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From Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago, this is CONTEST OF CHALLENGERS, a comics industry business podcast about the businees of running a comic book shop.
Hosted by Challengers' owners Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush.
1845 N Western Ave | Chicago, IL 60647 | 773.278.0155
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Will Eisner "Spirit of Comics" Retailer Award Recipient 

May 27, 2019

All the upcoming concerts that will cause some adjustments to the CoC recording schedule.
Dal’s (very brief) visit to Sarasota.
Okay, so we have a lot of speculation about Tom King leaving Batman. A mere 1 day later, so much more of DC’s future Bat-Plans have come out, but we didn’t know that when this was...


May 19, 2019

Just your average episode with 2 comic shop owners talking about business!
How we now order DC “B” covers.
Ordering for July is soul-crushing.
The difference between schilling and imparting information.
Filling requests by any means necessary.
Reporting all damages, shortages and overages.
An alternate take on Free...


May 13, 2019

What is Marvel Comics #1000? I’m sorry, we mean WHY is (it called) Marvel Comics #1000?
How do we keep track of customer wants when they ask for books that don’t yet exist? We’re looking at YOU, 3 Jokers…
Baker & Taylor, our secondary distributor, no longer wants our business (or that of any independent...


May 6, 2019

It’s an interview episode with Nicholas Aflleje & Sarah DeLaine from the brand new Image Comics graphic novel LITTLE GIRLS.
Who are they? What is Little Girls about? How did it come about?
They’re going to be at Challengers on Monday, May 13th, for a full on release party!
Featuring LIVE MUSIC from both Kachi The...