Challengers Comics, in Chicago, Illinois recently posted their top 100 selling comics and 100 selling graphic novels for the 2019. Some observations: KID GLOVES was their top-selling graphic novel! Challengers had an creator event for it. In fact, 5 Graphic Novels in the Top 39 are books they had creator…
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How Did Direct Market Stores perform in 2019?
In the next two weeks, ComicsPROgress will be writing various articles about the 2019 comic industry. We will be highlighting various stores and linking to their blog, twitter, and social media announcements. ARTICLES – SALES RESULTS 2019Challenger’s Comics – Patrick BrowerFlying Colors – Joe Field South Side Comics – Dan…
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Comic Stores! Time to register for Local Comic Shop Day.
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Marco DavanzoComicsPRO (949) 387-9599 marco@comicspro.org LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY® RETAILER REGISTRATION NOW OPENFifth Annual Event on for Saturday November 23 (August 31, 2019) – Local Comic Shop Day®, the day celebrating the independent spirit of local comic book shops, returns for its fifth annual event on Saturday, November…
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ComicsPROgress has just added a Knowledge Base!
NEW INFORMATION SOURCE! ComicsPROgress has set up a KNOWLEDGE BASE. (A repository of information for comic book stores to help them save money, increase sales, and run more efficiently). Members asked us to provide an online repository of information at one of our last meetings. The KNOWLEDGE BASE will have…
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New Ways Forward for Comic Book Specialty Market. Highlights from 13th annual ComicsPRO Comic Industry Conference. Optimism and shared risk are the common themes of conference.
Looking to spur new and sustainable growth in an under-performing comics specialty market, comics retailers, publishers, and distributors met in Charlotte, NC this past weekend for ComicsPRO’s 13th annual industry conference. “Comics retailers are sharing with us the feeling they are shouldering a lot of the risk in the industry…
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Full Text of retailer Brian Hibbs “State of the Industry Speech”
I’d like to thank Marco and the Board of Directors for inviting me to speak here at the ComicsPRO annual membership meeting. There’s a pretty big part of me that is surprised by this: I’ve got some small reputation as a Bomb Thrower. To therefore be invited up, as the…
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ComicsPRO announces candidates for 2019 Industry Awards.
ComicsPRO, the trade association for comics specialty retailers, proudly announces the nominees for its annual Comic Industry Awards. The awards honor those people who are or have been the best at what they do, making a significant difference in the business of the comic-book specialty market. There are two categories…
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