Report: Graphic novel sales down 4.7% and more from ComicsPRO
Last Week ComicsPRO held an online open house that presented updates on Bookscan numbers, the COMET Standard, Local Comic Shop Day and much more
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #8 Blind Bag sells 362,000 copies
The latest Mark Spears MONSTERS Blind Bag variant to go on sale has sold 362,000 copies to retailers – with more than 1.3 million copies of MONSTERS in print
Report: Comic sales are up 18% in comics shops
According to data gathered from the POS system Manage Comics, comics shops sales are up 18% over 2024
Batman #1 sells 500,000 copies, goes to second printing
DC Comics says Batman #1 has sold half a million copies, and a second printing is on its way, with Batman Day hitting on September 20th
Blind bagged Mark Spears Monsters #1 sells 350,000 copies
The blind bagged edition of MARK SPEARS MONSTERS: THE MONSTER & THE WOLF #1 has over 350,000 copies preordered, says publisher Keenspot
Billboard Japan to launch new book chart
Billboard Japan will launch its first comprehensive book chart this fall, tracking print, digital, subscriptions, and library data.
Report: Comics sales were up in 2024, periodicals hit 15 year high
Comics sales were up 4%, at $1.9 billion, ICv2 reports, including both periodicals and graphic novels, in multiple channels.
Bookscan 2025: End of the Trail
Due to internal changes at Circana BookScan, we will no longer be able to do our annual analysis of comics sales
Batman H2SH gets 400,000 in orders for the first issue
DC announced that Batman #158 featuring the first chapter of the Jeph Loeb/Jim Lee H2SH has already sold more than 400,000 copies
We Stand on Guard is selling briskly in Canada
With people catching up on their dystopian fiction classics, We Stand on Guard by Brian K. Vaughan and Steve Skroce has gained in popularity
Sales Chart: Graphic Novel sales fell in 2024
Dav Pilkey had the third biggest book of the year, but adult graphic novel sales fell 11.8% in 2024, even as overall print sales held their own
Sales Charts: Graphic Novels are at the top of them
Dog Man, Wing of Fire, The Babysitters Club and Warriors continue to sell lots and lots of books, and a graphic novel was the best selling book in the US in the first week of January.
