{"podcast":{"title":"Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast","slug":"off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-6685293","podcast_index_feed_id":6685293,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/68551/rss","website_url":"http://sites.libsyn.com/68551","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/d/c/7/ddc7ed0f824e5bec/0FC30D51-58CC-44A3-8853-96B63750D9B9-18831-0000191BA01ED0BF.jpeg","author":"David Harper","episode_count":576,"summary":"A weekly comics interview podcast hosted by David Harper of SKTCHD that gets the story behind the stories and creators we love, as well as the broader comic book industry. Website: SKTCHD.com Patreon: Patreon.com/OffPanel Instagram: @slicedfriedgold/@SKTCHDcomic Bluesky: @davidharper.bsky.social/@SKTCHD.bsky.social Email: david@sktchd.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:16.607454+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-6685293"},"episode":{"title":"Off Panel #533: Hips Don't Lie with Patrick Brower","slug":"off-panel-533-hips-don-t-lie-with-patrick-brower","published_at":"2026-01-05T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-6685293/off-panel-533-hips-don-t-lie-with-patrick-brower","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-6685293","url":"https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-533-hips-dont-lie-with-patrick-brower","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sktchd/Patrick_Brower_2026.mp3?dest-id=282628","summary":"Retailer Patrick Brower returns to the show to talk about the year that was in his Chicago-based comic shop, Challengers Comics + Conversation. Brower discusses his weird year, the year in Challengers itself, the consistent nature of 2025, what drove the year's success, Absolute Martian Manhunter's surprising heat, the performance of the Absolute Batman Annual, managing different printings, Marvel's \"terrible\" year, where non-Big Two comics are, the complicated environment for creators, new readers, how they're behaving, other trends from 2025, struggles from the year, systemic problems, what could be done on the marketing side, Universal Distribution, sales charts, how he's feeling about 2026, and more.","meta_description":"Retailer Patrick Brower returns to the show to talk about the year that was in his Chicago-based comic shop, Challengers Comics + Conversation. Brower dis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4918,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-6685293/episodes/off-panel-533-hips-don-t-lie-with-patrick-brower/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-panel-a-comics-interview-podcast-6685293/off-panel-533-hips-don-t-lie-with-patrick-brower.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}