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Dark Horse's Scott Allie and DC's Dan DiDio in the ComicsPRO bar last night… is it me or do they loo ka little like upside down images of each other? And this is what they were drinking in the bar… And these are the hotel key cards exchanged in the bar…..but remember, what happens in ComicsPRO, stays in[...]

ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer activist organisation, is meeting in Portland today. Home to a number of comic book publishers and creators, including Dark Horse Comics. Which is why they have a very big presentation this morning to the assembled retailers who make it to Portland. You will have read Scott Allie talking to Bleeding Cool EIC Hannah[...]

It's such an immense thrill and a professional honor to have the chance to contribute to Will Eisner's legacy on the milestone 75th anniversary of his most influential and iconic character." Matt Wagner is the creator of Grendel and Mage, and no stranger to pulp noir, courtesy of his work on such as The Shadow: Year One,[...]

Last week, Oni Press announced this: Stay tuned for more – 2/20/15 pic.twitter.com/7keel6CWUE — Oni Press (@OniPress) February 14, 2015 The tweet was then retweeted by Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez. Could we get a Zim comic from Oni Press? Maybe for June? There's no sign in their May 2015 solicitations below… but I get the feeling retailers attenfing the[...]

Dynamite Entertainment are bringing a few exclusive covers to ComicsPro along with creators Gail SImone and Matt Wagner Both Simone and Wagner are said to have news of new projects coming up with the publisher… so I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this soon Simone has been working on a very long run with[...]

Things are gearing up for ComicsPRO next week, the conference of particular importance to retailers and to discussing the upcoming year in comics among publishers We'll hope to squeeze some of the news out of those gatherings here on Bleeding Cool But ahead of that event, Dark Horse Comics have kindly granted us a glimpse[...]

Expect the likes of Dan DiDio, Jim Lee, comic creators and a bunch of free exclusive stuff that you could flip on eBay and pay for your air fare. And if you are going… do let Bleeding Cool know all about it! BURBANK Friday, February 6 4:00-7:00 p.m. Location to be announced (but I'm betting the new DC offices) ORLANDO Friday, February[...]

ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer trade organisation are having their annual drink up meeting in Portland, Oregon, next year from February 19th to the 21st, Handy for Dark Horse and Oni, and for the sizeable comic book creative community in the city. Held at the Portland Hilton and Executive Tower, bricks'n'mortar retailers will arrive for a weekend of free[...]

Last night, comic retailer trade organisation ComicsPRO posted on their Facebook page: ComicsPRO, the Comic Book Industry retail trade organization, is currently investigating the possible misuse or misappropriation of corporate funds by a former Board member Thomas Gaul, the organization President, was recently made aware of the potential abuse He moved to quickly inform the Board of[...]

Dennis Barger Jr, owened of the retailer Wonderworld (about to open a second store), writes on Facebook, My frustration with much of what is going on in

Bleeding Cool ran the speech as it was being read at the ComicsPRO retailer event at Altanta, Georgia A message from Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson on the state of the comic book industry He was forthright. And straight away the tweeting began. Maybe people should focus on their comics rather than slagging off superheroes, Star Wars,[...]

This is the address that Eric Stephenson, Publisher of Image Comics, just gave to ComicsPRO in Atlanta, Georgia, I hope you don't mind if I deviate from standard practice, but instead of talking about Image Comics this morning, I'd like to talk about you. This is my fourth year at ComicsPRO, and one of the reasons I[...]

Along with the news of 3D Covers for a Five Years Later event in September 2014  also announced at ComicsPRO was the cancellation of All Star Western. The Jonah Hex series by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray was unique in the English speaking comics industry as an ongoing western comic book, although it also managed to[...]

And hideously underprinted as China ran out of enough plastic to make them (apparently) leaving retailers heavily allocated and everyone scrabbling to get a 3D cover for Joker's Daughter. Some people got burned. But now… they're back! Announced at DC Day at ComicsPRO Retailer Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, DC Comics will be bringing them back for the[...]

Writing them at least, to many comic convention goers, she will be rather familiar. Spilling out of gossip at ComicsPRO, currently running its DC Comics Day, Bleeding Cool has learnt that the individual in question is one Meredith Finch, David's wife And agent, and manager and now… writer of Wonder Woman. Married creative  teams are not that[...]

