In case you're not on our email list...

...here's a coupon we sent out last night that you may want to take advantage of over the next several days.

By all means, print it out and bring it in to get these good deals!

If you would like to get our special offers, news and other non-spammy useful info, please sign up now by scrolling down a bit on the left hand side of this screen and enter your info where it says:

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Peace 'n' Coupon Clipping!

FlyCoJoe

Fly Co Featured in Comics Buyers' Guide

There's a new feature debuting in the current issue of COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE, called "DESTINATION: Comics!" Flying Colors is honored to be the first store featured--- and the online version can be found HERE!

Of course, we also have the print edition on sale now in the 'Zine section at Flying Colors.

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

Snow Daze!

For those of you who live in places where it actually does snow every winter (like my lovely daughter Michelle in Portland), this post will seem like nothing.

However, in this part of California, snow is a BIG DEAL! Rarely does any appreciable amount of snow fall and actually stick to the ground like it did early Monday morning.

So before FlyCoLibby and I headed off for our Monday morning gym time, we went up to the Mitchell Canyon entrance to Mount Diablo (I always like to say 'Mount Diablo' ominously...) and we snapped a few pix on our iPhones.

In the top photo here, the shot is taken looking east away from Mount Diablo to the hills between Concord and Pittsburg. And that, my friends, is a LOT of snow for this area. The elevation on the top of those hills is maybe 800 feet above sea level.

In the middle shot, I took that from a different spot near the North Gate entrance to Mount Diablo, so it's looking southeast to the beautiful Mt. Diablo.

In the bottom photo, it's another shot of the open fields near the Mitchell Canyon entrance to the park, looking up to the the quarry.

And as beautiful as this area looks under a very thin blanket of the white stuff, it's way too cold for me. Please return the real California to us as soon as possible!

Peace 'n' a briefly White Christmas!

FlyCoJoe

"the road to god knows..."

Long time Flying Colors Faithful know that we try to stock a wide variety of comic goodness in our little emporium here in Concord.

More than occasionally, we search off the beaten path of super-heroes and action stories to find comics and graphic novels with a smaller, more personal vision. That is the core of a new graphic novel called "the road to god knows..." by first-time graphic novelist Von Allan.

While not autobiographical, "the road to god knows..." concerns a teenage girl coping with the mental illness of her mother. Von Allan lost his mother to the ravages of schizophrenia when she was just 48 and he was 20. So there is personal experience shared in the sometimes harrowing fiction of this graphic novel.

My pal and fellow long-time comic retailer Joe Ferrara of Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz was able to get his local paper to interview Von Allan about his graphic novel and you can read that article HERE!

Flying Colors is one of a handful of comic specialty stores carrying Von Allan's "the road to god knows..." We hope you read the linked article and then pick up a copy of "the road to god knows..." on your next visit to Flying Colors. It currently is stocked in our "New & Cool" section.

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

New & Cosmic & FREE!

Flying Colors Exclusive 2010 Poster/Calendars are here... and they are FREE while supplies last.

A full 11x34 with all kinds of comic goodness on them, including notations for all of the New Releases Days throughout 2010.

Come & get 'em!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

Shop Local!

Saturday November 21st is AMERICA UNCHAINED... an event designed to create awareness for the benefits of shopping at locally-owned independent businesses.

FLYING COLORS COMICS is participating by inviting everyone to visit our store, get a FREE comic book or two and talk about what it means to support your community by supporting local shops.

We've also made some minor changes to the layout of our store hoping to create an even more open, inviting atmosphere.

We hope you'll come in soon!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

New Flying Colors Intro Video!

Here's a new video that gives a new look at Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff.

I hope to encourage everyone to make this video as viral as possible, adding it to your own sites, blogs, FaceBook and MySpace pages. Please help us spread the word about Flying Colors Comics!

Thanks to all who participated!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

Monday morning greeting...

...shattered front door at Flying Colors.

Could have been worse.

The vandals did NOT get in the store.

But after the FlyCo Retailing Brigade stayed after-hours to make a couple of changes, this was not the first reaction we were looking for!

Hope your Monday is going better!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

Saturday November 21: Shop LOCAL!

Flying Colors Comics will once again be participating in a nationwide event called AMERICA UNCHAINED on Saturday November 21 from 11am-7pm.

Sometimes seemingly small acts can and do have a larger impact than you ever imagined! When you shop, did you know that where you shop can impact your community?

Supporting locally-owned independent businesses means more to our local community spending the same money at large chain stores or online. When you patronize local businesses--- like FLYING COLORS Comics & Other Cool Stuff--- your money will be re-circulated into the community three times more than if you spend it at a chain or online.

This creates greater community health and prosperity. It leads to higher revenue for local governments, meaning more funds for local schools, more local jobs and more stability for our local economy.

Studies have shown that for every dollar spent at a big chain store like Wal-Mart or Barnes & Noble, only 13 cents of that dollar gets re-spent locally. Spending the same dollar at a locally-owned business recirculates 45 cents into the local economy.

Imagine the local impact if everyone just shifted 25-50% of their spending away from large corporate-owned chain stores and online merchants and spent that money locally!

On Saturday November 21, Flying Colors Comics urges you to get “unchain-ed” for just that one day.

Try it for one day, then consider trying it for all of your holiday purchases. The impact of your spending can be your holiday gift back to this community.

To help mark AMERICA UNCHAINED, Flying Colors will be giving away FREE comics (from a special selection) from 11am-7pm on Saturday November 21 to everyone who shops with us that day.

I hope you can join us!

Peace!

FlyCoJoe

Comics, Kids & Learning

According to a new study from the University of Illinois, it's been confirmed yet again what we've known for years:

Comic books, besides being highly entertaining, have strong benefits in learning environments!

And as many educators and school media specialists know, at Flying Colors we are happy to assist schools in stocking classrooms and libraries with comics and graphic novels that will engage readers of all ages.

If you'd like to help students become happy and engaged readers, please contact us at 925-825-5410.

Peace!

FlyCoJoe