Hey, Folks!
Well, we’ve managed to make it through another post-apocalyptic week and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the weekend! Of course, the weekend doesn’t mean quite the same thing anymore to everyone, but in my case it means that I’ve gotten all of the pesky clerical work for the store completed and I’m ready to just sit back and take care of all of my weekend customers. Plus, Hillman will be over at my place for the weekend which pretty much guarantees board games and beer and more episodes of Star Trek Discovery.
I don’t have much to pontificate on this week which is generally a good thing. I want to reiterate again that D.C. Comics does NOT have a presence in Diamond’s Previews catalog this month and that the only way to check out what they are offering in the summer months is to head over to their website and follow the link to their new online catalog. I actually had to print out a couple of copies of the online catalog, one for myself as a workbook and one for an older customer who doesn’t have much of an internet presence, and I was shocked at how much it costs to print the whole thing! I am actually going to explore other options to possibly make things more convenient for you to order their books, including trying to mock up a “art-less” version of their form with just the title listings. I’ll see what I can do when next month’s catalog is posted.
The new Monarch face masks are in the store right now for you to check out. We currently only have Venom, Deadpool, Harley Quinn, and Hydra masks for sale at the counter, but we are still taking on orders for specific images. Again, simply contact me VIA Facebook messenger or e-mail with a .jpg or .png file with he image you want and I will get it made for you. They are locally produced, but we are still working on a timetable for how quickly we can turn around special orders, but it shouldn’t be more than a couple of days. The face masks retail for $19.99, are 100% cotton, and totally machine washable. I know because I’ve already washed mine to test it and it came out fine.
As of last Friday we currently caught up on all of our missing D.C. titles with the exception of Terrifics #27. I have a big apology to the ten people who bought Terrifics regularly from us, most of you from the beginning of the books run. To reiterate for those of you coming to the story late, because of “reasons” D.C. Comics and Diamond erased our orders for a number of D.C. titles during the shutdown. Either due to my fumbling or Diamond’s error there were several titles whose orders were not received. I managed to fill the orders on all of the titles in question save for the Terrifics issue which was already sold out by the time I realized the mistake. The only slight saving grace here is that D.C. has announced that the final two issues of The Terrifics (#28 & 29) will be digital only, so those of you who wanted to finish the story would have had to go digital for them or wait for the trade paperback in any case. Still, sorry for the snafu. Believe me, after this headache I will be much more alert to these kinds of issues.
I know the last couple of weeks have been a bit light for new material, but trust me…the comic industry is quickly getting back up to speed and over the next month things will be getting closer to the pre-apocalypse shipping schedules. Information is coming in hard and fast concerning different titles that various publishers have cancelled/postponed/switched to “digital only” and I will share this information as well as I am able in the upcoming weeks and months. If you have any questions regarding the updated shipping schedule please don’t hesitate to inquire with me.
Have a great weekend!
Eddie