Artist Wanted

 No, not for us but Looney Labs is looking for an artist to draw cats for their upcoming Cat Fluxx game, releasing late 2025 or early 2026. Not sure at to what pay would be but here is the link to the form in case you are interested.

Lights Fantastic Parade

 Traffic, from what I could tell, was not as heavy in downtown as it has been in past years for the parade. I was able to navigate the sidewalks near the square quite easily and we still had plenty of cookies left over after the cookie walk.

I did hear a few people complaining about traffic getting all snarled up for, from what I could tell, it was moving pretty steadily with no noticeable jams or problems, aside from the cars I spotted driving the wrong way on Elm and University.

We do have plenty of cookies left over should you like to stop by and partake.

Comics 2

 Marvel Comics are still running late. At this stage, we think they are just not going to ship until next week so that is what we are planning on.

Comics

 Comics are likely delayed this week, at least Marvel and other books that we get from Diamond as that shipment has not posted to the company website. We will have DC books in your holds and some of the Image but the Marvel books will likely not arrive until Wednesday

Lights Fantastic

 Just a reminder that the Lights Fantastic parade takes place this Saturday at 6 p.m. Sl Illinois from the North side of the square down to Wall Street and all of the streets crossing it will close at 5 p.m. and reopen at 8. Traffic will flow as normal on South 51 though.

Comics

 Comics will be delayed tomorrow. We received part of our shipment today and will have DC and some image books out at opening tomorrow but Marvel books are scheduled to arrive by 12:30. We will have them pulled and out on the shelf as soon as possible.

Wormy Prototype book

David "Tramp" Trampier was one of the early artists who worked for TSR creating art for the early AD&D books and modules.  One of his signature pieces was the art for the 1st edition DM Screen which we had on display in the store for several years. He was also known for the Wormy strip, which ran in Dragon magazine for a number of years. In the 1980s, he prepared this prototype book to convince ICE to publish the collection after plans for TSR to do so fell through. Unfortunately, the planned ICE publication never happened. Trampier passed away back in 2014 and I only saw his wife a few times over the past years as she became quite a recluse. When she died last summer, her body was not found for 3 days and the owner of the trailer she rented contacted on of her brothers asking what he wanted to do with the items in the trailer. He told them to throw everything out. 

The men hired to clean everything out saved a few items, a box of panels of original Wormy art and this prototype book, which is on display at the store until we either return it to his sister or offer it for display to the Lake Geneva library.