It's...

Cyber Monday!

Above: The artist's sketch rendition of Journey Into Mystery #72 by Tiina Raisanen. See more of her work at Facebook Comic Con | Tiina Raisanen!

To the top right: New Facebook Friend - Magnus Olsson drew this caricature of me last night, which I thought would be perfect for a 'Cyber Monday' blog. See more of his work at his Blog!

To the bottom right: Back in 1972 I set up as a comic book dealer at the 1972 San Diego Comic Con. (SDCC). That seems so long ago now, what with being able to buy comics and graphic novels via the web on 'Cyber Monday'! But please note... Comic Cons are still very popular. The July 2010 Comic Con International: San Diego / San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is SOLD OUT of the Full 4 Day Memberships already! And this is only November 30th 2009! Sheesh!

Last Friday, Tina and I held a 'Black Friday Special Event' at our exhibitor table at the Facebook Comic Con for ten hours...
Facebook Comic Con is a 'virtual comic convention', so having what is traditionally seen as a 'brick n mortar' event online on a Friday may seem a little strange. However we were attempting to tie into the national event that according to CNN's Heidi Collins report that I just viewed while having breafast, had 195 million shoppers attend! The average of what each shopper spent however was $343, which was down from last year.
Today's "Cyber Monday" is expected to have 100 million 'attendees' browsing on computers, especially at those attendees' places of work! Tina commented while watching the CNN report with me about who doesn't have some sort of computer at home by now? But I could see that several persons were too busy with guests over the long weekend, and otherwise occupied, so I could see several persons sneaking onto their 'work computers' to attend 'Cyber Monday'!
Anyways, I'm just posting a shorter blog post this morning, so I can get back to listing comics, graphic novels, toys, etc. in our own online store at: http://www.MakeItSoMarketing.com . We had almost 6,000 listings posted as of last night, after selling quite a bit over the 'Black Friday Event / Weekend'. So we'll see what happens today on 'Cyber Monday' saleswise.
Thanks again to those that joined us during our 'Black Friday Event', and for those that stopped in at our online store over the weekend! For those of you that are looking for inexpensive comics or back issues for yourself or your comics collector / reader friends, our store is always 'open' whether it's Cyber Monday or just a regular Tuesday! We do have several thousand back issues of comics starting at only $1.95 plus shipping!
AND... Thanks again to all of YOU reading our current and archived blog posts! We do blog daily on comic book creators, comic book reviews, comic cons, and other pop culture news and events including some TV shows and theatrical films as they are shown!
PLUS... Welcome to ALL of You that were reading the eBay Version of our Blog prior to eBay closing 'their eBay blogs platform' on October 31st, 2009. That version of our Blog had 1.37 MILLION page views before the closure... However, This Blog version is the same Blog that has been published at the same time the eBay version was being published. I've been publishing this version since September 2007, so it has the same 'Fun Stuff' you are used to reading on the eBay version!
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COMIC BOOK RESOURCES FEATURETTE:   This blog's 'Main Feature' today was about the fact that "It's Cyber Monday!".
One of the reasons I blog is to write about comics history and how it pertains to me. The sketch rendition of Journey Into Mystery #72 was a 'free sketch' by the artist, Tiina Raisanen. It was a quick sketch by her during the Grand Opening of her own Facebook Comic Con exhibitor table. I enjoyed her sketch so much that she illustrated for me that I blogged about receiving back during the Grand Opening Days of her Facebook Comic Con exhibitor table.
However, I'm usually not that fortunate to have a sketch readily available for me. So if I don't have a copy of the comic book I'm writing about, I usually will check out the Grand Comic Book Database, because they have almost all of the comics published with cover online for easily reference! They are also known as: http://comics.org. If you are looking for a comic book for a friend of yours that collects comics but don't know what it looks like, this database is a wonderful resource! Plus you can also find other comics there by the same creators by using their sort feature. This database has come a long way since it first started!
Above is the actual front cover to the Journey Into Mystery #72 that Tiina Raisanen sketched for me. Again, my Thanks to her!

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