{"id":280111,"date":"2026-04-22T11:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280111\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:16:12","slug":"comicspro-expands-san-diego-comic-con-retailer-programmming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280111\/","title":{"rendered":"ComicsPRO Expands San Diego Comic-Con Retailer Programmming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/icv2.com\/image\/62195\/2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/650x650_e979f32ae707e0291d49c84549095bc33dfd6a7a9ef15510c8dffccf.jpg\"\/><\/a>ComicsPRO is expanding its role in organizing San Diego Comic-Con programming for retailers, with plans for Retailer Day on Friday, July 24. \u00a0The organization hopes to be able to provide a continental breakfast and boxed lunch to attendees.\u00a0 It is currently seeking sponsors and presenters for the event. \u00a0The space will be 31ABC, a large room on the second floor of the convention center.<\/p>\n<p>Retailer programming at the show has been in a state of flux since 2020.\u00a0 Prior to that time, Diamond Comic Distributors hosted a retailer lunch with presentations by its suppliers, and ComicsPRO hosted a breakfast get-together in a cramped room with limited programming.\u00a0 When distribution fragmented during the Covid pandemic, it was no longer a simple matter for a single company to host retailer programming by publishers and distributors.\u00a0 The decision by ComicsPRO to expand its role provides a path to an event where all distributors and publishers can engage with retailers at the show.<\/p>\n<p>ComicsPRO is expanding its role more generally to fill the gap left by the collapse of Diamond and the end of its role as a central hub for the comics industry (see &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/icv2.com\/articles\/news\/view\/61867\/icv2-interview-comicspro-president-board-joe-murray\">ICv2 Interview: ComicsPRO President Joe Murray<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ComicsPRO is expanding its role in organizing San Diego Comic-Con programming for retailers, with plans for Retailer Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[120613,74,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-280111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-comicspro-expands-san-diego-comic-con-retailer-programmming","9":"tag-san-diego","10":"tag-san-diego-headlines","11":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}