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…
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We are back!
After a taking a year’s sabbatical, ComicsPROgress – the official ComicsPRO newsource – is up and running again. Due to covid-19, and most retailers focusing on their stores, we chose to let comicsprogress.com lay dormant since last February. But now, we plan to once again start sharing news and other…
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Nick Barrucci, Dynamite CEO, to Keynote the ComicsPRO Comic Industry Conference
ComicsPRO is excited to announce that Nick Barrucci, CEO/Publisher of Dynamite Entertainment, will be the Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Comic Industry Conference sponsored by ComicsPRO. The Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon from February 20-22, 2020. “I’m thrilled that Nick is speaking at our event,” said Marco Davanzo,…
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ComicsPRO announces candidates for 2020 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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Gross Sales up at South Side Comics including webstore; Young Adult Sales growing
Dan Degnan, of Southside Comics, recently tweeted some statistics for 2019. https://twitter.com/dan_degnan/status/1213319824140623872?s=21 Gross Sales were up 14.96% while Expenses increased by 5.67%. Growth was largely due to the webstore with a small in-store bump. As with most stores, their top selling comic was Detective Comics #1. And Southside also had…
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X-Men titles top comic charts at Challengers; 25 out of top 100 graphic novels are all ages
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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