I started this thing on Facebook last May 4 (yes, on May the 4th be with you day!) with around 20 members, mostly friends and schoolmates I had converted to the comic book hobby. We now stand at 748 strong, with 7 moderators. Yes, we're a Facebook community that caters to Filipino comic book collectors of all sorts and sizes. International, local, superhero, non-superhero, you name it! We have a mandated constitution for member rights and responsibilities, We buy, sell, and trade comics, have regular polls and discussions about relevant issues in comic books, and much much more! We have a weekly calendar (my favorite day is SHOW AND TELL SATURDAY! :D) We also settle disputes in the group with comic book rap battles, but that's another story. It's hip, it's free, and it has all your essential vitamins and minerals for certified geekdom. We have affiliates on facebook (The Video Game Guild, and Film+) started by other members who picked up from the model of online communities I introduced for the CBG, and we're all basically just one big happy and geeky family.
And now, for the very first time, we're taking a stab at reviewing the year 2011. We have ten categories:
1) Animated Movie of the Year
2) Comic Book Team of the Year
3) Writer of the Year
4) Artist of the Year
5) Single Issue of the Year
6) Non-Superhero Title of the Year
7) Comic Book Movie of the Year
8) Series of the Year
9) Character of the Year
10) Comic Book Related News of the Year
And we'll be posting them reviews all here, on Geekout! These posts are by some of our members, who all know their stuff when it comes to this great hobby.
So there you have it! Join up, Geek out, and as we say in The Comic Book Group...
HAVE A COMIC BOOK DAY!
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Leiron Martija is Bossman Moderator of The Comic Book Group. Which you should totally join. Like, totally.