Off Panel #534: Elysium with Shawn Kirkham

Big Clutch Comics' Shawn Kirkham joins the show to talk about the collectible side of the comics world. Kirkham discusses his stray cat adventures, Kirkham's background, what Big Clutch Comics is, how his work at Skybound informed that work, what fuels him, the current secondary market for comics, how it's different than previous booms, how new readers are playing a part, the secondary market as a guide, comics marketing, the sustainability of blind bags, Ultimate Endgame's blind bags, how collectibles fit in the comic ecosystem, what creators can do in that space, what has him excited about 2026 in comics, and more.

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Off Panel #534: Elysium with Shawn Kirkham is an episode from Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast by David Harper.

This episode is 01:18:45 long.

This episode was published on Jan 12, 2026.

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