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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Developing Innovative Solutions for Comic Industry Problems
At last year’s annual Comic Industry Meeting in Portland, 160 retailers came together to brainstorm solutions to problems in the comic industry. During the last quarter of 2018, a document was prepared by ComicsPRO and shared with Diamond and some Publishers to get their comments and viewpoint and to get…
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This Week! New members who sign up will get 4 ComicsPRO Variants
As an incentive to join ComicsPRO, new members who sign up for ComicsPRO membership during the Diamond Summit or C2E2 this year will get 4 ComicsPRO Variant Comics shipped to them. The Four ComicsPRO variants are: X-Men Red #1 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #24 Dark Knights Rising Wild Hunt #1…
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ComicsPRO unveils ComicsPROgress at Diamond Summit in Chicago
This Week, Jenn Haines, Vice-President of the Board of ComicsPRO and – the trade organization for comic retailers, is travelling to the Diamond Summit in Chicago to unveil ComicsPROgress – the new ComicsPRO branded online Journal. This Journal will be edited, written, and maintained by retailers for retailers. …
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