Episode 24: Billy Flake - "We Have To Get Kids Involved With Comics"

On this episode we have Billy Flake, the Director of Purchasing and Sales for Coliseum of Comics, the largest comics retailer in the Southeastern United States. Billy is one of the most influential figures in comics retail. He’s had an incredible 8 year odyssey that he shares with us on this episode. This is the listen for learning more about what it takes to sell comics, how they get into the shops, what keeps them going, where the opportunities in 2026 to grow the industry are and so much more!Thanks for listening, if you wouldn’t mind please taking a second to like, subscribe, rate this show 5 stars it goes a long way to getting the algorithm to like us. If you’re here for Billy and like the interview, check out the back catalog! This is episode 24 already! Plus we debuted our new bonus segment, Fave 5, with Star Wars scribe Alex Segura giving us his fave 5 comic runs, writers, film noirs, artists, and more. Next up we’ll have writer Stephanie Phillips, who’ll be talking about her massive new Daredevil series for Marvel Comics! I cannot wait for you to hear that conversation. You can always support on Patreon at patreon.com/comics4u for as little as just $1 per month! That’s it. Cheapest subscription possible and yet you ensure this podcast will be here for years to come. Support the show!Read Matthew's newest webcomic, Sight Rhyme, for FREE on Tapas: https://tapas.io/episode/3624503Crashing by Matthew and Morgan Beem: https://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Matthew-Klein/dp/1684059879