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As January comes to a close, we're taking your listener questions!

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On this week's show, we're very happy to welcome Columbus Post Dispatch business reporter and author of the new book Comic Shop: The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture, Dan Gearino! We talk with Dan about what it takes to run a comic shop, whether you have to be a fan to do it, the rise of Diamond as the only comic book distributor, Funko Pop displays, Urkel, and so much more! Plus, we answer a follow-up listener question!

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In our first regular episode of the year, we're ranking some comic book characters sent in by you, the listeners!

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Almost caught up! And in this special, we rank the Story of the Beast!

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We're kicking off 2018 with our annual awards show, with categories (categordies?) submitted by you, the listener!

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This year, we exchange our gifts at the grandest theme park of them all, Dollywood!

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We got a letter from the government. The Special Bureau of Specials, to be exact. And they said that the only way we could keep doing Christmas specials every year was to watch some other Christmas specials and discuss them. So that's what we did! Luckily, RJ Edwards and Ian Holliday, the hosts of the HARK! podcast, dropped by to help us out. Merry Christmas!

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We're almost caught up on ranking stories! Here's the newest 2-hour batch of ranks.

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Matt's not here this week, so Chris is joined by special guest cohost Chris Rohling for quite possibly our Christmasy-est non-Christmas special ever! Longtime friend of the show Jeff Parker joins us this week for a holly jolly deep dive into a story he wrote 12 years ago: "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santron." We talk about trying to make Gravity happen, working backwards from an ending, and of course, the magic of Christmas!

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Our pal and fellow Garfield Gathering attendee Daniel Kibblesmith joins us on this show this week to talk about his new book, Santa's Husband, his upcoming run on Quantum and Woody, and much more! Plus: You know we go in depth on Doomsday Clock, right? We do.

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