I'd like to wish all our friends and customers a very happy new year.
I'd also like to thank customers, friends and supporters for helping OK Comics through a tough year. Without the help, assistance and massive boost in purchases over the summer, while the unscheduled building work pretty much shut us down, OK Comics would have closed down permanently. Thanks also to the people who voted for OK Comics in the Retail Therapy Awards. 32,000 people voted, and OK Comics was named as Best Independent Retailer and given the Best Customer Service award.
2010 was also the year that OK Comics lost two of it's longest serving members of staff. Inevitably and regrettably, both Mark and Brendan have left. OK Comics would have become a much different shop without them. They'll be back from time to time, helping out here and there, but they've made way for new team members Matthew and Avonwy.
It already looks like there will be some good comics and graphic novels released in the early part of 2011, so hopefully there will be plenty of stuff to keep us going, and keep life interesting.
Here's hoping that 2011 will be as exciting as, but less stressful than 2010.