Hey, Folks!
Free Comic Book Day is a little over two weeks away and the crunch is coming on to finish preparations for it. I mean, I’m sure that you’ve all noticed the advertising push, but the Monarch Avengers (our very special cosplayer group) are ready to go and I have also successfully retained the services of Kurt Nielson Photography for the hand held photo booth. The ice cream promotion with Shivers is also locked in. It is true that I haven’t sorted through the FCBD titles yet, but I should be able to do that fairly quickly. Oh! And those of you who are fans of the Monarch Comics dollar boxes are going to be thrilled by the totally awesome boxes I have constructed for the event. They will be right outside the door on the sidewalk this year again for easy access! So much excitement coming our way!
I should also let everyone know that We once again have a life forming for purchasing comic collections. Brian and I are both working as fast as we can, but we are in the process of evaluating one rather large (and impressive) collection and we have a couple of other smaller collections that we are trying to power through. Also, the week after FCBD, Hill and I are taking a quick road trip to New Jersey in order to pick up a rather large collections comprised of at least 40 long boxes. I’m not entirely sure what we will find in that collection, but I suspect that it will be a lot of D.C. comics between the 70’s-00’s. So if you have a collection of books for us to look at, please don’t be upset if we have to ask you to wait a couple of weeks before bringing them in…it’s nothing personal I just have so much room for stock in the back room and I am trying to get everything cleaned up and organized for the cosplayers to use on FCBD.
I wanted to mention once again that due to cost, both actual cost as well as shipping costs, Monarch Comics will no longer be carrying the Diamond Previews catalog. That is not to suggest that they aren’t available to us, but you will have to ask us to order one in if you are interested in them. I believe I have enough ordered now to cover all of the folks who use them to place their monthly special orders, but if you have been inadvertently missed then please let Brian or I know and we will take care of you. The Marvel and D.C. catalogs are still available and will be free as per usual.
Okily dokily, that’s it for me this week. I will now spend the rest of the afternoon trying to motor through all of my FOC stuff as well as hopefully getting to spend some more time constructing dynamite dollar boxes. Oh! I also wanted to mention that I will be attending the Spirited Away Live on Stage Fathom Event next Thursday and since it starts at 7pm I will be closing the store around 6:30pm. Again, that is Thursday, 4/27, NOT today.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the warm up!
Eddie