Comments on: It’s always Ladies Night at the Comic Book Store

By: Atom! at BNW

Atom! at BNW — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:49:39 +0000

This just in:
We have received word of at least one confirmed, completed date as a result of Singles Night.

Sure it was between a heterosexual couple, but we can’t have it all, now can we? ;)

By: STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: February 15th, 2008

STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: February 15th, 2008 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:34:43 +0000

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By: Cross Hatch Dispatch 02/15/2008 « The Daily Cross Hatch

Cross Hatch Dispatch 02/15/2008 « The Daily Cross Hatch — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:45:36 +0000

[...] Brave New World comics bookstore takes a unique approach to creating a comics community–by stoking the flames of love. Chris Butcher reports on the success of Comics Singles Night, held last friday at the California bookstore.Newsarama has posted the first few pages of scientist cartoonist Jay Hosler’s latest book Optical Allusions, which follows the adventures of a walking, talking brain, and teaches you about how your eyes work and all sorts of things about natural selection and evolution. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:09:38 +0000

David: Oh, agreed. Absolutely. :)

By: David Welsh

David Welsh — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:52:52 +0000

I like coming out at the comic shop, to be honest. I’m old and mean, so when someone is making a stupid gay joke or indulging in completely pointless gay panic, it’s fun to point out that there’s an actual gay person in earshot and watch them backpedal. It’s more satisfying than rolling my eyes and seething.

By: Atom! at BNW

Atom! at BNW — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:02:41 +0000

Dustin, while you and I may disagree on using the label “Geek” with pride, I imagine that we won’t disagree on the fact that SweetOnGeeks.com is a world-class promoter. One of the smartest things we did with this event to partner with them on it. We went to several geek-centric sites and they were by far the most vocal and proactive.

Chris, I’m fighting the urge to give my “gay-cred” when I ask this, but, have you tried doing a hetero mixer? I’d be interested to know what differences you saw and what reaction you got from the LGBT crowd.

By: Bitter Matt

Bitter Matt — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:12:40 +0000

Girls, eek! Um, no sex please, we’re comics people. ;)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:11:00 +0000

The statement about customers afraid of being out has weight to it. There was definitely some fall out when we received the Eisner not only for our LGBT mixers but for being a gay-owned store.

With the exception of kristian donaldson’s art show, all of our mixers were LGBT based including the first two CAPE mixers with Lea Hernandez and Bryan Hitch. However, they were LGBT in name only as drinking should should always be inclusive. :-)

BNW has been involved with singles night, true, but I think they’ll find that hosting specific mixer for a specific demographic will be a positive experience for all of their customers.

By: Dustin Harbin

Dustin Harbin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:54:59 +0000

We’re doing the same thing next Friday (Feb. 22nd) at our store, Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find in Charlotte, NC. The marketer behind the Sweet On Geeks dating website is largely to blame, as she has been HIGHLY proactive in recruiting locations to host this sort of night. While the whole “geek” mentality of self-identification is somewhat repugnant to me, we’ve definitely had a good reaction to just the announcement, and hopefully we’ll have a bunch of new faces in the store come Friday. Hats off to Atom!’s successful event–his Flickr set looks really great.

–Dustin Harbin
Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find
http://www.heroesonline.com

By: Valentine’s Day: Comic Geek Dating » Comics Worth Reading

Valentine’s Day: Comic Geek Dating » Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:50 +0000

[...] I did very much enjoy reading Chris Butcher’s coverage of a recent comic store attempt at a singles date night. I’m thrilled to hear it went well; there are so many pitfalls in such an event to navigate past. Apparently the key to events like this is involving the larger community and bringing new faces into the comic book store to pair off with your shoppers. Of course, I think the fact that Atom! referred to his customers as his friends says a lot about the very genuine community-driven motivation behind the event, but he also figured out the key to getting a whole bunch of potential customers to see all that Brave New World had to offer: Local Bands. [...]

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 14, 2008: Even more harmful than 300

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:37:51 +0000

[...] [Retailing] Christopher Butcher speaks with Atom! Freeman about Comic Book Singles Night, a clever promotion held at his Brave New World Comics in Newhall, CA. [...]