MY COMIC SHOP COUNTRY
Monday, February 20th at 7:30 PM
Members $10 | Public
$15
Screening will be
followed by a panel featuring the filmmaker and two comic shop owners from the
film, Menachem Luchins (Escape Pod Comics) and Shawn Hendricks (Fat Moose
Comics)
Join Escape Pod Comics in celebrating their ten years in
business at a special screening of My
Comic Shop Country, starring… Escape Pod Comics! and loads of other
retailers, as filmmaker (My Comic Shop DocumentARy, By Spoon!
The Jay Meisel Story, Wacky Man: The Rise of a Puppeteer) and podcaster
Anthony Desiato’s 2017 documentary takes you around the country looking at
comic retail in all its complexity, and at comic shops of every stripe in all
their glory. Visit more than a dozen stores from coast to coast, revealing
an industry in transition as shops strive to remain relevant. The film is
a multifaceted, heartfelt exploration of the power of comic shops to build
community through face-to-face interactions, one customer at a time. (US, 2019, 85min., English, NR | Dir.
Anthony Desiato)
