Week of April 14th

Silent Auction Underway

We started a silent auction this week of various things, art pieces and long time fixtures of the Cup. If you would like to own a piece of our history, this is your chance.

Most of the auctions have a minimum amount we are looking for or will sell it for and the auction must meet it for us to let it go.  We will tell you if you ask, but we aren’t advertising it.

Stop in and take a look.  Pictures are up at our Facebook page.

Here is a list of the below stuff:

• Toy Box – Gene Ha original art framed – @$25
• Spider-man print – framed Alex Ross – no bid yet
• Rick Grimes – Original Tony Moore Walking Dead art framed – @$105
• five small art pieces – framed art including Dave Johnson and Mike Mignola – @$35
• the Original Cup o’ K sign – THE original sign – @$30
• Mouse Guard – Original Dave Petterson framed art – @$85
• In Case of Zombie Gun – the one of a kind safety measure – @$100
• Fantastic Four framed print – Alex Ross – no bid yet
• Coffee Shop Neon sign – @$90
• Green Lantern Neon – @$50
• Catwoman Print – signed by Adam Hughes – @$80
• Batman Neon Sign – @$125
• One Shot Wonders – signed by Mignola, Wheadon and Charest – @$20

Auction runs through Wednesday night at 7:00.

Super Moving Sale Continues

This is the last week of the location in Beaverdale.  We would really like to get rid of the majority of the excess comics in the shop.  So, we increased the Moving Sale to these levels:

• 50% off all non-marked Trade Paperbacks and Hard Covers
• 70% off the Old Wall books dating before April
• 50% off all Bundles
• 50% off Mugs, T-Shirts, Action Figures, Heroclix
• Formerly Dollar books now 30 cents
• Formerly 50 cent books now 10 cents

This sale will go through Saturday the 19^th.

Schedule for Moving and Parties at the New Shop

As we begin to transition down to the Des Moines Social Club, we have a general schedule for the rest of the month.  We expect to be open at the new location on Wednesday, April 23^rd.  The Beaverdale location will be open regular hours through Saturday the 19^th.  We will be closed in both locals the 20^th through the 22^nd.  (We learned something from the last move and it is to not try and do it over a single night. Oh, boy that sucked.)

So, the first day at the Des Moines Social Club will be Wednesday, April 23^rd.

If you like events, there will be several over the next month.  Free Comic Book Day will be held, as we have done in the past, at 12:01am on May 3^rd, party on Friday the 3^rd.

There are also plans for a Des Moines Social Club big giant Grand Opening too.  That is planned for May 10^th.  There are a lot things planned for that night, including a keynote address by David Byrne (he formerly of the Talking Heads.)  He’ll talk about his experiences in Des Moines and the importance of the Arts in a city.  For more info: http://firehouse.desmoinessocialclub.org/grand-opening-party/

Yes, Capes Kafe is a new name, but it’s the same thing.

Many have asked about but the name change.  Yes, the name is changing, to Capes Kafe, but this is the same business and in many respects it is just a reverting back to the original idea the shop had twelve years ago – a coffee shop with comics.  Over the years, we have tried a great deal of things; businesses need to do this to keep going.  We never wanted to give up selling coffee, but the city had other ideas with grease interceptors and whathaveyou.  This is a rebirth of the original idea, in a better location, just has a different name.