Lessons from year one of owning a comic shop: An interview with Daniel Hastings of Black Cat Comics
About this episode
Daniel Hastings discusses his experiences and insights from the first year of owning Black Cat Comics in Jacksonville.
Daniel Hastings is the owner of Jacksonville's newest comic shop in town: Black Cat Comics, and having just celebrated the shop's first anniversary, Dan sits down with us to pull back the curtain on his first 365 days in business. We talked about the challenges and rewards of being a first year comic shop owner, and Jacksonville's rich comic shop history. Dan also breaks down the current state of the industry—discussing the best-selling books of 2025 vs. now, the impact of the speculator bubb...
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