Ok you made The Anchor sound pretty good. I wasn’t overly impressed by the first issue as it just seemed like another Hellboy knock-off but I’m looking at online previews of the other issues now.

I like some of the ALL AGES books out there right now. The only problem I ever have with them is that one issue will be great and the next one will be kind of stupid. No consistency. But I put a couple on my pull list because otherwise my comicshop might not order them.

I’m not sure about the reasons for this increase. This issue featured the origin of the Frenchman.”

Maybe readers were clamoring for the most egregiously ethnocentric British diatribe against all things French ever to be found in a funny book? It was a way off-concept for this title, but hilariously so.

FWIW….you said:

“I don’t currently do the Boom Disney titles (and the Archie titles, and Shonen Jump, and the Bongo titles) because they are distributed outside of the direct market, so knowing what they sell in the direct market is less useful than this chart already is. I will, however, look into this stuff.”

Color me confused! The above just plain doesn’t make much sense to me, as the DM and the newsstand are just simply different beasts. Why leave out our kids books just because they also sell through other channels? I don’t see you leaving out Marvel’s and DC’s book because they are on the newsstand and you don’t have newsstand numbers.

This is especially odd when you can look through Previews in the last couple of months and see a whole ton of kids books coming from independent publishers that may or may not have mass market distro… I’m pretty darn proud of helping spearhead a whole new marketplace for these books in the DM and welcome all the other indy publishers that are helping build a whole mess of kids comics in the DM, the likes that haven’t been seen in a generation.

And… since I am here…. to all you people that care about these numbers, I’d highly recommend John Jackson Miller’s site here:

http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2009/2009-12.html

This is a site I find indispensable in its ease of use. What’s also great is you can easily glean info like this:

Items in Top 300

Marvel – 111
DC – 85
Boom – 19
Image – 18
IDW – 17
Dynamic -12

Of those 19 books of ours in the Top 300, 10 our from our BOOM Kids! line.

And… this one’s for Jesse Blaze Snider… The TOY STORY comic he wrote ranked #268. Go Jesse!

Best,

Chip
Marketing Director
BOOM! Studios

I am amazed at Archies increased sales – and that it has been able to stay so high!

Glad that Incorruptible has started off so well. But I’m pissed the first trade is going to be dearer than the single issues ($17). Especially when the Irredeemable first trade was only $10!

Is Wolf-man (by Kirkman) as good as Walking Dead and Invincible? Because I love them series.

John: I know that, I do. I don’t know why I spelt it that way. It’s fixed now.

I don’t currently do the Boom Disney titles (and the Archie titles, and Shonen Jump, and the Bongo titles) because they are distributed outside of the direct market, so knowing what they sell in the direct market is less useful than this chart already is. I will, however, look into this stuff.

“…the Disney titles are never-before-seen stories…”

Just to make it clear, they are never-before-seen in the United States. A minor point, of course.

Mr. Murray, would you please list all independent (non-DC/Marvel) titles which chart. Analysis is only needed for the Top 200, but the list should be as comprehensive as the DC and Marvel sales charts, for comparison. Many of us do not read the ICV2 listings, and to omit titles marginalizes publishers, titles, and creators which already are marginalized by fans and stores.

That said, thank you for your hard work. I do appreciate it.

Yes, The Muppet Show is awesome, the Disney titles are never-before-seen stories which have been successful enough to be spun off onto onging series, and the trades are nicely priced. Fortunately, Boom! has an agressive newsstand and library strategy, so the kids are probably finding the good stuff.

Geez… even the Simpsons Comics don’t chart… even with amazing talent… but the trade sales are strong enough to keep the comics coming.

The only comics professional whose name is misspelled more often is Tom Brevoort. :-)