Hey, Folks!
We are getting closer and closer to the end of the year which means that Monarch Comics will soon be once again running the big Post-Holiday Sale that we do in January and February! I’ve already begun running my pitifully rudimentary ads on Facebook to remind you of the sale and Brian and I are currently working on getting in some more back issue and hard cover/trade paperback material in stock before it begins. The sale will, of course, mirror the recent Black Friday sale, but will continue for the entire months of January and February.
I will be out of the office this weekend as Hill and I are going to be attending the Holiday with Heart Gayla at the Toledo Club on Sunday. Yes, once again we will be among the glitterati of Toledo celebrating the holidays as well as raising money for local LGBTQ+ charities. Monarch Comics is one of the backers for the event and I am looking forward to an evening of wining and dining and also getting a chance to wear my fancy suit that I bought for last year’s ball. I do believe that I will try wearing it in the store at some point this month just to get a little more use out of it…lol. Honestly, I meant to wear it at some point earlier this year, but I only just got it to the dry cleaners after last year’s Holiday Gayla. Maybe I need to get formal wear for Brian so that we can really stun everyone!
This week was a pretty dinky ship week, but next week everything snaps back to the usual tsunami of books and titles. I have a feeling that next year I am going to have to clear off the rack that is next to the New Release rack in the back of the store and expand the new release items on to it. I’ve been kicking the idea around for a couple of months now and I think it is soon going to be time. Of course, just as soon as I am about ready to mentally commit to it we get a week like this one where I can’t even fill the New Release rack much less the rack next to it, but since this kind of thing rarely happens I’m thinking I’ll have to do it anyway. UGH…I’m becoming more like Steve every week with my crappy memory and true hatred for change.
That’s it for me this week, Folks! Time to get back to work, get my D.C. and Marvel FOC orders done, and start sorting through the subscription form orders for the week. Brian will, of course, be here on Friday through Sunday this week so try not to give him too hard of a time. I’ll see everyone after the ball!
Eddie