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.
This week, we crossed the 20,000 subscriber mark on the Comics Are Dope YouTube channel. As I said on Threads, I don't think I've met 20 thousand people over my lifetime. The idea of that many people clicking the subscribe button after seeing me talk about fictional heroes in capes and tights is crazy to me. While I think every YouTuber (including me) dreams at least a tiny bit about having one of those 100,000 subscriber plaques; every subscriber on this journey feels like a gift I couldn't...
One of my heroes is the late Congressman John Lewis. As one of the co-founders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, he was on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement at an age when most kids are trying to decide which super easy elective they're going to take to boost their Freshman GPA. He often talked about the days of sit-ins and marches, recalling all his arrests during those demonstrations as getting into "Good trouble. Necessary trouble." Car trouble is neither of...
Today, I'm mustering up the courage to do something I never thought I would. For the last few weeks, I've been promising some ambitious videos. A deep dive into the Ultimate Universe. Power Rankings for all the digital comics subscription services. A long-awaited Q&A video fielded from subscibers on social media. Then comes a bunch of silence and missed deadlines. What you don't see between uploads are all the struggles of trying to make things happen. For example, last week's Graphic Novels...