Month: September 2022

Hey, Folks!

 

Well, everything is more or less back to “normal” around here…whatever that means…and I have caught up on all of my behind the scenes work! Brian and I’s schedule will be returning to the norm as well with me being here Tuesday (11-7), Wednesday (8-2), Thursday (11-7), Friday (11-1), Saturday (OFF), and Sunday (12-5:30) and Brian being here Tuesday (11-7), Wednesday (11-7), Thursday (OFF), Friday (11-7), Saturday (11-7), and Sunday (OFF). So if you need one of us for something you now know when you can basically catch us in the store. Brian is taking some time off in October and I will be here for an entire week, but that’s the exception not the rule…lol. I can’t tell you how nice it is to being the boss and getting to decide what days I come into the store and what days I can loll about with the new husband. I had no idea how much fun it was to be charge of the schedule!

 

I do have a million things to get done between today and tomorrow, so I’m signing off to get to work. PRH must have paid A LOT of overtime this week as I have already received the Marvel stuff for next week that they crammed out the door to avoid Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ian related problems. I mean, I just accepted 21 BOXES from UPS…lol…and all of those boxes have to be sorted through before my weekend can begin. Along with getting my weekly FOC stuff done as well as dealing with the Subscription Form orders, well, my day is booked!

 

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I hope to see you in the store!

 

Eddie

Hey, Folks!

 

Hillman and I have returned from our magical honeymoon adventure! I know I had promised many of you exclusive access to photos and video from the vacation, but internet reliability was sketchy during our time at the resort. I mean, the day we arrived we didn’t have any internet access at all until the next day. We didn’t really get an explanation for it or indication that this was a regular thing for the island or the resort and it wasn’t until day 3 or 4 that we found it that it was apparently careless construction crews that caused the outage. (The island has ONE main road and there were crews working to repave it that knocked something down or something.) In any case, I do have some pics and video that has made it to my personal Facebook page and I am planning on sharing the over to the Monarch page, but I have some serious work to catch up on before I mess around with Facebook much.

 

In any case, I can’t stress how enjoyable my honeymoon turned out. It was a real dream vacation and I wish that I hadn’t had to wake up from it. Hillman and I spent a week in paradise and despite the costs and waits and the seemingly ENDLESS plane rides I wouldn’t’ trade one moment for all of the 9.8 comics in the world. From the resort service to the swimming with pigs excursion to the absolute wonder of being in the sea every day it was pure magic and there is no one I would have wanted to spend that time with as my new husband. Thanks to everyone with congratulations for our somewhat rushed nuptials…Hillman and I were very moved and thankful to hear all of them.

 

Getting back into the swing of the store has been…interesting…lol. I worked very hard to make sure that everything was caught up and set up to make things as easy as possible for Brian to cover things while I was out of the country. Brian did an amazing job of keeping things on an even keel and I am very thankful for his help and professionalism. There are A LOT of things that need to be caught up now that I am back and the biggest issue is getting my Diamond initial order ready to upload. I thought I would have a week to do it, but it is actually due 5am Friday morning and I haven’t even started it yet! Normally this would throw me into a serious tizzy, but I am not really worried about it. I’ll get those orders in and won’t have any problem getting my orders filled. It will just be a little more work…😊

 

Indeed I have basically decided to keep everything going according to my usual weekly schedule, hence focusing on the ship list and sub form first and everything else in descending order of importance. I’m also planning on knuckling down and spending more time in the store this week in order to get as caught u as I ever get in this weekly industry. So if I’m talking to you at the counter and my back is to you or I am furiously banging away at my keyboard it is NOT personal…I’m just desperately trying to catch up…lol.

 

There were some problems with shortages and damages this week and Brian is handling these replacement copies. If you have any questions about a title that you were apparently shorted in your pull and if there is a book that was released and you wanted a copy, but don’t see it on the rack please do not hesitate to ask about it! Brian will happily help and I will do my best if I am here by myself to figure out the problem. Also, while I am thinking about it, please make sure that if there is a magazine or one of those stupid oversized comics that you have ordered is not in your pull to ask us about them. We have a ton of stuff behind the counter with posty notes attached to them for special order customers and when things start hopping in the store and we have a line of folks at the register it is very easy for us to forget that we are holding something for you that is a weird size.

