full life.
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    This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice. How’d it sound?
    Contest of Challengers #741

    Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
    Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
    “Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
    “Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Arune Singh
    Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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    Challengers Comics + Conversation
    1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
    773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

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    1 hr and 3 mins

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