My comic guy's the best ever.
Guy's set up a library service, brings readers together socially once a month for drink and draw session in Leeds and come up with a multi use comic bag and all sorts of other inovative ideas. Even a coffee machine and sofa so we can sit and read if we have time on our hands.
Seems the shops goin' through some trouble though. Take a read of the e-mail I got in if you can help at all please stop by.
Thanks
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Crisis at OK Comics! You can help...
People who have visited OK Comics over the last couple of weeks will have noticed scaffolding outside our shop. Thornton's Arcade is being renovated.
The work was due to start in February when it would have least effect on trade, and last for six weeks in total. The work was to be carried out in three stages, two weeks per stage... this hasn't happened.
The first stage of the work started in June and is now moving into it's fifth week. It's not known how long it will last.
The ongoing work, the presence of scaffolding, workmen, dust and noise has had a massive negative effect on the amount of people visiting our shop.
OK Comics has never been about making money. It's important that the bills get paid, staff get wages, and that stock is paid for. But it's not a high profit venture. It's about comics, and the people who read them.
There is a bare minimum the shop needs to take to continue trading.
The reduction of income because of the renovation work has, in one month, damaged OK Comics very badly, and threatened our ongoing existence.
Our regular customers have been great. Enduring the restricted conditions to continue buying comics and graphic novels from us. But we've lost pretty much all our passing trade and all our casual browsing customers. New customers have dried up almost completely.
Please help.
If there is a book or comic you were thinking of trying, do OK Comics a favour and try it now.
If you've ordered something and have yet to pick it up, do it today.
Recommend OK Comics to your friends.
If it's been a while since you collected your standing order, do it very soon.
If you've got a friend who's got a birthday coming up, buy their present from OK Comics now.
We'll continue to sell back issues for 50p (we recently acquired two great new collections), and we'll be running sales and special offers daily over the next few weeks (details of which will be posted here, on twitter and facebook).
We'll continue to receive new comics and graphic novels regularly every week.
Please help OK Comics through this, hopefully temporary, difficult time and we can continue to provide comics and books for years to come.
Follow this link to add your coments on the siuation, and to see a list of deals we've got on... OK Comics vs The World
Cheers, Jared
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