“Dreams save us. Dreams lift us up and transform us. And on my soul, I swear... until my dream of a world where dignity, honor and justice becomes the reality we all share. I’ll never stop fighting. Ever.”
This week on the show, we’ll be discussing Wes Eastin’s documentary Shopping For Superman, which is a love-letter to the friendly neighborhood comic shop and the people fighting to keep their doors open.
"Shopping for Superman guides viewers through a 50-year journey revealing the origin story of their friendly neighborhood comic shops and the people fighting to keep their doors open.
From the 1930s to the late 1960s, comics were mainly sold to young kids at newsstands and drugstore spinner racks. In the early ’70s, two things happened that changed that. First, the readership got older, and second, comics as collectibles emerged as a hobby. That’s when the comic book store sprang up.
By the ’80s, the local comic book shop became the main way that readers bought their comics. Now, because of various factors, including digital comics, comic book shops are closing left and right. Hopefully, this new documentary can help shed light on why this important piece of Americana is something that needs preserving."
This doc will be available on-demand on Sept. 19th for Apple TV+, Google Play and Amazon Prime, so you can watch Shopping for Superman there. You can also buy it physically or digitally HERE!
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