Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast welcomes back Keeping it Reel's David Fowlie for a double-feature of spoilerific film analysis! Now available to stream are two eerily similar documentaries: The Booksellers chronicles the highs and lows of New York's book-collector subculture, and My Comic Shop Country follows a fan's quest to understand the state of American comic book retailers.
Ian and David geek out and freak out over the colorful personalities, troubling trends, and wallet-demolishing rarities featured in both illuminating docs--one of which towers bookishly over the other!
Also, Ian reminds you about tonight's Facebook Live Q&A with the filmmakers behind Mercury in Retrograde, which you can stream right now in support of the Gene Siskel Film Center during its corona-closure!
Episode 526 is highly collectible!
Show Guide:
Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14
Intro: 0:14 - 3:32
The Booksellers Trailer: 3:32 - 5:29
The Booksellers Discussion: 5:29 - 1:27:33
Outro Music: 1:27:33 - 1:27:49
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