722 - Let's Talk Shop with Wild Pig Comics

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🗓️ 5 November 2009

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Chris from Wild Pig is back with us to discuss more adventures in retailing. From the effects of the economy, to stagnant wall books, to reading in the store, we discuss it all!

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0:00.0	This is Comic Geekspeak, episode 722.
0:03.8	Let's Talk Shop with Wild Pig Comics.
0:17.1	Welcome to Comic Speak.
0:18.7	I'm Brian Peter Rios.
0:21.6	And this episode of Comic Eastpeak is sponsored by Wild Pig Comics, semi-annual, 50% off-sale happening November 14th and 15th at Wild Pig Comics in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
0:36.1	And why don't we ask the owner what the heck's going to go on at this sale?
0:41.1	Chris?
0:42.0	Gentlemen, thanks again for having me on.
0:43.8	Oh, you're welcome.
0:46.1	Well, we've been assembling inventory since June.
0:51.6	And I really, for a lot of reasons, I wanted this sale to be the best
0:55.9	that we've ever had in terms of sheer quantity and quality. So the 50-cent books we've compiled,
1:05.1	hyperbole aside, it's the finest selection of 50-cent books we ever had. We have about 50,000, 50-cent
1:10.8	books, tons of Bronze Age runs have about 50,000, 50-cent books,
1:12.2	tons of Bronze Age runs, Silver Age, thousands of books from the past decade, 2,000 trades,
1:19.4	virtually every company you can think of is going to be represented in the trade section.
1:23.4	Vertigo heavily in depth. Hundreds of new and barely used DVDs, a wide selection of $5 a piece.
1:31.3	Around 2 p.m. we're going to have the raffle.
1:35.3	We're going to have at least, I'd say at least 15 items.
1:38.3	Most of them are more on the buses in DC, absolute editions.
1:41.3	The raffle is free.
1:43.3	And Daniel Corsetto from noon to five on Saturday will be doing sketch requests.
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