About this episode

Retailer Aaron Trites discusses his comic shop, market trends, and the comic industry.

Retailer Aaron Trites joins the show to talk about the origins of and year in his San Diego based comic shop, Now or Never Comics. Trites discusses his own fandoms, his path to opening Now or Never, its location, the development of the shop, the year so far in his shop, market trends, what's leading the way, the single issue boom, the spread of new readers, the speculation world, handselling, superstar artists, Marvel's struggles, the changes at Marvel, the overall health of the market, the power of passion, and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Aaron Trites

Topics covered

• comic shop
• retail
• market trends
• fandom
• single issue boom
• new readers
• speculation

Keywords

• comic shop
• Now or Never Comics
• market trends
• fandom
• Marvel
• single issue boom
• speculation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Now or Never Comics, Marvel

Places: San Diego

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