Hey, Folks!
Welcome to yet another EDitorial where I can blather on mindlessly for a coupe of paragraphs before wandering off into the wilderness and leaving you to continue your day only mildly disturbed and yet still hungry for more comic books! I’m getting a little later than usual start to the day because of an unexpected customer rush this morning as well as a perfectly charming weekly discussion with local Toledo legend, Jim Beard. Thankfully, I only have a few points to make before getting on with posting the Subscription Form which I know is what everyone is waiting on!
So Funko has a new round of D.C. Comics POP figures coming out soon (well, “soon” for Funko anyway). They include POP DC Superman Action Comic Vinyl Figure, POP Heroes DC Death Metal Wonder Woman PX Vinyl Figure, POP Heroes Wonder Woman 80th WW The Contest and Challenge of the Gods Vinyl Figures! I will be carrying varying quantities of these figures as they arrive in stores. There is also a new series of Miles Morales POP figures that I won’t be carrying because there are too many of them coming in at once and I’m not really sure which ones would be of interest to my beloved customer base, so if you ARE interested then please let me know and I will see what I can do about carrying some in the store.
I really am moving forward with my plans to start carrying more merchandise in my stock mix and this will include more POP figures, new and old posters in the Magnificent Monarch Winged Poster Rack, stunning new t-shirt designs, a bigger selection of comic book/fantasy puzzles, and an increased amount of buttons and keychains. As per usual, if there is something that you would like to see on the shelves of the shop then please let me know. I am on the hunt for another distributor of appropriate knick knack-y stuff as well.
Something that has been bothering since even before my takeover of the business is the amount of black space that is currently the bane of my existence. I want to assure everyone that it is not a lack of business or demand for product that makes my shelves look so empty, but rather the current difficulty that comic publishers, both big and small, are having getting their trade paperbacks back in stock. I’ve heard a couple of different stories, but the one I hear the most is that the printing industry is having problems keeping up with print orders due to their shutdown last Spring as well as the overwhelming amount of orders they are getting from both the regular book trade as well as the comic industry. I keep thinking I need to come in on a Monday and just rearrange all of the racks so that they at least look full, but I keep resisting this idea because not only am I moving a tremendous amount of trades because of the current sale (still going on through the end of February, by the way) and the knowledge that in the near future I am going to be starting some major renovations in the store. I mean, why take the time to rearrange all of the racks when the sale is still going on and I will be moving everything around in a short amount of time anyway? In any case, please accept this “Excuse Our Mess” message and know that it will probably be in place through the end of July…lol.
Oh! One more thing while I am thinking about it. A couple of weeks ago I authored a post on Facebook soliciting preorders for the first wave of DC’s Future State 2nd printings as well as the Amazing Spider-Man #55 2nd printing. I dutifully took down the names of everyone who requested any copies of these books and I currently have them behind the counter. So if you requested one on Facebook then you have but to ask for the item at the counter and I will have it for you. That being said, I can’t afford to hold a bunch of time sensitive product behind the counter indefinitely, so if you still want your copies then please swing by the store sometime in the next week or so. Any of these books that I’m still holding by next Friday are going to go back on the racks. If you can’t make it, but still want them, then please contact me so that I know you will be in for them. I appreciate your diligence! 😊
Okily dokily, that’s it for me today! I’ve got to get everything posted and then keep with processing sub list orders today as well as hopefully getting a chance to add some new back stock to the back issue boxes and maybe get some more crap cleared out of the back room. Frankly, everything I do today and tomorrow is merely killing time until I get to sit down and watch this week’s new episode of WandaVision with Hillman tomorrow night…😊
Have a great week!
Eddie