Yeah, I broke out some Latin for you. Tempora mutantur is a term used to explain changes resulting from the passage of time. I can hear several of you laughing as it also looks like “time mutation” (or travel) which some of you know I hate as a plot device. It is however relevant to our situation as a business, and as persons and citizens as a whole. It is time to get up off the mat and start figuring out who we are in a post pandemic world. We can’t back to who we were, so we have to go forward as who we want to become.
The previous post “Fractured” needs to move into our past. To help with that, we have continued the store floor plan conversion from a back issue comic book related business into a newsstand bookstore version of ourselves. Back issue collections will no longer be purchased; our existing back issues will no longer be displayed to walk in patrons. Subscription customers will be allowed access to back issue stock, but not the public in general. (Only those placing monthly orders are considered subscribers.)
Comics are still my love but there are simply too many to process while trying to keep up with the sales floor. The bookstore version will require additional time and consume more of the sales floor. We are just turning the next corner in our journey.
Lastly, I want to thank those who took the time to call or stop in and express concern after my metal health. It was kind of you to be supportive during my vacation from public life. “Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis” is the actual phrase which basically translates as “Times are changed; we also are changed with them”. I am glad to have you along on our journey.