Hey, Folks!
Well, here we are on the cusp on yet another exciting Free Comic Book Day! All preparations are nearly done and even if I wanted to change something I just couldn’t…lol. Brian and I are very muchly looking forward to welcoming everyone into the store on Saturday.
This year’s FCBD will not be noticeably different from last year’s event. Once again, we will be carrying ALL of this year’s FCBD selections, including a few other freebies that I am throwing into the selection. The Monarch Avengers are looking forward to reprising their various roles for pictures. The talents of Kurt Nielson’s Photo Studio will once again be here in force with their awesome mobile photo booth which will allow you to get pics with the members of the Monarch Avengers and have the picture immediately texted or e-mailed to you complete with a custom frame. We will also be handing out coupons for free ice cream from our FCBD partners Shivers across the street. It’s kind of a big deal and I simply can’t wait for the day to arrive!
As per usual, everything is set to get started around 11AM. This will mostly depend on how quickly the cosplayers get here and are ready to go. The line usually starts forming up around 10-ish and I like to get things started ASAP. Once again I will be limiting patrons to 5 comics per person and that is mostly to make sure I have enough comics to go around. As the day progresses and the crowds die down I tend to relax those limits once I am sure that I have enough free comics to go around. Additionally, any comics left over after Saturday will stay on the counter for at least a week and will be available for anyone who stops by the store.
We will also have the brand new Dollar Boxes set up out on the sidewalk for your perusal. Brian and I have been working very hard for the last two weeks carefully building and preparing around a dozen new dollar boxes and I have a feeling those of you who enjoy going through dollar boxes are going to love them! Just an FYI, but if you are entering the store either to pay for dollar comics selections ro if you simply want to shop without worrying about the free books, please let the doorman (Jake) know and he will let you in without bothering about the line for the free comics.
Those of you who have been enjoying Monarch’s recent acquisition of more back issue material can take heart in knowing that Hill and I are going on a trip to the wilds of New Jersey next weekend to pickup a HUGE lot of nee back issues. How big is “HUGE”? Around 40 long boxes of comics which is around 1,200 comics, most of which will consist of DC comics from the 70’s to the 00’s. It’s gonna take Brian and I a few weeks to sort through them, but keep your eyes peeled for another big box of new back issues on the counter as well as a bunch of new dollar boxes!
Okily dokily, I’m done for the day. It’s been pretty busy in the store today and I am hopelessly behind on FOC as well as a few other things. Crap…looks like I will be taking work home again tonight and NOT unboxing and playing my new board game with Hillman. Oh, well, I guess ownership has its liabilities as well as pleasures…:P
Hope to see everyone on Saturday!
Eddie