I Think I Work at a Comic Shop?
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This week marked the soft opening of my LCS, Fight or Flight Comics at their brand new location in my local mall. I've been there every day for a week, doing everything from moving boxes to advising on furniture and display placement. I even took a break from vlogging to upsell a customer into some DC Comics, because I wanted the joy of giving someone a Justice League membership card. Safe to say, I've been enjoying my stint as a part time pseudo-employee. Hopefully, Dan lets me keep using the employee entrance after the Grand Opening. Speaking of DC... that ALL IN Special has me SO EXCITED about the next 3 months of stories! I should probably upgrade to the Ultra version of DC Universe Infinite, or I'm going to have some SERIOUS overages in my weekly pull budget. On The Channel Earlier this week, I got to chat with the family of Ed Piskor. I spoke my piece on the terrible tragedy they went through earlier this summer, but I'm really excited to see how they're picking up the pieces and working together to see his final completed work hit publication. So far, the Zoop campaign is blowing its goal out of the water. Hopefully, it's a resounding success, and brings some much needed joy to their lives. On The Podcast This week, friend of the show Chris Robinson is back! I think I asked every question in the book about being a comics editor last time. This time, we dove deep into his career as a writer. We talked about how he goes about picking project, knowing his creative limitations, and how he keeps it fun! His campaign for Bride of Werewolf Frankenstein is in the pre-launch phase on Kickstarter now. Check out our conversation, then head over there to set up your notification when it goes live! Final Thoughts New York Comic Con is a mere 2 weeks away. I'm excited about it, if not a bit overwhelmed. I have A LOT to do, a ton of people to meet, and quite a bit of travel to arrange. I'm looking forward to meeting several creators and viewers I've only spoken to via tweets. But I'm not a fan of big crowds, and I'm not quite sure how I'm going to fit it all into just 2 days. But I'm excited for the challenge. If you see me, say hello! It's likely I'll have tunnel vision, but I'll always stop to say hi. Read Something Dope Today, BJ KICKS P.S.: Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele and Lucas Werneck was really good. Go get it! |
Comics Are Dope
Celebrating everything Dope about comics. Curated by BJ KICKS.
I had a whole intro typed about procrastination. I'll get to that later. This week, I gave myself a challenge. Post one video each weekday leading up to HeroesCon. Just so I wouldn't chicken out, I posted the schedule on social media SNL style. Now if I went back on my word, I'd be lying to at least a dozen people. 3 Down, 2 to Go. It's part of what I'm calling the Summer Sprint. After nearly a year of having to put the channel on the backburner while I dealt with more pressing matters on the...
It's a milestone week here in Dope Land. I woke up to two bits of exciting news on Tuesday. First, our audience grew to 18,000 subscribers on YouTube! I've set a goal in my head to reach 20k by November. But the truth is, the number only matters to me as much as I'm bringing joy to the person on the other end of it. That any singular person chooses to spend time listening to what I have to say about an artist's words and pictures will always be mind blowing to me. That makes the next...
Yesterday, I posted a video updating the general public about what I've been up to lately. If you read this briefing regularly, you already know. I'm busy being a family man, yada yada yada. But I also hinted a bit at some things to come on the channel. I've been searching for ways to include more book reviews in my heavily compressed schedule, and I think I've found just the trick in YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. Look, Ma! I'm in 16x9 format! While I've been hesitant to join the...