ComicsPRO, the comics specialty retailer trade association, has announced that the registration has opened for the 2026 ComicsPRO Retailer Day taking place during San Diego Comic-Con. It’s being held on July 24th in Room 31ABC of the San Diego Convention Center. The event, open to all registered comic retailers, allows publishers and distributors to talk directly to comics retailers about upcoming products and initiatives. The event will also include a video presentation for the Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award and a panel entitled, “Creating Opportunities in a Multi-Distributor Landscape.”

Universal Distribution will be hosting the retailer lunch and the “Fresh Start” Networking Event at the beginning of the event.

Over 40+ publishers and other vendors are expected to present at the event. This includes: 2000 AD / Rebellion, Ahoy Comics, Bad Idea, Book Industry Charitable Foundation, BOOM! Studios, Bulgilhan Press, Clover Press, ComicsBurgh, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Drawn & Quarterly, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Ignition Press, Image Comics, Kodansha USA, Little Star Storage, Mad Cave Studios, Marvel, Massive Publishing, Oni Press, PI Comics, Pop King, PSA, Random House Worlds, Reedpop, Rekcah/COMICS: The Magazine, Rocketship Entertainment, Rose City Comic-Con, Square Enix, Titan Comics, TokyoPop, Upper Deck, Viz Media, Yen Press, and Z2 Comics

SCHEDULE

9:30 – 10:10 Fresh Start Networking (Coffee, muffins)
10:10 – 10:50 Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award Presentation
11:00 – 12:20 Lunar Distributed Publishers
12:20 – 12:50 Break (grab your box lunch sponsored by Universal Distribution)
12:50 – 1:50 Universal Distribution (lunch) – Upper Deck and other Vendors
1:50 – 3:10 Penguin Random House Distributed Publishers
3:10 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:10 Other Publishers and Vendors
4:10 – 5:00 Panel: Creating Opportunities in a Multi-Distributor Landscape

Comic Retailers interested in attending the event can register now.

Attending retailers will receive “thank-you” items from publishers, distributors, and other vendors sent directly to their stores in the weeks following the event.