We are from France! Our weekend as the French Comics Association.
Bonjour! Parlez-vous français?
Why didn’t we call this CONTENT of Challengers??
This week we go international without leaving Chicago.
We spent last weekend running the French Comics Association booth at the American Library Association 2017 Annual Conference at McCormick Place.
This is the who, why and how of that conference.
We got to interact with several wonderful international comics creators; Guy Delisle, Marguerite Abouet, Pénélope Bagieu, Jérémie Royer, and David Etien, as well as the FCA staff themselves.
Yes, there were croissants (pronounced “kuhWAH-sawnts”).
LIVE with Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt (and CM Punk).
"To Hell and Back: A Spotlight on THE DAMNED and THE SIXTH GUN" panel at C2E2 2017.
The audio has been found!
Learn the history of one of comic’s most creative partnerships!
Cullen kills his favorite characters.
Brian hates drawing Drake and Becky.
CM Punk refuses to read the last Sixth Gun trade.
Thanks to C2E2 for getting us this audio and to Oni Press for setting it all up in the first place.
You don’t have to know EVERYTHING about Star Wars to be a Star Wars fan.
Wonder Woman Day! Darth Vader Day! We’ve sure had a lot of “Days” recently. But how’d they turn out?
We start with a story about a smug Star Wars figure collector.
This was recorded during the Puerto Rican Pride Parade, and you may be able to tell from the background noise. But probably not.
Dal and Patrick will be out of the store for a few days this week for the American Library Association Annual Conference at McCormick Place. Challengers is running the French Comics Association booth.
Gregg Schigiel will be here this Thursday!
Coco Picard, Anya Davidson, Marnie Galloway, Jessica Campbell and Neil Brideau will all be in-store for a discussion on the narrative of comics, Friday, July 30th. Accommodating 5 creators and a live audience is a logistical challenge for us.
We could not tell you that Darth Vader would be at our event live, in person, and here’s the reasons why. Thanks a lot, Lucas!
What is Marvel Legacy?
Bonus! Donovan Challenger has something to say about people complaining about the Chicago Bag Tax.
What if Spider-Man was a Disney princess?
Patrick welcomes “PIX” creator Gregg Schigiel to the show.
Gregg loves Power Pack, so Dal will certainly like this episode!
Gregg was an assistant editor at Marvel Comics in the late 1990’s and drew several issues of WHAT IF…?
Gregg will be at Challengers on Thursday, June 22 from 3pm to 7pm.
Librarians are the real front line for getting kids into comics.
Losing the PRIVILEGE to BUY a t-shirt does not give you the RIGHT to STEAL.
May’s sales numbers are not encouraging.
We don’t look to back issues to recoup costs. We survived the Rick and Morty “Don’t Trip Road Trip” tour event. Here’s a long recap filled with plenty of anecdotes. 90% of the people in attendance were awesome.
Wubba-lubba-dub-dub!