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Fanboy Rampage: The Beat Vs Comic Book Men

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:00:56 -0600

The Beat ran an article about sexism in comic stores entitled, "Breaking: A comic shop in this day and age is staffed by customer-repelling losers" that included the following excerpted review of Jay And Bob's Silent Stash as seen in AMC's Comic Book Men, ironically from Hater Free Wednesdays.

NOT friendly to women. The guys behind the counter openly ogle and discuss female customers, often loudly enough to be overheard. What may make good TV makes for really shitty service.

Rude about small purchases, always trying to sell "just one more thing." Will ignore small purchase customers over those making a larger purchase.

Openly mocked an out Lesbian and Gay man while I was in store. Then they started to mock my weight and hair. Until they realized I could hear them. No apology (or Chase) was made.

Not handicapped friendly. Not friendly to anyone except "dudebros" or people they know.

No attempt seems to have been made to contact the store for comment before running it in the article. But that, it seems, is what Twitter is for as Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen from the store, and the show, fought back, before we got the full Steve Niles.

@mingchen37 @SuperDPS @marcydw1 I hope the shop is good, but you need better supporters than this offensive one http://t.co/BSNUNykeXb

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

Hello @Comixace You have NEVER, to my knowledge, visited our store, YET you call us "offensive"? That's actually EXTREMELY unprofessional!

— michael zapcic (@michaelzapcic) February 12, 2014

@michaelzapcic I said the COMMENT was offensive. Not your store which I have indeed never visited.

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@michaelzapcic With all due respect, if you read the comment carefully, it seems to be based on SEVERAL visits.

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@mingchen37 You know I have a lot of respect for you as well. I would love to report the other side.

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@michaelzapcic @mingchen37 I can't speak to the quality of your store, but for a long time there has been debate over how (1/2)

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@michaelzapcic@mingchen37 the very title of your show reinforces an older idea of comics shops as "boys only." (2/2)

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@mingchen37 HA — okay! but the snow! If I can arrange it I will come. Appreciate the invite. I grew up in Jersey!

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@michaelzapcic @mingchen37 I am game for the challenge, just worried about the snowpocalypse. Calling my dogsled now.

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@mingchen37 Assuming trains are running what time should I come to the store?

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

@mingchen37 Got it — thanks. I'll keep you posted.

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

Hey @SteveNiles I don't believe I made one nasty remark toward @Comixace …you, however, are a foul mouthed hooligan!

— michael zapcic (@michaelzapcic) February 12, 2014

@michaelzapcic @Comixace Haha. Thanks for making comics look like Duck Dynasty.

— Steve Niles (@SteveNiles) February 12, 2014

@SteveNiles @michaelzapcic Wtf? Mike is anything but sexist/bigoted. What are you basing this 'opinion' you have of him on?

— Shooting Clerks (@FLOSproductions) February 12, 2014

Actually @SteveNiles , in my capacity as A COMIC BOOK MAN, I have defended you. My mistake, as you called me and my friends "dickheads"

— michael zapcic (@michaelzapcic) February 12, 2014

@JillPantozzi Indeed! As I mentioned earlier, grew up in Jersey, so familiar territory to me.

— Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) February 12, 2014

I think we'll be looking forward to tomorrow…

Fanboy Rampage was a blog by Graeme McMillan dedicated to the funniest, most ludicrous and most inappropriate comic book back-and-forths online. McMillan has moved on now, becoming a proper journalist for the likes of Newsarama and Spinoff but he gave permission to Bleeding Cool to revive his great creation. Feel free to contribute your own spots of online excess.

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