FCBD

Here is the press release I wrote today for this weekend.

PRESS RELEASE

 

Scottsdale, AZ. April 30, 2009.  Comic Zone of Scottsdale, AZ will be a participating retailer in Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 2^nd, 2009,.

 

Free Comic Book Day is the first Saturday in May each year.  Three free comic books per customer, and another for any purchase of $1.00, while supplies last. There will be many fun activities going on in the store.

 

Supergirl and the Hulk will both be in the store for the majority of the afternoon to meet and greet our guests. Think of the photo ops!   The EDGE 103.9 FM radio station will be broadcasting live from our parking lot from 2-4 pm. They usually bring games and all sorts of fun promotional items. We will also be hosting some local artists, including Tosh Delaney of Stump Comix who will be available for signing his work and selling original artwork.  Later in the day, the band known as the Super Zero Hit Squad will be playing live.

 

For the kids, we will have a coloring table, with their favorite Marvel superheroes available to color.

 

Comic Zone is the best and only comic book store in Scottsdale, Arizona, conveniently located at 5909 N. Granite Reef Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85250, just off the 101. Take McDonald Drive to the second traffic light (Granite Reef Rd).  Comic Zone is on the west side of the Basha’s parking lot, facing Granite Reef Rd. just two doors down from Casella’s Deli.

 

The store features ever-changing and ongoing sales, regular video game tournaments, Magic the Gathering tournaments, and Dungeons and Dragons role playing games. Come on by. You will like what you find.

 

Website: http://www.comiczoneaz.com.

Phone: 480-483-2685

 

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You can find a link to it on the web here: 

http://www.prlog.org/10227796-comic-zone-of-scottsdale-participates-in-free-comic-book-day-on-may-2nd-from-10-am-8-pm.html

Quick update

It's been a few days since I have blogged. 

Sunday I was recovering from Villains Day (as well as inputting the inventory to our point of sale system for today's delivery). 

Monday is my typical day off from Comic Zone, so it's the day I get lots of other stuff done.

Tuesday was just a busy day for me this week. I had to get my car fixed, made a bunch of highly successful prospecting calls for my other business, talked to some office supply folks in the store, and then had an evening meeting. 

Today is New Comic Book Wednesday again, and I better get my tail over to the store!!!  See y'all there!

Villains Day

So, today was Villains Day. Three of us came in dressed up as villains.

I was dressed as Cheetah:

Avery was the Devil:

Andy was Venom:

The day started out slowly. We were ready, but at five minutes before noon, our guests for the day still had not arrived. Just as I started to panic, Tosh Delaney of Stump Comix came in. We got him set up, and then heard that World Wide Villains were about a half hour away.  Just after they arrived and we got them set up, we had our first little visiting villain.

His enthusiasm was inspiring, and it set the tone for the rest of the day. Not too many others dressed as villains, but we had crowds all day long! That's Sean in blue. He said he was dressed as Megaman. ;)

Here's Tosh with the artwork he did for our first customer:

Here are the World Wide Villains:

Here are a bunch of Tosh's friends who came in and hung out for awhile:

It was a full and exciting day. :)

Prepping for Villains Day

Tomorrow is Villains Day at Comic Zone!

Here is the press release about it:  http://www.prlog.org/10221055-comic-zone-of-scottsdale-presents-villains-day-april-25th-from-12-6-pm.html

In preparation for the day, I spent some time moving around comics so we will have tables for the featured artists to sit at for signings.  I know it's going to be a fun day. I met folks from World Wide Villains at the Renaissance Festival. They are a LOT of fun! 

And Stump has been a great help in promoting this event!

We will be giving out villain comics to anyone who shows up in a villain costume. I, myself, plan to go as Cheetah! I promise I will post pictures tomorrow. :)

Cake!

Thursdays are a bit slower in the comic store. But we can always count on one of our regular customers, J, to make an appearance. Today he brought a friend who brought a tiny little cake with him. Apparently J works in a bakery, and he helps to make these cakes. 

This was the cutest cake I've ever seen, and although I don't usually eat cake, I did have a small piece of this one. Yum, it was delicious. It's known as a Snickers Cake, and it tasted like a Snickers bar! 

One never knows what one will find working in a comic book store. :)

New Comic Book Day

It's Wednesday! And Wednesdays at the Comic Zone are always fun. 

Wednesday is new comic book day, and often our busiest day of the week. 

For us who work here (especially Avery), new comic book day means getting up early, going to the UPS distrib

ution center in Tempe, picking up our boxes of new comic books, bringing them back, checking them against the order, then putting them on the new comics shelf, the contents of which had to have been transferred to the recent shelfs.  After that, the order is received in our point of sale system and the inventory is entered into stock. It's a big deal.

I have found that entering the receiving voucher on Sundays is a good idea, and then just putting it on hold until Wednesday. Check in has become much more streamlined since I started doing that.

But, you know, that's all the behind the scenes stuff on Wednesdays. 

The BEST part of Wednesdays is our customers. All of our regulars come in to pick up the newest issues, to visit, to see what's out, to empty their pull boxes. Wednesdays are always full of activity and fun. People hang out and talk about new storylines and we talk about upcoming events in the store.

I love New Comic Book Wednesday. :)