Dead Gear's CD Release Party

We just had the CD Release Party for Dead Gear. Here is a picture of JenX playing:



And here is D! Zunk:



What a blast! They make good music. :)

We will be having the CDs for sale in our store.

They paved paradise...

Today when I got to Comic Zone, I couldn't turn into the drive leading to the parking lot because they are TARRING our parking lot!














This is actually a good thing. I don't think that parking lot has been tarred in over 10 years. It was full of cracks, the parking lines were completely eradicated, and it verged on being a hazard. So, I am very happy that we will have a beautiful, new tarred parking area.

However.... Wednesdays are usually our busiest day, and people are going to really want to come in to get to us today.

On a good note, though, the new Basha's parking lot now has covered parking! So, as long as folks don't mind walking a bit, they can at least keep their cars out of the sun.

THE Comic Book Store

A father and his daughter were just in the store.

His wife called him and asked where he was. He said, "I am at the comic book store." I can't tell you how that warmed my heart. WE are "the comic book store."

And she obviously knew exactly what he was talking about.

I think that is great. I really LIKE being THE comic book store. :D

Changing store hours?

We had decided to change our hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Noon-8 pm to 3pm-8pm. We started it for May. Well, last Thursday, I was in the store early, so I opened a bit early, and sure enough, we had folks coming in at 2 pm.

Today, Sean forgot we had changed our hours, so he was here at noon. I got here at 1:00, and we had steady customers from the moment I got here today.

Perhaps we need to change our hours back to Noon - 8 pm, given the traffic.

This is a GOOD thing. :)

Odds and ends

This has been an odd week. Wednesdays are usually our busiest day. This week, Wednesday was one of our slowest days, and we did really well on MONDAY. Fridays are usually slow, but yesterday was incredibly good. Saturdays are usually our 2nd best day of the week. Today so far? Not so much. On the whole, though, it's been a good month so far.

Tonight we have a video game tournament. Halo 3 for the XBox 360. Apparently quite a few people have expressed interest in participating, so the day may still turn around. :) First prize is the Halo graphic novel.

Last night I saw the new Star Trek movie. Wow, was it AWESOME! Makes me want to read the comics. ;)

Dead Gear

Since we are a store, upon occasion, we sell things on consignment for people we know, or if we find something we think is really cool. Well, our good friends, Dan and Jenn were part of the band that played on FCBD - the Super Zero Hit Squad. In reality, that is simply an alter-ego for them, as the band that they have been promoting for a couple of years now is called Dead Gear.

You can see more pictures and hear their music here.  

We will be hosting their long-awaited CD Release party on May 16th. It's going to be a blast!!!

So, of course, CDs will be available that night, and we will be carrying them in the store also.

The Monday After

Free Comic Book Day has come and gone, and I wasn't able to be there, as my business had me elsewhere for the weekend.  But I got to hear all about it from Sean, Avery, and Andy, and I have no doubt that it was an awesome day!

And luckily, Andy and Avery, as well as the EDGE 103.9 FM

 took lots of great pictures. 

Here is Andy with SuperGirl

And here is Avery with the Hulk.

For more pictures, you can go to the EDGE's myspace site

Or to Andy's website

It was actually a great day!  Everyone loved SuperGirl and the Hulk and lots of photos were taken. People LOVED having Tosh back - he sold out of all of his paintings and the comics he brought! And World Wide Villains were back too, and they also had a great day in sales.

The EDGE had a blast, and people loved having them there. And even after ALL of that, the Super Zero Hit Squad came in, dressed up like Bat-Dan and Robin, and rocked the house down.

For us ComicZoners, it was one of our best days ever.