Before I get started, I want to extend a hearty “welcome back” to my friend and collaborator The Dome!\u00a0 Glad to see you’re up and posting again — it has been too long since our readers have been treated to your >ahem< kindly opinions on the state of science fiction.\u00a0 Although, with Galactica finally wrapped and Doctor Who yet to start, there’s not a lot out there, right?\u00a0 HAH!\u00a0 C’mon, give us your take on Dollhouse (nice surprise there, Wash), or the new Wolverine flick (huh… not bad); or even the comic store episode of Big Bang Theory (22 of the funniest televised minutes in history)!<\/p>\n
Anyway, back to the blog.\u00a0 Free Comic Book Day was yesterday, and once again we saw… well, the same old faces we see every year at this event.\u00a0 Yes, free comics were given away, and (depending on your store) there were sales and promotions and artists doing in-stores and even free pizza.\u00a0 The storeowners I talked to said that they had done their weekend’s worth of business in a few hours on Saturday.\u00a0 But who was buying all this stuff?\u00a0 Regulars.\u00a0 Most of the people I saw at both stores I visited were old friends and acquaintances.\u00a0 The whole point of this event is to bring NEW CUSTOMERS into the stores, but this has just turned into a company holiday for comics fans.\u00a0 Where was the promotion?\u00a0 Where were the TV crews?\u00a0 Why didn’t the major newspapers have any articles leading up to this?\u00a0 Why didn’t the print & TV media have any ads hyping this event?\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the past week, I’ve been telling everyone I know at work and elsewhere that Free Comic Book Day is coming, and they should really go and check it out — if only to grab some Archies or Owlys for their kids.\u00a0 Everyone; EVERYONE I talked to about this thought that this was a great idea — are other stores doing this too?\u00a0 How long has this been going on?\u00a0 Close to ten years now, I told them, and they shrugged and wondered why they hadn’t heard of this before.\u00a0 Simple:\u00a0 it’s because NOBODY BOTHERED TO ADVERTISE THIS PROMOTIONAL EVENT OUTSIDE OF THEIR EXISTING CUSTOMER BASE!!!!\u00a0 If you want to get people’s attention, you gotta advertise.<\/p>\n
Before I wrap, I would like to give a hearty thumbs-up to a new miniseries full of wit and humor, great art and storytelling and is one of those rarities — an all-ages book that can actually be enjoyed by adults.\u00a0 Yes, I’m talking about The Muppet Show comic by Roger Langridge.\u00a0 This is such a dead-on funny comic that I can actually hear the characters talking in their voices from the show!\u00a0 Folks, this is worth it for Statler & Waldorf alone.\u00a0 I know you think that buying a Muppet Show comic may make you look childish, but you can always hide it under whichever superhero comic you’re reading — you know, the one with muscle guys wearing tight form-fitting spandex, hitting each other in a way that doesn’t look a thing like repressed sexual frustration.\u00a0 That one.\u00a0 I’m sorry, am I not being specific enough?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just buy the Muppet Show — it’s absolutely amazing.<\/p>\n
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