Free Comic Book Day was founded in 2002 by ComicsPRO member, and former board member, Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff in Concord, CA, who saw the success of Baskin Robbins’ free ice cream day, and saw it as a great opportunity to bring in new customers…
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Filip Sablik, of BOOM! Studios, energizes retailers with themes of change, self-improvement, and retailer empowerment.
In one of the most heart-felt speeches of the Comic Industry Conference, Filip Sablik, of BOOM! STUDIOS, described how change, though hard, can lead to better outcomes. Comparing personal challenges to recent retailer struggles, Sablik encouraged retailers to take back the power that they’ve given away*. He said that retailers…
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Phil Boyle Discusses Possible Solutions To Comic Industry Problems
On January 2nd, 2019 – Phil Boyle – owner of Coliseum Comics – a chain of comic stores in Florida – wrote the following post on several comic industry-specific forums. Phil explained why he was concerned about the state of the comic industry and suggested solutions. We are re-printing it…
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Full Text of Joe Field’s State of the Industry Speech
We’re all here to push the comics specialty market forward. Support Your Local Comic Shop isn’t about charity, though. At this meeting, it’s about the business of comics. And it’s clear some evolutionary changes are happening… and it’s the job of every dedicated comics retailer to not only chart a…
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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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Joe Murray (Captain Blue Hen) elected to ComicsPRO’s Board of Directors; Jenn Haines (The Dragon) and Colin McMahon (Pittsburgh Comics) re-elected. New officers announced.
At the most recent ComicsPRO Comic Industry Meeting held this last weekend in Charlotte, NC, Comicspro members voted Joe Murray of Captain Blue Hen Comics onto the 7 member Board. The membership also re-elected Jenn Haines (The Dragon) and Colin McMahon (Pittsburgh Comics) to new 3 year terms. The Board…
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