400 episodes of this? Damn.
We “acquired” 2 new back issue cabinets. After days of work, they’re not what we expected.
November was not a great sales month and it ended on a really bad week. Construction + snow = a less than $100 day (for the first time in many years).
Patrick’s car need over $1900 of work done in November.
Subscriber visits over the Holiday season and the GoFundMe for Cave Comics.
Speaking if subscribers, it’s time to drop more of them out of our pull and hold service.
The Mutiny, a Chicago icon dive bar, is closing after 30 years.
The new Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic looks pretty good.
Publisher output the week of Christmas is not that great this year.

This episode was recorded immediately following our 2018 Black Friday sale.
We never seem to sell out of the stuff we want to get rid of.
Getting burned when subscribers have books on hold for months that they never wanted.
Reminding subscribers, in person, the value of our weekly emails.
The detailed account of either a subscriber losing 2 comics or us making 5 mistakes 2 months in a row.
How Monday pick-up was taken away from us.
Are customer attitudes regional or national?
One final Lumberjanes Day reminder.
Christmas shopping as customers, not retailers.

Rest in Peace, Stan.
Recorded live from the show floor of ChiTaG, the Chicago Toy and Game Fair, the worst we have ever done at a convention.
This one almost broke us.