If you haven’t heard, a mere few weeks after the WHO declared an end to the global health emergency, our Fantastic Comics owner and sole proprietor, Uel, was feeling pretty funky last Friday and found he had caught COVID for the very first time.
Now, exactly who is to blame for this? Like Hob Gadling says to Sandman, that’s a mug’s game, so we’ve decided to just blame the entire city of Los Angeles, home of Uel’s beloved Dodgers.
Thanks to all the manifesting well-wishers and some NyQuil, Uel’s been on the mend, is feeling much better, and aims to be in and well-masked this Wednesday. If you’re game to come in, it’s back to 2020 rules (bona fide masks + one person at a time). He’s planning to be in at the usual 12-5PM time, but it may be a good idea to call ahead to make sure.
Another way to keep tabs on what’s happening (since Elon seems to have personally broken our Twitter/Instagram integration) is to check out Uel’s weekly Fantastic Comics Live YouTube show at 8PM, and I’ll bet today’s will be an especially interesting one.
When life gives you COVID, make COVIDrade
On the subject of declared ends to public health emergencies, tomorrow is the last day to order your free rapid testing kits via USPS, so if Uel’s poorly timed sickness helps you to remember to get yours, we’ll consider our unholy bargain with Mephisto fulfilled.
But just in case you forget, California health insurance providers are supposed to give out tests until November. Uel was down to his last four kits!
Plan Like Bruce Wayne, Improvise like Wayne Brady
Some of you who came in on the weekend may have noticed your humble narrator pinch-hitting for Uel, and to you I say thank you for bearing with my fumble-fingered and numb-brained subbing, and in fact we’ve been training for just such an eventuality, but eventually both of us will be sidelined, and then who should mind the store?
And Some Actual Comic News
In a callback to last week’s Poison Ivy ordering mistake promo, fans in the city should know that Poison Ivy cover artist Jessica Fong will be signing at Sour Cherry comics in the Mission District next Wednesday, June 6. While there, I highly suggest getting a black sesame scoop at Bi-Rite creamery in a cup because that cone drips everywhere and will make your hands a sticky menace to all comics.
Loved that Poison Ivy comic. Came and grabbed it cuz of your post. Glad you’re feeling better.