The Big Bang is a Comic Book Store locted in the Pembroke District of Dundrum Town Centre in Dublin. It opened on the 17th of August 2011 and is owned and operated by John Hendrick. It's responsible for putting on the annual Dublin International Comic Expo (D.I.C.E.) and was the winner of the Irish Comic Book News Award for Best Comic Book Store in 2012. It stocks Comic Books, Graphic Novels and Merchandise.