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Thank you for the past 10 years, Donovan!
An in-depth look at the graphic novel sales of 2018.
An even more in-depth look at 2018’s single issue comic sales.
Dal has a very progressive (and perhaps polarizing) suggestion for the future of Marvel and DC single issue comics.
Listener questions! How do we think the break between story arcs help Image comics sales? And why don’t we make comic sets of grab bags?

It’s January, so that means it’s once again time for others to predict the death of the direct market!
Graphic Novel sales seem down in stores across the country, but not at Challengers.
DC’s Zoom and Ink are a good idea but we don’t know that they’ll land with our customer base.
The white-washing of Damian Wayne.
Yes, the industry is evolving, but it needs to evolve.
All the problems retailers are identifying now feel like things we’ve already been thru.
2018 sales by category vs 2017 sales.
Patrick’s niece was in Australia on her honeymoon, so we asked her to swing by All-Star Comics in Melbourne and give them a little Chicago care package.
We’re pretty excited for WrestleKingdom 13, but it’ll have happened by the time you hear this, so never mind.
Post-credit tribute to Mean Gene Okerlund (from CoC #314).

Diamond Comic Distributors catches Patrick’s ire one last time for the year.
Some customers only see what they want to see.
Some stores got next week’s book’s last Monday. We still don’t have them.
Specifically nerdy Christmas gifts we received.
With almost nothing new on the shelves the week of Christmas, people are finding some older comics, and that’s neat.
Keep Reading Comics n 2019!!
At the start of 2018, we tried to plan more experiences than signing. That did not work.
Lucy Knisley returns to Challengers in March! As does Women’s Comics Month.