What a week...

I started this week still on a Watchmen high. It's started to wear off, but there have been other things to fill the void.

This past Saturday we hosted a kick ass World of Warcraft minis tournament. The main prize was a Spectral Tiger mount which is going for big bucks in game and on eBay. There were some other cool prizes such as a bear mount (called the Red Bearon, clever, no?). Those of you who know me know I don't play WOW and when people come into the store talking about it, well, let's just say my eyes glaze over. We had 28 people in the store to play and I was impressed and disappointed at the same time, here's why:

28 people. Most drove over an hour from Mass. Some came from CT and as far from Albany, NY. There were 0 (that's ZERO) Double Midnighters there. We were one of 47 venues IN THE WORLD to run this event, we promoted it in store to anyone who bought or talked WOW. The bear mount was a door prize (won by 12 year old TJ from Mass.) so anyone who entered had a chance to win. Half the players there had just learned to play that week, so there was no excuse. All the players were very, very cool, there were no prize sharks. Oh well, their loss!

On to more cheery things... DC announced that they'll start having backup stories in Booster Gold and Teen Titans. The prices will go up to $3.99 but we're getting more story. The story page count for BG and TT won't change and we'll get more stories of Blue Beetle and Ravager respectively as BB is getting canned. Marvel's raising their prices for a lot of their books without adding anything. Way to step up DC!

On to some year 2 stories... 2003 was the year we started the Granite State Comic Con, aka GraniteCon. That year there was a small comic/anime/gaming convention at Memorial High School and it hit us... there hadn't been a comic show in Manchester in years. There were times where Chris and I went to the Bedford Mall for a comic show and we were inspired. We put the show together in a few months and we blew the doors off it! It's been getting bigger ever since thanks to New England comics fans!

Finally, Brett's leaving for a few days to attend a comic retailer's get together in Memphis. I want to go sooooo bad. Just thinking of all the BBQ drives me nuts. And it doesn't help that Geoff Johns is going to be there!

We're planning GraniteCon Manchester for May 31st. We're getting ready to announce the GOod guest(s) very soON. Stay tuned...