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The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation announced they will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the ComicsPRO Industry Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on the 23rd through to the 25th of February The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals. "We really appreciate Binc[...]

At last weekend's ComicsPRO retailer event, Valiant Entertainment looked at their upcoming plans, most of which have been reported previously or since But not all, a few slipped through the net. Valiant Classics For 2023 250 Pages For $25.99 So we knew that Valiant was to publish the original run of X-O Manowar, the Valiant title that[...]

In the Scout Comics ComicsPRO Retailer Summit video, representatives of Scout Comics talked about their large publishing line, their array of imprints (even grabbing Kevin Eastman in to talk about Drawing Blood) as well as teasing much to come from creators such as Pat Shand and Zack Kaplan.  Including the news from co-Publisher Charlie Stickney, that Scout[...]

Variant covers will be by Kevin Eastman and a constellation of comic book stars. Kevin Eastman Brings Drawing Blood & Ronin Ragdolls To Scout Comics And at the retailer summit ComicsPRO, they announced that the series will be published for comic book stores in a twelve-issue series from Scout Comics Looking a little like this… Kevin Eastman Brings[...]

Pat Shand and Rio Burton's new comic book for Scout Comics,  Azza The Barbed was mentioned in passing at the publisher's presentation to the ComicsPRO Retailer Summit held this weekend But what is it? Who is it? Who else is on it? Pat Shand & Rio Burton's Azza The Barbed From Scout Comics Well, a quick Twitter[...]

At the ComicsPRO Retailer Summit that ran over the weekend, AfterShock, Steve Rotterdam ran the rather aggressive boxing ring-themed video presentation, but Marc Hammond as Senior Retail Sales Development Manager looked through recent and upcoming releases First he teased a bunch of new comic book creators lined up for June 2022. That would be Paul Tobin and Alfredo[...]

But at the weekend's comic book retailer conference ComicsPRO, Matt Parkinson, VP of Marketing at Dark Horse Comics told retailers that "this summer Star Wars returns to Dark Horse in an all-new all-ages line of comics and graphic novels." So summer 2022, it is. Here's what ran last year Where it says Spring, just replace with[...]

Jenn Haines, President of the Board of ComicsPRO, and owner of The Dragon comics shop chain in Ontario, and listed on the new Bleeding Cool Power List still held up by editorial, gave the Keynote Speech to the recent online ComicsPRO 2022 retailer summit Bleeding Cool is happy to publish her text, in full; We Have[...]

At last week's ComicsPRO Summit, Dynamite Entertainment announced a new Army Of Darkness comic book event to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the film – alongside the 30th anniversary of Chaos Comics and next year's 50th anniversary of Red Sonja. Dynamite To Publish Army Of Darkness Event Comic For 30th Anniversary Army of Darkness was a[...]

At last week's ComicsPRO Summit, Dynamite Entertainment announced a new Savage. something But Savage what? Well, this is the classic Marvel Comics logo to their Savage Tales comic book for a start. Two Savage Tales were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics, and the other a colour comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment[...]

Can Nia, Cameron, and Juaquo (Cameron's best friend) save us from our own collective ruin? At last week's ComicsPRO Summit, Dynamite Entertainment announced a new comic book project, Stan Lee's Alliances, with the first series Stan Lee's Alliances: Orphans written by the late Stan Lee as well as Luke Lieberman and Ryan Silbert, and to be[...]

Filip Sablik, President, Publishing & Marketing at Boom Studios made his address to comic book retailers at yesterday's ComicsPRO Presentation available to all, in video and in text This included announcements that Boom Studios are increasing staff numbers by a third, and that their direct market share has tripled That Something Is Killing The Children[...]

Announced at ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, which is taking place virtually around the world for a second year in a row, comes a new series starring Justice Leaguers Aquaman and the Flash, both of whom have a movie out Hence why this series exists By Collin Kelley & Jackson Lanzing, Vasco Georgiev and Rain Beredo, it's a[...]

Announced at ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, which is taking place virtually around the world for a second year in a row Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series from IDW is reintroducing a controversial character not seen in 24 years, and announced to retailers at ComicsPRO Venus, Turtles screencap First introduced as a live-action character in the 1990s, Venus[...]

At ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, which is taking place virtually around the world for a second year in a row, Marvel teased a new Ant-Man anniversary series, and have now revealed the details and creators, Al Ewing and Tom Reilly, a four-issue series launching in June for the character's 60th anniversary, looking at the past, present[...]

Z2 Comics Announces Pantera Graphic Novel, Vulgar Display of Power Z2 Comics is also using ComicsPRO's Annual Conference to announce, or more accurately tease, new creators working on new projects at the publisher And that means their latest music-based licensed graphic anthology, Vulgar Display of Power, for thirty years of the heavy metal band Pantera[...]

Charlie Adlard time! As they've done in past years, Boom Studios has used ComicsPRO's Annual Conference to announce, or more accurately tease, new creators working on new projects at the publisher This year, the announcements came in the form of a sizzle reel that President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik, shared with retailers moments[...]

As they've done in past years, Boom Studios has used ComicsPRO's Annual Conference to announce, or more accurately tease, new creators working on new projects at the publisher This year, the announcements came in the form of a sizzle reel that President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik, shared with retailers moments ago A pair[...]

Moments ago, Boom Studios' President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik revealed at ComicsPRO's Annual Conference that their breakout hit Something Is Killing The Children has sold over two million copies in just two years. The phenomenon created by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera certainly got a big boost from having the top-selling comic book[...]

Marvel To Launch Ant-Man's Days Of Past, Present And Future Today is ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, being held online between publishers and retailers, and plenty of publishers will take advantage of the opportunity to announce new projects Marvel Comics just announced a new Miles Morales & Moon Girl series, and now they are teasing something for Ant[...]

At ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, which is taking place virtually around the world for a second year in a row, Boom Studios' President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik, is just about done delivering his presentation to retailers Boom is anchoring the first morning of publisher presentations, but unlike in-person events, all of the presentations are[...]

ComicsPRO, the comics speciality retailer trade association, has announced that free retailer registration is now open for this year's ComicsPRO Online Comic Industry Conference (COCIC) happening on the 24th and 25th of February 24 and 25, 2022, this conference features a series of publisher presentations and networking opportunities to help retailers improve their businesses With[...]

AWA Studios, the new publisher punching above its weight with solid and unique titles under the editorship of Axel Alonso, released a new video at this year's virtual ComicsPro The video featured all the current writers thanking retailers for their support and offered previews of their new and upcoming books. https://youtu.be/aWzN-QpSoKcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer activist group held its annual meeting online over the last couple of days, and DC Comics just sent out a press release saying what they said Whether they did or not.  Stating that DC Vice President of Sales and Revenue Nancy Spears teased several upcoming comic book projects as part of[...]

Bleeding Cool has managed to get a leak of the video of Bad Idea Comics presentation to comic book retailers at the ComicsPRO event held online today And it is as bizarre as you might have expected, a "How to make $8.7 million" inspirational video by Bagsley Boardson outlining the Bad Idea rules, encouraging retailers[...]

It's Scorched time! Today, at the comic book store owner online summit, ComicsPRO, Todd McFarlane announced Spawn's Universe – a one-shot coming in June with Jim Cheung that will spin our three new ongoing series, King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn and The Scorched, a new title every two months, through 2021 We talked about his general[...]

Near the end of their ComicsPRO presentation, in addition to touting the company's success in 2020, Boom Studios' Filip Sablik and Morgan Perry shared with retailers two new projects coming to stores in May and July respectively. This is a bit reminiscent of last year's conference where they announced Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo's Seven[...]

During their presentation at ComicsPRO, after taking a bit of a victory lap with retailers, Boom Studios' Morgan Perry just dropped a big tease for their upcoming Magic: The Gathering series launching in April. As announced earlier, Boom Studios recently picked up the license and announced a new ongoing series, entitled simply Magic by Black Cat[...]

At ComicsPRO's Annual Conference, which is taking place virtually around the world this year, Boom Studios' Filip Sablik and Morgan Perry are just about done delivering their presentation to retailers Boom is anchoring the first morning of publisher presentations, so it'll be interesting to see what other major publishers say later in the conference. A Message[...]

Today, at ComicsPRO, Todd McFarlane announced Spawn's Universe – a one-shot coming in June with Jim Cheung that will spin our three new ongoing series, King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn and The Scorched, a new title every two months, through 2021 We talked about his general plans for Spawn's Universe earlier But what about the second[...]