Where Does the Time Go?
In the interest of keeping this thing regularly updated, here are some quick notes. I got sicker than I ever have before in my life Friday night after maybe getting food poisoning at Don Pablos. Up until 6am vomiting, and while I felt slightly better on Sunday, yesterday was no fun. Today, I think I’m back in the game. We shall see. I’m taking lots of Tagament and/or Pepto to keep afloat. Such a great time for illness, huh?
Things are coming together on the wedding front. Now we’re just trying to make sure we can pay for all the last minute stuff, and that the people who need money have gotten it. There aren’t that may last minute details to fret over, just stuff like Allie’s dress and getting her here. At this point I’m ready to be married and have a kickass party.
The store is coming together as well. For those possibly unfamiliar with what’s going on, or what exactly the store will be, I’m reposting this, posted on the Super-Fly Myspace:
“So yes, Super-Fly will be opening its doors August the 29th, which, coincidentally, is the first day of school here in Yellow Springs. Not planned, but some nice serendipity. Serendipity has been the watch word for this entire enterprise, from when Tony and I decided to start this crazy venture, to storefronts we wanted being open, the rented, then finding another (better) one right after. There’s the not-really perfect serendipity of the opening day being the Wednesday after I get married, but this is how the cards were dealt and everyone, my future-wife especially, has been very supportive.
“So the nitty-gritty: Super-Fly came about because Dark Star, great as it is, was just kind of out of room. Used books did great. Comics did great. Of course, the book people and comic people never really intermingled, or went to the opposite sides of the store to check out something new, which always made the demographics of the place rather skewed. Tony and I have both always wanted to have our own shop, and then one day it hit us: buy the comic business of Dark Star and open it in its own store. After negotiating with Dark Star owner Mary Alice Wilson, an agreement was made and here we are. Dark Star gets to focus on books, we got to focus on comic books and role-playing games and videos and video games and well, the nerd shit. That’s not to say Dark Star is out of the nerd business, they’ll still have graphic novels and manga (like any good bookstore should), as well as Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon cards. Of course, we’ll have all those things too, but it’s a big enough schoolyard for everyone (except Wal-Mart, they can get the hell out). Dark Star will carry back issues, mainly because of the large volume and variety that being a comic shop for 25 years grows. We won’t have back issues, but we will have discount sets of comics, as well as 25 and 50 cent comics, mainly because of the volume of comics two guys who have been reading comics all their lives have acquired.
“Super-Fly (named so because, let’s face it, it’s an awesome name. No relation, but all respect, to Youngblood Priest), is going to hit the ground running. All of Dark Star’s new comic product, as well as the comic pull file system, will belong to us (like all your base). We’ll have some other surprises when we open as well. things even the most loyal Dark Star customer hasn’t seen. That said, we’re still going to be new, so there are going to be plenty of areas that we’re going to grow into.
“One thing our little shop will have is a lounge for folks to hang out, play games, cards, Magic, Chess, whatever in a nerd-friendly environment. We’re going to be expanding on that shortly, but one thing you can never have enough of is places to hang out with cool people. Like we say in the profile, it’s not just a store, it’s a way of life.
“Ultimately, what Tony and I want to do is continue the tradition of customer service and fun that we had at Dark Star. I’ve met a lot of great people working their, and I’m hoping that all of those people will be following us over to Dayton street. We also look forward to bringing that service and friendly atmosphere to Super-Fly that so many other comic and game shops lack. It’s not a boys club, it’s not a tree house, it’s a place for everyone, nerd and nerd enabler alike.
“We look forward to the opportunity to hang out with you in our new place.”
So there you go. Think happy thoughts!
Edit: For some reason the last post I made was “private” which is unintentional and really fucking irritating. So scroll down and read more about the store and our cool logo.
