Comic Geeks Unite was started because I was running a Graphic Novel Book Club in Augusta, Maine where I reside. It started as a book club through Barnes & Noble when I worked there and I had a different page that was set up as to how they wanted it. Well I resigned from B&N in July 2010, but kept the GNBC going because it was a labor of love. Besides I wasn't getting paid for it to begin with. I also tried keeping the page I had set up for it, but ultimately decided that it was too much of a pain to keep up with everyone. Not only that, but it was still titled Barnes & Noble Graphic Novel Book Club and I was no longer affiliated with them.
So I scrapped the page entirely a week after getting the new Local Comic Geeks Unite page initially set up and letting everyone on the BNGNBC page know that its demise was emminent. Those people that were on the previous page came over to the new one and I found it much easier to share news as well as to keep in contact. I just figured that the few people who at least kept tabs on the GNBC would only be the ones to have any interest in it. So I fanned and friended local comic shops like Newberry Comics and Cassablanca Comics trying to keep a eye on what was going on.
Then suddenly it was like the page exploaded. I was getting friend requests from people and comic stores from across the country. I was talking with artists and writers who were also looking for an outlet to help them stay atop of their craft.
Later on the page evolved even more. People were asking to post their work and projects on the page. I was very happy to oblige. I enjoy seeing what people are doing. Original artwork, stories, books, and cosplay became a part of Local Comic Geeks Unite.
It was shortly after I started getting friend requests from overseas and Canada that I realized Local Comic Geeks Unite wasn't going to work. So "Local" was dropped and it officially became Comic Geeks Unite. Then towards the end of 2010 I had reached my friend limit on Facebook. I felt horrible having to turn people away. So in 2011 I made another page for Comic Geeks Unite that is more of a professional page people can like. This way people can still be a part of CGU since I post the same things to both pages. No geek gets left behind.
Recent additions to CGU to help stay connected with geeks are the Twitter account and YouTube channel. Twitter allows me to broadcast live from events. I can share pics and events from comic shows and since Twitter is linked to my Facebook everyone sees it. The YouTube channel contain interviews I've done, video of events, and even videos I have made myself.
As of today my first page has 5,000 friends and 2,331 followers and my admin page has 1,092 likes. There are 66 followers on Twitter. On YouTube there are 17 subscribers to the CGU channel.
The really odd thing? I just listed a bunch of numbers, but the truth of it is that I don't care about numbers. I care about my fellow geeks. "We geeks gotta stick together!" is what CGU is all about. It's a motto I stand by.
It's been completely amazing! You all are the ones I have to thank. This has become so much more of a hub of information than I had ever hoped that it would be. Thank you, for being a part of Comic Geeks Unite!
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