 

Okily dolkily…that’s about it for me this week. I keep feeling like these was something else I wanted to mention, but now I am drawing a blank and I really do have to get back to work. Once again, thanks for all of the congratulations and well-wishes and I hope to see everyone this week now that I am back behind the steering wheel!

 

Eddie

THE “SECRET” SALE “RAGES” ON!!!
Be sure to stop in and pick up the stuff you’ve ben putting off buying for way too long, NOW IS THE TIME!

With Ed off enjoying himself, all’s well at Monarch (with the small exception of the absence of your favorite weekly Facebook video). Nothing really of note to pass along other than Monarch Comic’s customers are the best customers! Hope to see ya’ll soon. Without further delay here is the shipping list and subscription form for ya.

Hey, Folks!

 

It has been a really full week for me here at Monarch Comics! Of course, it would have to be a busy week considering that Hill and I are gearing up not only for my dream vacation to the Bahamas, but also for the beginning of the real adventure of our lives. Hillman and I will be tying the knot on Saturday afternoon at an event I am currently referring to as “Little Wedding”. The reasons for this are tied to the current political events that have been going on for a while now and my attorney has suggested that “sooner rather than later” is the best idea for the choices before us regarding same sex marriage. In any case, rest assured that we will also be doing “Big Wedding” next year with he extended ceremony AND big party! It just takes a little longer and a bit more money than we had access to and as mentioned we had to get the paperwork and legal stuff completed.

 

Marriage is a huge step for me. I mean, those who know me can attest to the fact that I nay sayed marriage FOR YEARS…even before it became legal for same sex couples. There was no way I was gonna do it. But what can I say? Meeting Hillman changed my life and now I can’t imagine a life without him. The awful moment last December when I was sitting in a dark urgent care room waiting for him to be transferred to a proper hospital after his cardiac event and I realized how empty my life would be without him in it. I had told Hillman early on not to look for me to ever propose and now I was suddenly afraid that I would lose him without him ever knowing how much I truly cared for him. It was then that I decided that I did indeed want to marry this man, that I wanted, nay, needed to spend the rest of my life with him. Thankfully Hillman said “yes” and all of my dreams are going to be coming true this week.

 

Of course, on Monday we will be taking off for my dream vacation. For years I’ve wanted to go to the Sandals all inclusive resort at Emerald Bay. Part of this was due to the beauty of the island and the fact that it is an adults only resort with no rugrats scurrying about, but also because they offered access to the Swimming with Pigs excursion. Yes, I must swim with the piggies and what adorable little piggies they are. As a matter of fact, we will be swimming with pigs next Thursday between 8am-12pm! I’m going to attempt to chronicle our vacation and post as much as possible onto the Facebook page, but it’s hard to say how successful I’ll be until we actually get there and see how good the wifi/cell service is. So keep your eyes open for the video of me sitting on the beach with a big fruity drink in one hand and a chicken leg in the other!

 

We had a small issue with Penguin Random House this week, but it has been totally resolved. Basically we were missing a box of books which has never happened to us before now. I didn’t notice the issue until Monday and, of course, there was no was to deal with it on Labor Day. Tuesday, however, I talked to a very nice customer service agent and we received the missing box today with no problems. So any books that you were due have now been checked in and sorted. So YAY for that!

 

I’ve heard rumors that Brian will be sponsoring some sort of big sale while I am out of town. Details regarding the sale are on Facebook somewhere. Please take advantage of it as after what I’m spending on this vacation I really do need to sell more books!

 

Okily dokily…I’ve got tons more work to get done today before I can officially take my leave so I will leave this here. I will be out of the store on Friday and Saturday this week and I will be here on Sunday to finish up the last bits of paperwork and to give Brian one more day off before his ordeal begins.

 

Have a great week, Folks, and I’ll see y’all when I return!

 

Eddie