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Friday, July 26th



9:30am Room 12

COMICSPRO FRESH START

Sponsored by Prana: Direct Market Solutions



Get your day at Comic-Con off to a great start with ComicsPRO - the comics retailer trade association. Retailers, vendors, publishers, and distributors are welcome to kick off their convention day with colleagues, coffee, bagels, and conversation.

Bring your business card!


Joe Ferrara (Atlantis Fantasyworld, CA), the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award facilitator, will also be presenting videos of this year's retailer award finalists.



10:40AM – 10:50AM

Room 12

PRANA DIRECT MARKET SOLUTIONS


Fresh Start Sponsor: Prana: Direct Market Solutions will showcase its Comic Industry Insiders podcast and introduce Comic Shop Checkup, a new free service for comic retailers. Prana will also spotlight two emerging publishers, REKCAH Publishing and Sandstorm Comics, setting the stage for their 2025 releases


NEW: BINC Board Member Kuo-Yu Liang, will give a shout-out to BINC right before the Board Presentation



10:50AM - 11:45AM

Room 12

TALK TO THE COMICSPRO BOARD


Join Board Members Jenn Haines, Katie Pryde, Eitan Manhoff, Shannon Live, and Executive Director Marco Davanzo, as they discuss various industry concerns, go over programming for the year, and discuss various initiatives. This is a perfect time to let your voice be heard! Preliminary results re: the recent Distributor Survey will be revealed. Store representatives that come will receive ComicsPRO variant(s).



3:00PM - 4:00PM

Room 23ABC

SO YOU WANT TO BE A COMIC BOOK RETAILER?

If you've ever thought about owning your own comics shop, then join us! Sponsored by ComicsPRO - the trade organization for store-front comic retailers - this panel will highlight information that veteran store owners wished they knew before they started their own stores. There will be five panelists including ComicsPRO Board Members, Jenn Haines (The Dragon, Canada), Katie Pryde (Books with Pictures, Portland), Eitan Manhoff (Cape and Cowl, Oakland), Shannon Live (Bat City Comic Professionals) and ComicsPRO member Jeff Figley (The Comics Place, Bellingham) Panel will be moderated by Marco Davanzo, Executive Director of ComicsPRO.


WHAT IS COMICSPRO?

ComicsPRO is a trade association for comic book retailers. We are a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to improving the comic book specialty market.    The power and strength of ComicsPRO comes from it's members.

The goals of ComicsPRO spell CAPE:

COMMUNICATE:  (Forums, Feeds, ComicsPROgress.com, Digital Newsletters)
ADVOCATE: (Lobby Industry Partners)
PROMOTE: (Industry Days, Industry Awards)
EDUCATE:  (Annual Meeting, Online Education, Seminars at Conventions)

    WHO CAN JOIN COMICSPRO?

    If you are a retailer and own at least one physical storefront, and you are actively involved in the retail sale of comic books, your company can join ComicsPRO. Your company chooses one representative who can cast votes on its behalf and who will receive mailers and updates from the organization. The voting representative from your company can be an owner or manager.   Join here!

    ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY

    ComicsPRO is dedicated to providing harassment-free digital and physical spaces for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion   We do not tolerate harassment in any form.  We create an anti-harassment policy for every conference we run.  Here is our Portland conference Anti-harassment policy.