Contest of Challengers

YOU’RE THE WORST PART OF COMIC COLLECTING •Really good comics: INDIGO CHILDREN; NO/ONE and (hopefully) PARASOCIAL. •All the Variant Covers for March 15th. Also, the last time we complain about varian…

2 BUGS MAKE A RIGHT •Removing an item from the Shopify register during the payment phase. •Extra-large transactions cause large bugs. •Guns! •The X-23 Deadly Regenesis solicitation is a large paragra…

IN YOUR MIND CALENDARNo time for notes—we’re already late! Contest of Challengers #626

SOMEWHERE BTW SKEPTICAL & AMBIVALENT •”You look like you work in a comic shop!” •3 Shopify support tickets at one time. •What Shopify considers a “discount”. •”The trick was… sort of pedantic.” •UPS …

SCREAMING INTO THE DARK with TIM SEELEY • It's a full-on comic industry takedown with Tim Seeley! Join 2 grizzled comic industry veterans as they talk about the state of things today while rememberin…

WE’RE NOT GETTING IN YOUR WAY •A Mystery Project is coming together… •Working with Creators on store projects. •It’s SALE time!!!!!! •Manage Comics, ever improving. •Thanks, Patrons! •The WINGER Anal…

HUMMUS YOUR TIME •When T-Shirts went mainstream. •Our self-made day-to-day accountant. •”All Ego” Ethan Page vs Karate Man. •The confusion behind the collected release of Wonder Woman Historia The Am…

ABDICATION OF VALUES •Would you want text messages from Challengers? How much contact is too much? •Finding a good Filtering/Sorting tool for our new website. •Building ‘Collections’ for the new site…

PIG 8008 •Comics and Comics Retail is like a broken exercise bike. •Patrick was on Off Panel with David Harper! It was… dark…? •UPS deliveries, all day, every day! •Are you caught up with all your co…

ISBN13+5 •New Challengers Website—Coming Soon! Like, after the Sale, soon.      •Commerce-focused      •Advanced filtering/searching! •How many Holiday cards did not get picked up in December? •Searc…

5/90/2/2/2 •Instagram videos vs Instagram reels. •2022, a full year without ComicSuite. •Entering 2023 WITH Manage Comics. •Thanks, Patrons! •Answering questions for a Sorbonne Nouvelle University st…

WEIRDO HEADWINDS •March solicitations from DC and Marvel. But mainly DC. •What the cold has done to the store and Patrick’s car. •Next week is HUGE, but not as huge as we originally thought… •Will Fi…

THE HAMMOCK GETS DEEPER •Holiday sales have yet to really be a thing. Thanks, crappy weather!! •IT TOOK LUKE is on a bunch of 2022 “Best Of” lists! •There’s no news at the end of the year. •Boxing up…

IT’S NOT SLAPDASH •Address-ing the situation. •DC 1st Issue Special vs Marvel Premiere. •Dal has read Batman/Spawn for you! But not TO you. •Kyle Starks is on a roll! • AI art in place of human artis…

CARDED •A podcast by any other name… •The 2022 Challengers Holiday cards are in! •Clearing out lapsed subscription dividers. •The publishing imbalance of a 5-Wednesday month. •When Stocky reporting g…

BEFORE THE DAWN •Too many Spawn variant covers. •The “DAWN of DC.” •Refunding website orders. •The Manage Comics Order Helper Tile is LIVE! •Initial order fun. •AMC (the channel) Comics. •Bad Egg Com…

OH YES, COMICS •Our visit to the EXCELSIOR! Art Show opening! •Why it’s harder to recognize new subscribers. •James Acaster! What? This is a comic podcast and he’s a comic! •We just saw Black Panther…

WE HUNGER •Will Morris starts us off! Thanks, Will!! •Image has several upcoming books we are REALLY looking forward to. •Batman/Spawn is coming! It’s after Final Order Cutoff, but its Final Order Cu…

•Welcome to the brand new Challengers Podcastitorium! •Diamond Replenishment shipments. •Reminiscing over ChallengeJR’s (ChallengeJuniors). •ALL AGAINST ALL #1 is really good! •Diamond Best Practice …