ICv2 @ NYCC 07 ~ Buyers Panel
If there were $360,000,000 worth of GNs sold in 2006 then there must have been a ton... no a TONNE of buyers out there. Match the names with the voices as ICv2 sits down with buyers from Diamond, Scholastic, B&N and Baker & Taylor to discuss what they are buying.

Psst... Its BOYS LOVE! Yes all of them... Well not Scholastic but the rest are.

Thursday Feb 22

ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference
***Industry Only***

16:00~16:50
Buyers Panel -- Graphic Novels, the Next Three Years

A panel of key graphic novel buyers from multiple channels will discuss what's selling and why, how the market's changing, and what kinds of products will grow the market in the next three years.

**Moderator: Milton Griepp -- President, ICv2
*Christopher Butcher -- Manager, The Beguiling
*Regina Kanicki -- Graphic Novel Buyer, Baker & Taylor
*James Killen -- Graphic Novel Buyer, Barnes and Noble
*Ed Masessa -- Category Manager, Scholastic Book Fairs
*Chris Powell -- General Manager Lone Star Comics
*Bill Schanes -- Vice President of Purchasing, Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.