Category: ComicsPRO Announcements

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…