Hey, Folks!
It’s a little late to talk about it now, but today is the last day of Monarch Comics Annual Post-Holiday Sale! Yes, for all of January and February we had a good deal of the store on sale and it has worked out very nicely. I mean, the whole point of the sale is to sell a bunch of trades and back issues in order to flush out the inventory and make room for some exciting new stock coming in the store in the next couple of months. I am nearly finished with the Jersey collection and Brian is working feverishly to get the rest of the BG material sorted as well. In fact, keep your eyes on the Facebook page to see the next round of Silver Age goodness coming out of that particular collection. We have also begun purchasing a new collection from the family of local Toledo fandom legend and while we are only at the beginning of evaluating the collection it is promising to have some very interesting material. So thanks to everyone who has contributed to Monarch’s success into our forays into the back issue market and please keep checking in to see what we will be carrying next!
Has everybody given the new Avatar live action Netflix show a try yet? I admit that I had never read the comic or watched the cartoon or even glanced at the reportedly awful M Knight Shamalamadingdong movie and I had no real idea of what I was getting into, but Hillman wanted to watch it and considering some of the crap I’ve subjected him to I couldn’t very well tell him to watch it by himself…lol. Well, I didn’t just like it…I LOVED it! Again, no idea how good or bad the adaptation from the source material, but I think it is charming, action packed, and a lot of fun. The actors do a great job and the CGI is right on target. I think I had a somewhat easier time of watching it with someone who is a big fan of the cartoon and Hill was helpful in explaining the parts I didn’t get. We have only watched up through episode 5 or so, but it is well worth your attention on some evening when you are scrolling through a half a dozen streaming services for something to watch!
I screwed up and left my bag of comics here at the store on Tuesday night much to my dismay. As a result I have read about two comics from this week. It is also the week that Diamond initial orders are due and I have been working on it like crazy along with all of the other weekly stuff. I will get back to the comic book reading next week though. I will succeed in reading everything!
I will be in the store on Saturday AND Sunday this week to try and be a support for Brian in order for him to get stuff done in the backroom while I watch the counter. My support has been lax for the last several weeks and some Brian’s maintenance work in regards to filing back stock and organizing incoming collections in the back room has fallen to the wayside. Also, the back issue boxes have been plundered pretty good over the last two months and they will need some restocking. I’d also like to get more of the comics on the counter filtered into he back issue boxes so that I can put new stock on the counter for those of you who like hunting through them. I’ll probably be in for the next couple of Saturdays tog et this stuff done, but don’t count on it because my innate laziness could trigger a whole weekend off at any time…lol.
Okily dokily…time to get back to work. I mean, technically, this IS work, but I enjoy communicating too much with you folks too much to consider it truly working. Plus, everything else that I have to do today I can do while talking to someone right in front of me. SO have a great week and I will be looking for you this weekend. Keep an eye on the Facebook page because I do believe there will be new Silver Age backstock posted to go sale tomorrow!
See ya soon!
Eddie