Hey, Folks!
WOW…is it August already?
Honestly, I can’t believe how quickly the time is passing as we here at Monarch race towards a hopefully triumphant Free Comic Book Day! Plans and preparations have continued apace and I find myself filled with both excitement and dread. Hillman, boyfriend extraordinaire, and Brian, employee of the month, have both been amazingly helpful between hand holding and helping make all of my bizarre ideas come to fruition. I think that we are on the right track and that we can get most of the prep work done on time.
One of the things I’ve had Brian working on is a fleet of new dollar comic boxes. Between collections I have been slowly acquiring over the last couple of months as well as the resumption of bringing a bunch of my old comics I do believe we will have some extremely interesting dollar boxes for folks to peruse on the big day. These new dollar boxes will be making their debut on the sidewalk in front of the window of the store on FCBD. Since we will only be letting 60 people in the store at a time and I know how intensive and time consuming going through bargain boxes I’ve decided to display them outside so that you will have as much time as possible to check them out without slowing the line down for the free stuff! The details are still being worked out, but I believe we will have someone (either Brian or returning former employee, Jake) monitoring the bargain boxes. They will count up your books and place them in a bag with the price on them and you will simply have to pop back in the store to purchase them at the register. I’m still working on the details, but hopefully it will be as easy as that to handle.
We will see the return of the Monarch Avengers cosplaying team this year! A lot of favorites will be back as well as a few new super heroes! In addition, I have also taken the steps to hire a mobile photo booth to take pictures of you with your favorite heroes and those pics will be sent your phone or e-mail! It will also include a custom Monarch Comics photo booth frame! Since the booth is mobile you will be able to get your photo booth opportunity while you are waiting in line to get into the store!
While normally Monarch offers cookies and pizza on the Big Day, I decided this year it wouldn’t be a very good idea to have food sitting out in the open, both due to the heat of the day as well as the COVID situation. Instead we will be offering coupons for a free small ice cream cone at SHIVERS! Shivers is directly across the street from Monarch Comics and will be serving ice cream while supplies last! The coupon is only good for August 14th, so make sure you exchange it after you leave with your free comics!
I’ve worked very hard this year in order to whip the store into shape with all of the renovations and updates and I hope to make this one of the most successful Free Comic Book Days ever. The August date does present some logistical problems, but hopefully everything will be ironed out by next Saturday. Monarch Comics will be giving out 5 free comics per customer who comes in the door and we will be open our normal business hours of 11am-7pm! So I hope all of you will swing by and join us for a day of comic celebrating fun!
Have a great weekend and please excuse me while I go have a nervous breakdown…lol.
Eddie