Action Figure Insider » NEW YORK COMIC CON EXTENDS PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMING OFFERINGS FOR 2025 WITH FULL DAY OF WEDNESDAY CONTENT
NEW YORK COMIC CON EXTENDS PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMING OFFERINGS FOR 2025 WITH FULL DAY OF WEDNESDAY CONTENT
Offerings for Industry Professionals to Include Panels, Interactive Programming, Free Giveaways, Private Signings, and More
NORWALK, CT – MAY 21, 2025– ReedPop, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events, today announced the return of professional programming for New York Comic Con’s 2025 show. Building off the success of last year’s offerings, ReedPop will be expanding programming all day on Wednesday, October 8, just ahead of opening day for the convention. NYCC returns to the Javits Center in New York City on October 9-12, 2025.
On Wednesday, October 8, comic book retailers, industry professionals, and sponsors of NYCC will be able to participate in a closed event full of panels, free swag, and private signings in the Javits Center’s River Pavilion before NYCC fully opens on Thursday, October 9. This year’s programming will include talks featuring ComicsPro, Jim Lee, presentations from various publishers and the day will culminate with a cocktail reception hosted by Lunar Distribution. Confirmed 2025 partners and presenters include Battle Quest, BINC Foundation, BOOM!, IDW Publishing, Oni Press, Tiny Onion, Topps, Popverse and A Wave Blue World with more to be announced.
Highlights from last year’s professional programming included exclusive comics for retailers, such as Spawn #357 NYCC Retailer Exclusive retailer is King Variant, private signings with creators like James Tynion IV and Todd McFarlane, and plenty of free swag giveaways. Participants were also invited to check out a full lineup of comic book-centric programming, as well as an Industry Mixer for all Professionals, Artist Alley, Publisher, and Retailer Comics Pro badge holders.
“We received resounding positive feedback from last year’s professional programming and are thrilled to expand as a part of our 2025 lineup,” said Kristina Rogers, VP of ReedPop, Star Wars Celebration and US Comics Portfolio. “Our professional partners are essential to the success of New York Comic Con, and we are looking forward to bringing even more engaging content to this part of our community.”
Industry professionals looking to attend this closed event on Wednesday, October 8 can apply for a Professional Badge on New York Comic Con’s official site. For partnerships and sponsor opportunities please reach out to Alex Rae at Alex.Rae@ReedPop.com.
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About ReedPop
ReedPop is a boutique group within RX – one of the world’s leading event organizers. Launched in 2006, the group has become the number one producer of pop culture events globally and a full-service digital content provider and media company. Delivering once-in-a-lifetime fan experiences curated specifically for localized audiences, ReedPop currently features events in North America, Europe and Asia, including New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), PAX West, East, and Unplugged, Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC), Star Wars Celebration, MCM Comic Con, Eurogamer Expo (EGX), MagicCon, and more. In addition to organizing and managing events, ReedPop owns and operates the pop culture news site, Popverse, which is the exclusive home for livestreams from all of ReedPop’s major comic cons. The staff at ReedPop are a fan-based group of professionals uniquely qualified to build and serve the communities with whom they share a common passion. (www.reedpop.com)
Daniel Pickett
AFi founder and Editor-In-Chief Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett has been around toys his whole life. The first line he ever collected was Mego’s World’s Greatest Super Heroes line back in the 70s. He has been surrounded by collectables ever since.
In 1999 he was confounded by a lack of information and news about some of his favorite toy lines he was collecting. Since he couldn’t find the information he decided to pursue it himself thinking other people might also be interested in the same news. He started writing a weekly column on the toy industry and action figure for a toy news site and in a years time he tripled the sites daily traffic with his updates, reviews and product features.
He built relationships with every major toy manufacturer and many sculptors, painters and mold makers. He grew his hobby into a world wide expertise that the industry has embraced.
In 2004 he teamed up with his toy buddy Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and they created their own website www.ActionFigureInsider.com.
Daniel has been quoted in both industry and mass media press outlets. Over the years Daniel and AFi have been sought out as experts in the field. Daniel was regularly featured on “Attack of the Show” on the G4 network as the primary contributor to their “Mint On Card” segment, and our front page has been linked to from USA Today’s
“Pop Candy” Blog twice. Daniel’s content has also been featured on Bloomberg News, MSNBC.com, Time.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, CNN.com, AssociatedPress.com
Wired.com, Fark.com, Boing-Boing, Gizmodo.com, Ain’t It Cool News, the Official
Star Wars blog, Geekologie, G4, CNet and Toy Fare magazine, among many
others. He has consulted on toy lines, books, documentaries and TV shows.
But all of that really just sounds snooty and “tootin’ his own horn” – the long and short of it is that Daniel loves toys and he LOVES talking about them.
