Exhibit 8

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the undersigned hereby agrees to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock of Hot Topic, Inc., and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing.

Each of the undersigned acknowledges that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of any statement (including amendments) on Schedule 13D, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained herein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making such filings, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

Dated: October 15, 2010

	BECKER DRAPKIN MANAGEMENT, L.P.
	By:		BC Advisors, LLC, its general partner
			By:	/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
				Name: Andrew S. McLelland
				Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	BECKER DRAPKIN PARTNERS, (QP), L.P.
	By:		Becker Drapkin Management, L.P., its general partner
			By:	BC Advisors, LLC, its general partner
				By:	/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
					Name: Andrew S. McLelland
					Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	BECKER DRAPKIN PARTNERS, L.P.
	By:		Becker Drapkin Management, L.P., its general partner
			By:	BC Advisors, LLC, its general partner
				By:	/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
					Name: Andrew S. McLelland
					Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	BD PARTNERS I, L.P.
	By:		Becker Drapkin Management, L.P., its general partner
			By:	BC Advisors, LLC, its general partner
				By:	/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
					Name: Andrew S. McLelland
					Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	BC ADVISORS, LLC
	By:		/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
			Name: Andrew S. McLelland
			Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	STEVEN R. BECKER
		By:	/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
			Name: Andrew S. McLelland
			Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	MATTHEW A. DRAPKIN
		By:	/s/ Andrew S. McLelland
			Name: Andrew S. McLelland
			Title: Attorney-in-Fact