Hey, Folks!
Here we are again…another Thursday morning and another time for me to try and get something down on “paper” before hurriedly throwing all of the shipping list and sub form stuff up so I can start collating next week’s orders. I really need to start carving out time to get these things written the day before so I can more easily hit the ground running as soon as I get into the office on Thursday. But I can’t describe to you the feeling of relief when I finally get my Wednesday work done before 7pm…or even 5pm! It was an even better feeling this week because between the holiday on Monday and Brian needing time off due to illness I was already feeling a bit squeezed for time. But everything is done now and ready to roll with the exception of this tender missive. Now let’s see if I can find the posty note that I made last week with a bunch of topics that I wanted to mention!
Please let Brian and I know what you think of the new shelves and the recent furniture moving we have done recently. Decades ago Steve and I ordered those “Star System” spinner racks and we loved them, but unfortunately time has taken it’s toll on the poor things and they were not faring well. Unfortunately, the company that produced them went out of business years ago, so they were not an option for replacement. I was going to add more slat wall to the back of the store with shelving, but I realized that I could actually fit more books into the WalMart special book shelves and that I had less fear of shelves breaking down due to the weight of the books. This is a work in progress and I have plans to add another back issue table as well as eliminating a couple of old racks and possibly adding a couple of additional black bookcases. After taking a year off of store improvements to work on my wedding, amongst other things, it feels good to start focusing on it them again.
I have begun the planning of this year’s Free Comic Book Celebration! This year’s date will be Saturday, May 4th, which means it is also local comic historian and author Jim Beard’s birthday. (Apparently it also coincides with the anniversary of some obscure 70’s science fiction movie…Star something or other.) I haven’t ordered the DC material yet as it hasn’t appeared on Lunar FOC, but I have completed the orders from Diamond. Here’s an early list of the comics you can expect this year:
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FCBD 2024 UNICORN CRUSH |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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FCBD 2024 HELLBOY STRANGER THINGS |
DARK HORSE |
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FCBD 2024 THE WORLDS OF JAMES TYNION IV |
BOOM! STUDIOS |
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FCBD 2024 JONNY QUEST |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
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FCBD 2024 TEENAGEMUTANT NINJA TURTLES |
IDW |
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FCBD 2024 ENERGON UNIVERSE SPECIAL |
IMAGE COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 ULTIMATE UNIVERSE SPIDER-MAN #1 |
MARVEL COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 BLOOD HUNT X-MEN #1 |
MARVEL COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 DISNEY’S ENCANTO & TURNING RED |
PAPERCUTZ |
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FCBD 2024 WITCHES OF BROOKLYN EXC #1 |
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDRENS BOOKS |
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FCBD 2024 POKEMON ADV RUBY ALPHA SAPPHIRE & SPLATTOON 3 |
VIZ MEDIA |
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FCBD 2024 GANNIBAL |
ABLAZE |
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FCBD 2024 THE VALIANTS |
ALIEN BOOKS |
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FCBD 2024 CURSED BLIGHTED DAWN #1 |
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS |
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FCBD 2024 SNOOPY BEAGLE SCOUT ADVENTURES |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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FCBD 2024 ULTRADUCK SAMPLER |
ARCANA STUDIO |
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FCBD 2024 ARCHIE HORROR PRESENTS CURSED LIBRARY PRELUDE |
ARCHIE COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 BOOM BOX 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA |
BOOM! STUDIOS |
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FCBD 2024 STAR WARS PLANTS VS ZOMBIES |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 MALEFICENT #1 |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
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FCBD 2024 MARVEL & FANTAGRAPHICS PRSNT ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY |
FANTAGRAPHICS |
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FCBD 2024 INVESTIGATORS CLASS ACTION SNEEK PEAK |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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FCBD 2024 ROMEO VS JULIET KILL SHAKESPEARE ADV |
GEMSTONE |
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FCBD 2024 OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COLLECTING COMICS |
GEMSTONE |
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FCBD 2024 UNICO AWAKENING |
GRAPHIX |
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FCBD 2024 MONSTER HIGH |
IDW |
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FCBD 2024 INITIAL D & KAINA OF GREAT SNOW |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 GATCHAMAN #0 |
MAD CAVE STUDIOS |
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FCBD 2024 FLASH GORDON #0 |
MAD CAVE STUDIOS |
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FCBD 2024 MARVELS VOICES 31 |
MARVEL COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 SPIDEY HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 |
MARVEL COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 STAR WARS #1 |
MARVEL COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 EYE LIE POPEYE #1 |
MASSIVE |
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FCBD 2024 ASTERIX OLYMPICS SPECIAL |
PAPERCUTZ |
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FCBD 2024 LOUD HOUSE SPECIAL |
PAPERCUTZ |
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FCBD 2024 NIGHT LIBRARIAN |
PENGUIN YOUNG READERS |
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FCBD 2024 KATIE CATSITTER MAX MEOW MASH UP #1 |
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDRENS BOOKS |
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FCBD 2024 TONS OF STRANGE |
10 TON PRESS |
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FCBD 2024 CONAN BARBARIAN BATTLE BLACK STONE |
TITAN COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 DOCTOR WHO FIFTEENTH DOCTOR |
TITAN COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 FAR CRY THE HERD #1 |
TOKYOPOP |
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FCBD 2024 STREET FIGHTER VS FINAL FIGHT #1 |
UDON ENTERTAINMENT |
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FCBD 2024 DYING INSIDE |
VAULT COMICS |
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FCBD 2024 ONE PIECE ACES STORY & STATUS ROYALE |
VIZ MEDIA |
There will also be some FCBD merchandise like a new Deadpool fleece blanket and a fun Harley Quinn Heroclix figure and some former art comic book boxes. I’ve got a meeting today with our advertising partners at Card Advertising so another piece of the puzzle should be snapping into place soon!
Another short ship next week due to the 5 week month of January. That’s kind of nice as it makes it easier for y’all to take advantage of the big sale! Please remember that the new books that I am posting from the BG collection are NOT part of the sale and that the Jersey comics are part of the sale at the 20% off tier. I will start mentioning which side of the line upcoming posted back issues are on from this point on.
That’s it for me this week…have a great weekend!
Eddie