Yes, We're Open!

So, we've been open a week and are doing well, so far, even though I have a habit of forgetting to turn the "Closed, Please Come Again" sign around to read "Yes, We're Open!" Our first sale was actually two days before the true opening date to a great couple, James and Sarah, who have come in several times already. Our first sale on the opening day (Tues, 10/9/07) was to a mom buying a Looney Tunes comic for her son.


Alpha Cat came by the night before we opened to give us their opinion and copies of their comic The Vault. They are each working on first issues of each story that appears in The Vault, a collection of four one-shots. Read about Alpha Cat and The Vault at http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=009031;p=0

and their website at http://www.alphacatcomics.com/.

Rob Jones is working on an Bettie Paige illustration for the store and has hooked us up with some incredible panel pages from Dick Giordano and his adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Check out Giordano's work at http://www.dickgiordano.com/. I am hoping we can host a signing of Giordano's work soon.

I am exhausted and stressed and perfectly happy with our adventure into the world of owning our own business - and yes, after many delays and a ton of personal debt, "Yes, We're Open!"