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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 

Jan 28, 2025

THE KYLE-VERSE with KYLE HIGGINS

•It’s an extra-special, extra-long episode featuring KYLE HIGGINS (and Andrew Challenger)!!

•Image’s MASSIVE-VERSE is a universe within itself featuring Radiant Black, Rogue Sun, Super-Massive, Inferno Girl Red, No/One, and more, and Kyle tells us ALL about it!

•RADIANT...


Jan 27, 2025

NO SAFETY NET

•How much does our Sale T-Shirt cost?
•Small week of releases for the week of our Sale.
•One World Under Doom vs X-Manhunt.
•Patrick is a "Top 30 Women to Look Out For in 2025" candidate!
•What does Diamond’s Chapter 11 filing mean for Challengers?
•A last second BOOM! Announcement!


Jan 20, 2025

CONCIERGE SERVICE

•Shopify God Mode.
•Inventory reconciliation.
•Lucky Devils signing (and 2 upcoming signings).
•Ratioed bookplates.
•Chicago Box Co price increase.
•Decreasing Image discounts.
•Cleanvoice results from last week.

•Comics talked about in this episode:
     OUT OF ALCATRAZ #1, #2


Jan 13, 2025

COMMUNITY INREACH
•NOT recorded in a car!
•Community outreach and fan base cultivation.
•Store eras. 5, maybe?
•Challengers adages.
•Comic talked about in this episode:
     ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1

This episode is dedicated to big red “Record” and “Stop” buttons that are too easy to press by...


Jan 6, 2025

MINUS FIVE

•No more subscription discount!
•The Amalgam allocation.
•2024 Sales info!
•Our Best Sellers of 2024.
•The Saga subscriber epidemic.
•Thanks, Patrons!

This episode is dedicated to The Big Fat Quiz.
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This episode was edited and transcribed by Cleanvoice. How’d it sound?
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