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BY SARAH HERNANDEZ
Brendan Greenwood and his business partner opened Bat City Games & Comics in September 2023.
Bat City Games & Comics hosts daily game nights at the store.
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Locals create inclusive space for games, comic books
this issue from 1994’ and to be able to go ll in their run, or to [have people] peruse through comics someone my age might have seen when they were ve or six years old,” he said. “It’s an important part of nostalgia.” What they o er The store’s catalog includes card games like Uno and roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons. Greenwood also said community interaction is important to Bat City Comics. “We really push our employees to engage in the community,” he said. “[We] give them that personal touch that they need to help them buy a gift for somebody or get into a hobby.”
As someone who grew up playing board games and collecting comics, Brendan Greenwood jumped on the opportunity to open his own store, Bat City Games & Comics, last year. The name comes from his favorite comic—Batman. The inspiration Greenwood estimates they currently have 125,000 manga, fantasy and superhero comics dating back to the 1950s in storage, including some from his own collection when he was a teenager. He and his business partner noticed there were few comic book stores in South Austin and wanted to open an inclusive store with dedicated space for gameplay and community. “To have people come in and say, ‘I’m missing
The store carries a variety of comics.
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