Impact Comics (Canberra, Australia)

Mal reports:

FCBD was huge!

Not only was it the biggest Saturday we’ve had, it was the biggest day’s trade we’ve ever had since opening 8 months ago.

On the day I went down to our favourite coffee shop and handed out comics to families that were eating out in the morning. One very cranky little 4 year-old was very happy to get a free Spider-Man comic.

We had free face painting which was popular with kids of all ages (some men decided they’d get fake tattoos painted on them.) There was a small group waiting outside the shop when we opened the doors.

I’m not sure of the numbers that came through but it was well in the hundreds and included everyone from little kids to Grandparents and school teachers. Most of the faces in the store were NOT regular customers which we were very happy with.

Over the nine hours we were open, we averaged more than a sale every three minutes.

By the end of it all we had given away almost every FCBD comic after asking customers to restrict themselves to 3 free items each.