Del Rey… He's a busy boy, with Night of the Living Deadpool and Magneto for Marvel, The Remains for MonkeyBrain and Sinestro for DC Comics. Expect to find out more at the ComicsPRO retailer event tomorrow All sorts of things.   Last year, Boom! brought in the likes of Brian Stelfreeze, Si Spurrier, George Pérez, Paul Jenkins and[...]

The ComicsPRO retailer meeting is well underway at Atlanta, Georgia One of the many incentives for retailers to attend is the goodie bag of exclusive items given to each attendee With which, due to their exclusive nature, they can flip on eBay, sell in store or reward a valued customer with. And this year we have[...]

The Comics PRO Retailer event began last night in Atlanta... and it started well with Rai shot glasses courtesy from Valiant Entertainment. The rest of

In an article in which Brian Hibbs directly addressed issues with DC's Villains Month, he also wrote in the comments, regarding his membership of comics retailer advocacy group, ComicsPRO Over the fact that he doesn't entirely see it as a comics retailer advocacy group anymore He writes; I've, uh, decided to stop my membership with ComicsPRO[...]

Though reasons are not given she says; As a company, ComicsPRO is stable, established, and financially sound For many years I've been very careful with our budgets, and we're set to enter the next phase of the organization with a firm footing, which will allow the association to run successfully for many years I am confident[...]

Tonight, the CBLDF are holding an auction of comic book artwork at the ComicsPRO event, including the Francesco Francavilla piece above. Bill Schanes who is stepping down from his VP position at Diamond Comic Distributors has also donated considerable works from Frank Frazetta, William Stout, John Pound, Jeffrey Catherine Jones and more. The auction kicks off at[...]

As well as the ComiXology version of Invincible #100, handed out to retailer attendees at the current ComicsPRO retailer summit, were these very rare variant covers of Deathmatch, Sixth Gun, Black Beetle, Justice League Of America, Nowhere Men, Dejah Thoris, Shadow Year One, Red Ten, Rocketeer, Vampirella Strikes and Nova Copies of the Nova edition[...]

Every year, members of the retailers advocate association ComicsPRO look to recognise a current member of the comics industry for exceptional praise, as well as reward the memory of member who has passed away. This year's nominees are; Scott Dunbier, Senior Editor Special Operations for IDW, and inventor of the Artists Edition format. Cindy Fournier, VP Operations for Diamond[...]

Welcome to the second installment of Dealing Cool, our new regular feature which shares retailer perspectives from among the racks and at the register. 

This past weekend, I attended the ComicsPro2012  Annual Meeting As mentioned elsewhere on Bleeding Cool this past week, ComicsPro is an organization that ties together a few hundred retailers from across the USA and Canada, giving each retailer more of a unified voice in the industry and a platform to exchange ideas. The weekend was very[...]

At the ComicsPRO retailer and publisher event taking place right now in Dallas, Dark Horse Comics President and Publisher Mike Richardson is giving the keynote speech for the event Bleeding Cool is proud to reproduce it below; Hello I want to thank the people at ComicsPRO for inviting me this year I also want to thank[...]

Retailers at the ComicsPRO meet in Dallas this weekend are getting all sorts of cool swag And some of them, specifically the ComicsPro variant edition of Artifacts #13 and Witchblade #151 are already on eBay Which is fast But the Bloodshot glasses from Valiant are not yet They're probably still filled by peach schnappes in[...]

At the ComicsPRO event in Dallas today, where comic book retailers meet publishers and each other for networking purposes, Diamond Comic Distributor has announced they are launching their Digital Comics Reader with iVerse. The team up was announced some while ago, but news on Diamond's digital programme had been a little light of late. The App will[...]

Retailers who attended the Dallas meeting of retail group ComicsPRO got a little swag A variant cover for The Walking Dead #81 Isn't that nice? Might give it to a grateful customer, might make it a prize in a store competition… …or might just put it on eBay. $71 at time of posting with 5 days to[...]

At Comics Pro in Sallas, this weekend, Ted Adams, CEO and Publisher of IDW Publishing, was the Keynote Speaker. The Keynote Address of the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting focused on how the ideas of one individual could make major changes to the direct market.  Ted Adams reflected on past ideas that changed the face[...]