CREATPR PARTICIPATION - 2023 COMIC INDUSTRY MEETING

The 2023 Comic Industry Meeting will be held in Pittsburgh, PA on February 23-25, 2023.

We will also have an online component - through the web software WHOVA - for those that can't attend the meeting.

For the most up-to-date schedule, please visit this page: 2023 Pittsburgh Schedule

HOW CAN CREATORS PARTICIPATE?

There are various ways that creators can participate at the Comic Industry Meeting.

Publisher Sponsored: Publishers sometimes bring creators that they want to highlight during their programming.  

Roundtable Sponsorship: 
Exhibitors talk to retailers in a controlled "speed-dating" process. Exhibitors sit at a round table. Every 10 minutes a new batch of 3-5 retailers come to the table to talk. Through this process, the exhibitor is able to talk to  practically ALL the retailers who attend the in-person meeting.    Roundtables are held on Friday and Saturday and cost $1200. . Roundtable sponsors also get a FREE virtual exhibit booth.

Sharing a Roundtable:   ComicsPRO sponsors a Creator Roundtable where creators who don't want a roundtable of their own, can sit with 2 or 3 other creators and chat with retailers.  There is no cost for this option.  However, since this is a shared experience, creators only participate in 1 or 2 of the 4 roundtable sessions, and only usually speak for 1 or 2 minutes instead of the 10 minute session.

Showcase Sponsor:   Exhibitors who attend the meeting in person and display on a six foot table in our Exhibit Hall. The Exhibit Hall will be open for 1.5 hours on Thursday and 1 hour on Friday. Showcase sponsors can also have a FREE virtual exhibit booth. Showcase Sponsors attend the conference 1 day earlier than the Roundtable Sponsors. Cost is $650.

Sharing a Showcase sponsorship:  Exhibitors display on 1/2 a table in the exhibit Hall.  This works out to 3ft of table space.   Showcase sponsors can also have a FREE virtual exhibit booth. Cost is $350.

There are also numerous ways for creators to participate informally at the meeting.  (going to presentations, going to the receptions, pre- and post- conference activities, etc).

If you are interested in participating, please email marco@comicspro.org to let us know how you would like to participate.

VIRTUAL EXHIBIT BOOTH

Each Sponsor can set up a Virtual Exhibit Booth. We encourage every sponsor to create one for several reasons.

• Some retailers won't be able to come to the meeting, and they would really like to have some information about your company.
• The virtual exhibit hall will be open 1 week before the meeting and retailers who are planning to attend will be able to find out some information about you.
• It's a good place to post pdfs of comics, order sheets, vendor information, your contact information, that retailers can get easily.
• It's easy to set up! If you have digital assets. it will take 15 to 20 minutes to create.
• The virtual booth will allow you to get more eyeballs on your company. The virtual exhibit hall will be up for 3 months after the meeting. You can choose to leave it up there for others to find.

Set up the exhibit booth once and leave it alone! Or keep changing the booth for retailers to come and see new things!

A - Alphabetical List of Exhibitors

B - Prerecorded Video that Exhibitor provides. Please keep these videos around 3 to 5 minutes. You can attach them to our video hosting platform or use Vimeo or Youtube to host.

C - Retailers can sign up for more info.

D Coupons, Special offers. We recommend that every vendor offer a special convention-only offer. We will be letting our retailers know that they have to come to your booth to find out about the special offer.

E - PDFs and Photos. If you would like retailers to read an upcoming comic .... .or would like to attach a catalog for them to download, here is the place to post that.

F- Chat Function . Text chats can be turned into video chats. Also you can link to a zoom discussion.