Hey, Folks!
Well, here we are waiting for the results of Snowmageddon 2023! It does seem a little bit of the same old song…what with all of the local weathermen and news organizations acting as prophets of doom. I do, however, appreciate how all of the local guys I’ve been watching (YAY, WTVG!) have been very careful on underlining how it might not be the apocalypse, but still cautioning us. I’m a little nervous about what’s gonna happen tonight /tomorrow morning mostly because it is, you know, two days before Christmas and I really don’t want to have to close the store on Friday or Saturday. At this point, I am kicking myself a little because I didn’t schedule Brian to come in today for coverage as it has been a LOT more busy than a usual Thursday…lol. In any case, Monarch Comics will continue our usual snowy weather policy of staying closed if it is a Level 2 OR 3 Winter Weather Emergency. Brian lives out in the country and I don’t want any of our customers out on the roads if they don’t “have” to be. If there is a Level 2 or 3 announced tomorrow morning then we will stay closed and if it ever lifts completely or goes down to a Level 1 then we will be opened as soon as either Brian or I can get to the store. Of course, I will keep everyone posted via Facebook for any changes.
I was thinking that the next two weeks were going to be something as a nightmare, shipment-wise, but it looks like all of the distributors actually put some thought into this year’s shipping situation and it seems like everything should go pretty smoothly. UPS, you see, will not be running on December 26th or January 2nd and we get much of our weekly shipments on Mondays. Lunar (D.C. Comics) has already delivered the next wo weeks worth of D.C. Comics releases and I am expecting next week’s Penguin Random House (Marvel Comics) shipment later this afternoon. Even Diamond Distributors should be here tomorrow assuming that UPS is running. All in all, I’m feeling pretty good about it and even if Diamond’s boxes don’t get here tomorrow they will be in town and I should have them on Tuesday with plenty of time to get them unpacked and ready for Wednesday. Of course, I haven’t started unpacking anything yet so maybe I shouldn’t be so optimistic…lol.
Just a quick reminder to let everyone know Monarch Comics holiday hours:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, CHRISTMAS EVE- 11AM-5PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25TH, CHRISTMAS DAY- CLOSED
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, NEW YEAR’S EVE- 11AM-5PM
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1ST, NEW YEAR’S DAY-CLOSED
As many of you know I have been closed on Mondays since I took over the business back in 2021. Well, after recently giving up my Guardianship duties with my father as well as seeing how many people show up on Monday afternoons I have decided to begin opening on Mondays again. As of Monday, January 9th, Monarch Comics will be open from 12pm-5pm on Mondays. Sometimes it will be me here and sometimes it will be Brian, but the store will be open. Now I just have to go back and change the hours AGAIN…lol.
That’s it for me this week, Folks! Time to get my Diamond December initial orders loaded onto the website as well as unpack some boxes that came in via UPS while I have been working on this missive. Brian and I would like to wish each and everyone of you a safe and happy holiday!
Eddie