Friday Fortunes

Comic Zone is going to venture into the new and unusual....

Starting this Friday, we will be offering Friday Fortunes!

In other words, come on on Friday nights - any time after 7:00 pm, and we will do a card reading for you using the Vertigo Tarot Deck for $20/reading.



The Vertigo Deck works like a regular Tarot Deck, but each of the 78 cards has a story behind it, a story related to Vertigo themes and characters. The images, drawn by comic book artist Dave McKean and published by DC Comics, are somewhat surreal with a gothic feel to them.

Avery will be doing most of the readings, although depending on how popular these Friday Fortunes become, I may be doing some, myself.

So come on by on a Friday night and find out what the future has in store for you.

Putting ourselves out there

Yesterday, Andy and I sat down and met with Gail Keith of Gail Keith Marketing. We had a most excellent meeting. Gail really helped us to get on track with some of our marketing efforts, giving us lots of advice on how to market effectively on a low budget. Today we have already begun implementing some of the strategies we discussed. In fact, one of the strategies was to create a fan page for Facebook, which I did and you can find here .

We will be tweeting a few times a day. You can find us here.

Stay tuned for more exciting news as it develops.

Oh - and sneak previews of upcoming events.....

Back to School Sale on Aug 22-23 = 15% off ALL items in the store
Comics Trivia Game on September 12th
80's Day on October 10th

and there is a very good chance we will have a Spooky Costume contest on Halloween.

Marketing possibility

Next week, we have an appointment with a marketing expert. I am excited about the possibilities. I happen to know this woman, and I have watched her help others grow on limited budgets.

Another exciting piece about this is that she is interested in seeing Andy's portfolio - for possible graphic artist jobs. AND she is also going to talk to me about marketing my coaching.

So, this is going to be a very worthwhile meeting!

Comic-Con Update

Andy has returned from Comic-Con. He had his picture taken with some of his favorites while there:




He had a blast and came home with treasures - some DragonBallZ action figures, a set of Dark Avengers, and other fun things.

Best of all, though, is that he was there, for the stories he now can tell our customers.

Comic-con and Captain America

Although we have had a good month, we haven't done any special events as we usually do. Part of the reason for this has to do with all of the travel and other events in our lives outside of the comic book store.

This week, Andy is planning to head out to California for Comic-con, which starts this coming Thursday. Hopefully, he will bring home some great pictures and good information that will help our business.

In the meantime, our Captain America raffle is building momentum. Some lucky winner will be going home with a nice little collection worth almost $40, including an action figure!

Independence Day

Today is Independence Day.

As new store owners, we did not take the day off to have a cookout or to watch fireworks. We were at the store from 10 am till 8 pm. We only had two customers, but we were there for them. :)

We also got a lot of other stuff done. We started our new July raffle - Captain America theme. In addition, each of us worked on something close to our hearts that also benefited the store. Andy drew some new Transformer caricatures for one of our customers. Sean tested video games for future tournaments. Avery updated inventory with webstore information. I caught up on some accounting and worked on a few projects that will help us in the future.

It was a mellow day, and we all feel grateful to have the freedom to spend it working or not, as we please.

I love my job

It's July 1st, the beginning of a new month - our 7th month in the business. Looking back over the past half a year, I am amazed at our progress, our tenacity, our dedication to this store.

I recently went away for a few days, and the best part of coming home was coming back into the store. Now that's how work should be!