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.…
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Data Discussion at 2021 ComicsPRO Open House
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…
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What retailers need to know about the Marvel/PRH switchover
The PRH team has been meeting with ComicsPRO and several retailers since the PRH/Marvel announcement was made in order to understand the needs of direct market retailers and make sure these needs are fulfilled. They are paying close attention to past similar situations to avoid making mistakes. They chose to…
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President of the Board, Jenn Haines, stresses cooperation and working together.
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…
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New Board Elected at ComicsPRO Comic Industry Conference
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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