Author: mdavanzo

Board Director Steven Olsen is stepping down from the ComicsPRO Board. Steven is closing down his store at the end of January and felt that it is the right time to give someone else a chance to be on the Board. We’d like to thank Steven for his years of…

As part of the ComicsPRO Open House, the Board of ComicsPRO presented it’s yearly Industry Awards and also honored those individuals and organizations that helped keep the industry afloat during the Covid-19 shutdowns. ComicsPRO presented its industry Award to Margaret “Maggie” Thompson. Thompson was in attendance and accepted the award.…

As part of the ComicsPRO Open House on October 14th, ComicsPRO hosted an industry wide data discussion. Retailers, Publishers, Distributors, Data Professionals, and Book Industry Professionals were all invited. Participants discussed recent data fragmentation in the Industry, series codes, variant codes, best standards, improving data flow, older standards vs. new…

At the recently completed Comic Industry Conference, newly elected President of the ComicsPRO Board, Jenn Haines, gave a speech stressing cooperation. Haines, owner of The Dragon (Canada), encouraged members to “step up and and take part in guiding the future of the organization”. A few years ago, I was crossing…

Over 475 comic industry professionals gathered online for the 2021 Comic Industry Conference sponsored by ComicsPRO.     Born out of the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting, the Comic Industry Conference brings together retailers, publishers, distributors, and other vendors to discuss comic industry issues.   The event was held online from February 18-20.   This gathering…