The Dobrzynski Age II
	April 15th, 2005    to    Thus Far

2005 (cont):
April 15th: Collector's Edge Comics EAST opens with fledgling Edgeguy Manager Diane Eells in the captain's chair.  This is actually the second East side location, the first having closed in February of 1995.

April 27th: Reserve Edgguy Chris Radomski is reactivated, working new comics day at South. Originally appearing in 1992, he only collected Ghost Rider and Hellraiser.  He was deemed "The Scary Guy" because of his long hair, tattoos and because he only collected Ghost Rider and Hellraiser. He is a little less scary now, but not by much.

May 6th: The monthly Edgeguy meeting is abruptly interrupted by a multi car accident in front of South. Being quick thinking, all the Edgeguys on site ran into the street, called 911, and recorded the license plate number of a fleeing car. "Good thing we had fast reflexes", Steve thought.  Later, the Edgeguys compared and somewhat disagreed on what actually happened, but all agreed Jo was crazy and the Batmobile was no where to be seen.

May 12th: The softer side of the superhero scene...  East is featured in MKE Magazine.

July: The South soda cooler gets a slick upgrade, a new custom insert.

September 10th: Kurtis Lyman Wood weds his longtime love Corrine Ann Ciula. Many Edgeguys, past and present, attend. Rumor has it a few Edgeguy villains attended incognito, hence the 2 covers for the invites, one showcasing the Edgeguys and one depicting the Edgeguy villains.

October 1st: Will Hunt steps into the Edgeguy reserves, West changes to Winter hours.

November 10th: Collector's Edge Comics is VOTED BEST COMIC BOOK SHOP by the Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee 2005 reader poll (AGAIN!).

November 11th: The Edge Office goes broadband.

December 4th: Dave Mehling steps into the Edgeguy reserves, most active Edgeguys predict he will be back...

2006:

January 8th: 2006 New Year Sale (SOUTH).

January 14th: 2006 New Year Sale (WEST & NORTH).

January 15th: 2006 New Year Sale (EAST).

March: North gets a new back door.

Early April:  Severe storms hit West Allis, ripping (and nearly destroying) the West location awning… if it wasn’t for the fearless crew (John and duct tape), the West location might have been lost.

Late April: East Customer Matt Chicorel enters the Edgeguy Academy hoping someday to be an Edgeguy. After intensive training at South, he interns under the watchful, but harsh, eye of Diane.

May 6th: FCBD 2006.

May 7th: Sadly the prettiest Edeguy thus far departs East. Having trained the new manager of East, she had to move on, but promises to assist us whenever we call. But since most Edguys are scared to call up girls, she will have to stop in on her own once and a while.

May 9th : Matt Chicorel assumes the captain's chair at East. Is he ready?  Steve merely shrugs and says "snuh".

August:  South gets a much needed new roof, this one repels water!

Early September:  South gets a much needed new security door, this one repels bad guys.

September 17th:  John Steib breaks his wrist while attempting to file comics faster.

November 13th:  South shuts down for 2 days and gets a new floor (no not a second story; the floor is replaced).

Mid November: Neal Bohl (longtime West customer) and Kerry Birmingham (longtime South customer) are recruited into the Edgeguys to assist at South. Originally they were going to fight it out in our two-men-enter-one-man-leaves-Thunderdome; but Steve decided he could use them both.

November 19th: West returns on Sundays, opening Noon – 4 p.m.

November 22nd: South hours expand, now open at 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

December 5th: Collector's Edge Comics is VOTED BEST COMIC BOOK SHOP by the Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee 2006 reader poll (4th time in a row!).

December 13th: Collector's Edge Comics introduces its own brand of comic storage long boxes.  Designed by Steve, these boxes are custom made for Collector's Edge Comics.  They are thicker, better made, slightly longer, and much more durable.

December 20th: South gets slick new awning, now customers are shielded from the elements as they wait to get into the store.

2007:

January 7th: 2007 New Year Sale (SOUTH). 

January 8th: Keith officially transfers basement duty to new guy Kerry, continues to work in the office.

January 13th: 2007 New Year Sale (WEST & NORTH).

January 14th: 2007 New Year Sale (EAST).

February 1st: South front ceiling gets a facelift.

May 3rd: Keith Dawson went from basement rat to counter monkey to office assistant, then moved on. His parting words were: Inuk-chuk. So long mumbles…

May 5th: FCBD 2007.

June 1st: Jasmine Schmidt starts training in the office, attempting to master the vast system that controls the edge network.

Mid June: Kerry begins training at North.

August 18th: John works last regular day at West (see September 9th). Kurt leaves North, heads West to start a new adventure (see August 21st).

August 21st: Kerry becomes manager of North (see August 18th).  Kurt has taught him everything he knows, well, at least everything he wants Kerry to know.

August 22nd: Kurt becomes manager of West (see August 18th).  John asks him to wear a name tag that reads "John" on it for a few weeks.  He declines.

Countdown: The Hunt For John Steib?

September 9th: John returns to West on Sundays after a brief (planned) hiatus. We hope his creative team gets back on track and he never goes on hiatus again! (see August 18th).

October 9th: Neal Bohl moves on to other things and we wish him luck in future endeavors.

October 11th: Collector's Edge Comics is voted best of comic book shops on the WISN A-LIST.

Mid October: Neal Long starts training at South, a package customer from our EAST location, he inherits the "Neal" mantle.

November 9th: Greg Rucka, Gregg Hurwitz, and Brian Azzarello (a last minute addition) visit South for an in-store signing and get-together. See photos.

December 2nd: East location switches to new winter hours.  Closing on Sundays, open normal hours rest of the week.

2008:

January 6th: 2008 New Year Sale (SOUTH). 

January 12th: 2008 New Year Sale (WEST, NORTH & EAST).

January 17th: Jorge Garcia a.k.a. Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes from the hit show LOST was found at Collector’s Edge South. He stopped by to pick up a trade and have a look around.

Late March: Collector's Edge Comics becomes a card carrying member of the CBLDF.

April 8th: North location back room gets much needed remodeling.

April 13th: North. Two kids on bikes collide and smash the storefront window. The EDGEGUY rapid response team rapidly responded and no harm, other than a smashed window, was done. Kerry repeatedly assured his customers he was open. Special thanks to the passerby who alerted our security company.

May 1st: Jeff Wojcik starts at Sundays at East, working the new Sunday hours there. See May 4th.

May 2nd: Jo Schmidt promoted to South Manager.  We always know he was a closet manager...  he is finally out of the closet.

May 3rd: FCDB 2008.

May 4th: East location switches to summer hours, open on Sundays Noon to 4 p.m.

June 8th: East location switches to NEW summer hours, open on Sundays Noon to 5 p.m.

August 9th: The Milwaukee Journal article, "Comic frenzy wasn't funny during 1950s" quotes East Manager Matt.

August 17th: The Milwaukee Journal article, "Nicolet grad animating comic books in a new way" quotes West Manager Kurt.