In this week’s episode of Off Panel, retailer John Hendrick joins to chat about his shop, Dublin’s Big Bang Comics. Hendrick discusses his first nerd love, the last year in the shop, their shift to toys, how the store itself has changed, changing consumer behaviors, the increase in work, trades and graphic novels, the explosion of young customers, whether this will keep going, the biggest thing he learned in the last year, his own happiness, and more.

You can find Hendrick at Big Bang Comics in Dublin, Ireland, which is also on Twitter, Instagram and their website.

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Header art is from a much older layout of Big Bang Comics. Off Panel’s theme music is an original track by custom music agency Upright T-Rex Music, written and performed specifically for the podcast. A huge thanks to Ross and Cody from Upright T-Rex Music for putting the track together!