Comic Con economics

Connecting the timezones this week are Will Bain in London, David Kuo in Singapore and Emily Peck in New York to unpack the week's biggest business stories. China's economy has recorded one of its weakest quarterly growth rates on record, raising fresh questions about the country ...  Show more

Headspace started life as a mindfulness app. Now it's partnering with the US Navy and investing in artificial intelligence for mental health support.The company's CEO Tom Pickett speaks to us about therapy, the increasing role of technology, and tackling burnout at scale.If you'd ...  Show more

Would you put millions into comic books? It sounds crazy, but for Rob Walling, it’s part passion, part strategy.

He’s met people at the airport just to pick up a single book. But this isn’t just nostalgia—it's an investment play.

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In the late 2000s, halfway across the world from the premiere event in the pop culture scene—the San Diego Comic Con—a young man couldn’t understand why the Middle East didn’t have one of these mega events for the aficionados of comic books & pop culture. Pull up a chair & join o ...  Show more

Today’s episode is when I sat down with Joel Prentiss, Owner/Found of GTX Comics on his podcast! We discussed the current state of comic books and NFTs, why I believe NFTs are the biggest medium to new character creation since 1980s after-school television and why I believe th ...

The biggest event of the year for comic fans is almost here! From Spider-Man in the Hall of Fame to news from the MCU, Ryan and Lorraine break down everything Marvel happening next week at San Diego Comic Con. Then, the hosts chat about THAT end-credits scene from the Marvel Stud ...  Show more