In a bonus episode of Off Panel, we have one recorded live last week from ComicsPRO’s annual meeting in Portland, Oregon with two of the best retailers in comics – John Hendrick of Dublin’s Big Bang Comics and Steve Anderson of Maryland’s Third Eye Comics. It’s a caffeine fueled discussion – at least on my end – where we talk about the origins of their shops, their affinity for retail, how they organize their comics, what 2017 was like for their shops, Rick & Morty, their hopes for 2018, Marvel’s Fresh Start, customer behavior, the value of signings and events, and more.

You can find Hendrick on Twitter and his shop Big Bang Comics on Twitter and Facebook. You can find Anderson’s shop, Third Eye Comics, on their website, Facebook and Twitter.

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Big thanks to my patrons, including – but not limited to – Matthew Taylor, Tyler Turner, Dan Gearino, Dan Lee, Nick Pitarra, Jacob Sareli, Ford Gilmore, David Baroldy, Evan Blasor, Tyler Turner, Brian McCray, Ira James Udaskin, Benjamin Birdie, Henning Ahlers, Modern Magic Stories, Nick Hall, Bruno Batista, Abraham Riesman, Adrian Diaz, Bobby Angus, Bjorn Basen, Darren Neely, John Hendrick, Steve Anderson, Michael Perlman, Phil Knall, Ian Maxfield, Cliff Chiang, Benjamin Schipper, Colin McMahon, Chris Palmer, Maxwell Schmidt, Scott McGovern, Nathan Fairbairn, Cat McKenzie, Lou Iovino, Christopher Carter, Nicholas Keslake, Greg Rucka, Ryan Mayle, Adam Highfill, Nicholas Gardner, Andrew Corrigan, Fiona Staples, Chris Morris, Chris O’Hollaran, Mark Abnett, Mike Murphy, Michael Shirley, Tom Barnett, Jim Demonakos, Norbert, Nick Lowe, James Kaplan, and Mission: Comics and Art in San Francisco. You’re all the best.

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Header image is from Third Eye Comics. Intro and outro music is Vulfpeck’s Outro from their album Vollmilch. Thanks to the band for letting me use the track.