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Walking Dead Has a Big Month, Others Not So Much – January 2018 Sales Distribution Charts for Image and the Independent Publishers

03/01/2018 9:30 am by Todd Allen Leave a Comment

Walking Dead Has a Big Month, Others Not So Much – January 2018 Sales Distribution Charts for Image and the Independent Publishers

It’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts of Image and the other independent publishers for January. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct Market sales with the following caveats: 1) you […]

Filed Under: Boom Studios, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Oni, Sales Charts Tagged With: Abstract, Boom, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Oni, Sales Charts

What’s Fresh Start Supposed to Fix? Marvel’s Sales Distribution Chart for January 2018

02/28/2018 6:41 pm by Todd Allen 7 Comments

What’s Fresh Start Supposed to Fix? Marvel’s Sales Distribution Chart for January 2018

Marvel is next up for our look at the sales distribution charts for January 2018. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct Market sales with the following caveats: 1) you can add ~10% for UK […]

Filed Under: Marvel, Sales Charts Tagged With: fresh start, Marvel, Sales Charts

Some Tepid Debut Issues – DC’s Sales Distribution Chart for January 2018

02/28/2018 1:00 pm by Todd Allen 4 Comments

Some Tepid Debut Issues – DC’s Sales Distribution Chart for January 2018

It’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts and see where things fall in the market for January 2018.  As usual, we’ll start with DC. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct […]

Filed Under: DC, Sales Charts Tagged With: DC, Sales Charts

DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: December 2017 – No Tears for Batman

02/14/2018 3:00 pm by Beat Staff

DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: December 2017 – No Tears for Batman

The biggest surprise in the December Diamond-NA comics chart is not that DC has five of the top six comics (and six of the top ten), or that DC & Marvel are in a virtual tie for market share (DC edges out Marvel for dollar share, while Marvel edges out DC for unit share), or even that DC is maintaining strong sales of both Dark Nights Metal & Doomsday Clock.

Filed Under: DC, Sales Charts Tagged With: david carter, dc sales charts, december 2017 sales, Doomsday Clock, month to month sales charts

NY Times Ignores 400 Publishing Industry Pros’ Pleas to Return Graphic Novel Bestseller Chart

02/09/2018 3:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

NY Times Ignores 400 Publishing Industry Pros’ Pleas to Return Graphic Novel Bestseller Chart

About a year ago the New York Times shocked the publishing industry by dropping 11 of its bestseller charts for books. Some were for rather arcane formats – YA ebooks – others were low class formats – mass market paperbacks. But only one entire medium was ditched completely: graphic novels, hardcover and paperback and manga, were […]

Filed Under: Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: bestsellers, charlie olsen, New York Times, pamela paul, Raina Telgemeier

January sales: DC and Doomsday Clock stay on top

02/09/2018 11:15 am by Heidi MacDonald

January sales: DC and Doomsday Clock stay on top

  DC and Marvel swapped places atop the January sales charts just released by Diamond comics. Marvel Comics was January’s top publisher in dollars with a 34.30% retailer dollar share and a 36.69% unit share. But DC led in units shipped with a 38.94% unit share and a 33.80% retailer dollar share. Doomday Clock #3 was […]

Filed Under: Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: Diamond Comics, january 2016 sales

The Top 20 Graphic Novels of 2017 Prove Diversity in Comics is Alive and Well and Selling a Lot

02/05/2018 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The Top 20 Graphic Novels of 2017 Prove Diversity in Comics is Alive and Well and Selling a Lot

This year’s best selling graphic novels show a wide range of material from a strikingly diverse group of creators.

Filed Under: Graphic Novels, Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: Black Panther, diversity, ICv2, kristen mclean, march trilogy, Milton Griepp, my favorite thing is monsters, npd/bookscan

Phoenix Rises, The Rest? Not Really. Marvel’s Sales Distribution For December 2017.

01/31/2018 10:30 am by Todd Allen

Phoenix Rises, The Rest?  Not Really.  Marvel’s Sales Distribution For December 2017.

And now it’s time to look at the Marvel sales distribution charts for December 2017. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct Market sales with the following caveats: 1) you can add ~10% for UK […]

Filed Under: Marvel, Sales Charts Tagged With: Marvel, Sales Charts, Sales Distribution Chart

Bendis Can’t Get Here Fast Enough – DC’s Sales Distribution Chart for December 2017

01/31/2018 10:00 am by Todd Allen

Bendis Can’t Get Here Fast Enough – DC’s Sales Distribution Chart for December 2017

It’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts and see where things fall in the market for December 2017.  As usual, we’ll start with DC. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the very reliable John Jackson Miller. These charts are pretty accurate for U.S. Direct […]

Filed Under: DC, Sales Charts Tagged With: DC, Sales Chart, Sales Distribution Chart

Dark Horse’s Digital Wing Hits Higher Than Marvel – Comixology Vs. Print Chart for the Week of 1/24

01/29/2018 10:00 am by Todd Allen

Dark Horse’s Digital Wing Hits Higher Than Marvel – Comixology Vs. Print Chart for the Week of 1/24

Continuing our look at how the Comixology sales ranks relate to the Diamond print estimates, here’s how things looked last week. The initial methodology is to compare the current issue on the Comixology top 20 chart (issues pulled the evening of 1/28) with the last issue we have print sales estimates for, usually this is from […]

Filed Under: Dark Horse, DC, Digital Comics, Image, Marvel, Sales Charts Tagged With: comixology, Dark Horse, DC, Image, Marvel, Sales Charts

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