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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Comic-Con International: San Diego retailer programming

Join us on Friday, July 22 at Comic-Con International: San Diego for the ComicsPRO / Comic-Con retailer programming!

9:30--10:20 Room 19
ComicsPRO "Fresh Start"
– Your day at Comic-Con gets off to a friendly and professional start with ComicsPRO, the retailer trade association. Retailers, publishers and distributors are welcome to kick off their convention day with colleagues, coffee, bagels and conversation. Bring your business card!

10:30--11:20 Room 18
The State of the Industry
– It’s the midway point of 2011. So what are the sales trends since we last met in San Diego? And more importantly, what’s the outlook near and long term for the business of comics? Join ComicsPRO President Joe Field and Executive Director Amanda Emmert as they discuss the state of comic book retail with the industry's top publishing companies, including Bob Wayne (DC Comics Senior VP - Sales), David Gabriel (Marvel Comics Senior VP of Sales), Eric Stephenson (Publisher of Image Comics), Jeremy Atkins (Dark Horse Director of Public Relations), Ted Adams (CEO of IDW Publishing) and Roger Fletcher (Diamond Comic Distributors Vice President of Sales & Marketing).

11:30-12:15 Room 18
Direct Conversation
-- Join executives from DC Comics for a special chat and Q&A session on September's The New 52 launch, spotlighting sales incentives, marketing and publicity push, and much more.

2:30--4:00 Room 18
Eisner Spirit Award Video Viewing
— The Will Eisner “Spirit of Comics” Retailer Award is the industry's "Hall of Fame" for progressive retailers, sort of a Legion of Super-Retailers. Spirit Award facilitator and award recipient Joe Ferrara (Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz, CA) presents the videos for this year's award finalists, with discussion about each nominated retailer, the store’s display techniques, and other unique features every attending retailer can learn from. Hey, retailers! This is a great place for getting new ideas!

4:00–5:30 Room 32AB
So You Want To Be a Comic Book Retailer? – Presented by ComicsPRO’s Retailer Mentoring Forum. This Comic-Con tradition is always a lively and fun discussion, where your dreams of owning your own comic book specialty store take flight! Your career in comics’ retail starts here! You have questions? Our panel of experienced retailers has answers! Hosted by Joe Field (ComicsPRO President, Flying Colors Comics, Concord CA) with Portyln Polston (Brave New World, Newhall CA), Jennifer Haines (The Dragon, Guelph ON), Chris Brady (4 Color Fantasies, Rancho Cucamonga CA) and Diamond Comic Distributors Outside Sales manager Dave Hawksworth.

See you in San Diego!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

24-Hour Comics Day registration is live!


We have a new site for 24-Hour Comics Day!

You can register now to be an official host venue or to take the challenge as an online participant (online participants are individuals who aren't going to a host venue to take the challenge--they're going to do the 24 pages and upload them as they go over the 24 hours).

Once the Event Locator is live, event hosts will be able to log into the site and fix and update their event listings!

As we get closer to the event, more content will be available for official hosts when they log in.

If you have questions or problems with registration, please contact us! 24hcd @ comicspro.org