ComicsPRO Upcoming Events
April 2013
Join us at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo April 26-28! We'll host panels for retailers and you can visit us at our booth!
February 2013
October 2012
October 20:
24-Hour Comics Day is October 20, 2012! Join professional and
amateur artists around the world as they take the 24-Hour Comics Day
challenge: to create a 24-page comic book, from start to finish, in only
24 hours! For details, and for a list of official 24HCD locations,
visit www.24hourcomicsday.com.
October 11-14:
ComicsPRO will present panels to professionals and fans at the upcoming New York Comic Con! You're also invited to stop by our booth to say hello and get more information about the organization.
July 2012
Join us on Friday, July 13 at Comic-Con International: San Diego for the ComicsPRO / Comic-Con retailer programming! See our News page for more info!
June 2012
ComicsPRO will be attending the first annual Denver Comic Con June
15-17th at the Colorado Convention Center. Stop by our booth Friday
through Sunday and say hello!
Join us at
C2E2 from
April 13th through the 15th. We'll host a panel during the PROs hours for retailers and a panel for fans who are interested in opening a comic book store! Look for panel details on our
news page. We'll also be at
booth #832 on the show floor. See you there!
February 2012
October 2011
October 29-30:
We hope to see you at Long Beach Comic Con on October 29th and 30th! We're inviting exhibitors to join us for coffee & bagels on Saturday morning before the show opens. Stop by our booth to say hello, or visit us at our panels!
October 13-16:
Join us at the New York Comic Con during the Professional Hours on
Thursday, October 13th! ComicsPRO will host retail education panels for both veteran and new retailers. Panel details are available in our
news section.
Also, come and visit us at
booth #2725 at NYCC on
Friday,
Saturday and
Sunday!
October 1:
24-Hour Comics Day is
October 1, 2011! Join professional and amateur artists around the world as they take the 24-Hour Comics Day challenge: to create a 24-page comic book, from start to finish, in only 24 hours! For details, and for a list of official 24HCD locations, visit
www.24hourcomicsday.com
July 2011
May 2011
Visit your local comic book store on Saturday, May 7 to receive a free comic book!
March 2011
Join ComicsPRO at the Diamond Retailer Summit on March 17!
Our panel:
ComicsPRO Forum: Creating New Prospects for 2011 (Room 475 A, Thursday, 1:00-2:00pm)
Join ComicsPRO members Thomas Gaul from Corner Store Comics and Beach Ball Comics, Anaheim, CA; and Patrick Brower, from Challengers Comics + Conversation, Chicago, IL, and Executive Director Amanda Emmert as they present a summary of the discussions and topics from the 2011 ComicsPRO Annual Membership Meeting held in February. What are retailers and publishers working on for 2011 and how can we use these programs to attract new customers?
Use the ComicsPRO coupon in the Diamond Summit book to get one free ComicsPRO variant of Walking Dead #81 while supplies last!
Join ComicsPRO at C2E2 at our booth or during our panels for fans and for retailers!
Our panels:
So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Retailer? (For fans and new entrepreneurs)
Date: Friday, March 18
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: 470a
Description: ComicsPRO brings together retailers with many decades of combined experience to talk to fans and potential entrepreneurs about opening a comic book store. Bring your questions and your notepads!
&
So, You're a Retailer. Now What? (for store owners, during the professional hours)
Date: Friday, March 18
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: 473
Description: Whether you're just starting out in retail, just now looking to open another location, or just have questions, we're here to help! Meet with members of ComicsPRO, a retail trade organization for comic book retailers, to talk about your upcoming plans.
February 2011
October 2010
Long Beach Comic Con
We're inviting you to meet and mingle with retailers, professionals and
exhibitors at
Long Beach
Comic Con on
Friday, October 29th
from
11:30am to 1pm.
Join
us at booth 323 for coffee & bagels before the show!
Only
professionals with registered badges will be able to attend--the
convention itself doesn't open until 1pm.
The pro-registration
deadline at LBCC has passed, but if you're a retailer (member OR
non-member!), we can still provide you with a free 3-day pass to the
show!
Contact us by October 24
to reserve your tickets.
Retailers who have pre-registered badges
and who pick up their badges Friday morning during the All-PRO Access
will also receive a FREE Welcome Kit filled with goodies compliments of
ComicsPRO,
LBCC,
BOOM! Studios,
Top Cow Productions and
Zedura Magazine.
Not a retailer yet?
Join us
for the popular "So You Want to be a Comic Book Retailer?" panel at
Long Beach Comic Con!
Friday
October
29th
2:00 - 2:45 pm
So
You Want to be a Comic Book Retailer?— Your first steps to
having your very own comic book store start right here! This convention
tradition is always a lively and fun discussion of the brick and mortar
basics of launching your own career as a comic book specialty retailer.
You have questions? ComicsPRO's panel of experienced retailers has
answers! Hosted by
Carr D'Angelo
(
Earth-2 Comics, Sherman Oaks
and Northridge, CA) with fellow retailers
Thomas Gaul (
Corner
Store Comics & Beach Ball Comics, Orange County, CA), and
Derrick Taylor (
Comic Oasis, Las Vegas, NV).
See
you in Long Beach!