DC is making a Svengoolie/MeTV promo comic. How can we get a store signing for that?
Thank you for all the ALZ5K donations! Patrick survived.
Some titles just shouldn’t ship in the same week as other.
A follow-up on last week’s discussion on damaged comics.
The ridiculous math that is Diamond Comic Distributors’ shipping fees. Seriously, we throw out some actual numbers—see if you can follow along. We can’t.
A disconnect between the WWE Network and iTunes subscriptions.
We wrote a few pages in a new comics retail guide, “Selling Comics.” It’s like people think we know what we’re doing, or something.
Gustavo Duarte is coming back to Challengers, all the way from Brazil!!
What does Dal really think of the JJ Abrams “Spider-Man” #1?

Why isn’t every new comic on the racks in 10.0/Mint condition?
The closing of ComiXology digital storefronts.
What’s been as good for retailers as House of X?
Sales ALWAYS slow down in September.
Why can’t DC get readers interested in a line-wide Event? Year of the Villain just isn’t cutting it.
When should a publisher start over at #1?
More Transformer Card Game events are heading our way!

A bonus episode of Contest of Challengers!
We start mid-pitch as Eliot is explaining the premise of his new Aftershock comic series Midnight Vista to a prospective buyer on the Challengers’ sales floor.
The other voices on this episode are Customer Brian K. and Eliot’s friend (and birthday boy) Mike. There are other ambient voices in the background as this was recorded on a Saturday afternoon.
The background music gets turned down 8 minutes in (sorry Fozzy).
This is a very personal story for Eliot and after listening to it you’ll most certainly want to read MIDNIGHT VISTA!