Tilting at Windmills #262: Why Marvel’s Lenticular Numbers Don’t Add Up For My Stores
By Brian Hibbs
As I write this, it’s the deadline to order the October “Legacy” re-positioning from Marvel, with the lenticular covers. Marvel has been...
Around the sales charts: Death Note gets a bump
Every so often I take a little snapshot of what's selling ion Amazon, iBooks and elsewhere. It's only a moment in time for most...
July Sales Distribution: DC vs. Marvel vs. Image – The Big Picture Keeps Converging
And finally, the comparison chart of DC, Marvel and Image. So we can see where the biggest sales sit on the Direct Market Landscape.
Standard...
Image / Independent Publisher Sales Distribution Chart for July 2017 – Lady Mechanika Returns
It’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts of Image and the other independent publishers for July.
Standard disclaimers: The numbers are...
Marvel July Sales Distribution Charts – Has Marvel Found Their Lower Level?
Now it’s time for a look at Marvel’s sales distribution charts for July.
Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as...
DC’s July Sales Distribution Chart – DCU Steady, Vertigo AWOL
The July sales estimates are out, so it’s time to take a look at the sales distribution charts and see where things fall in...
Diamond: no sign of a sales rebound in July numbers
Diamond July figures are out and they are still sluggish. Marvel is ahead of DC by the usual margins again, but sales are down...
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales: May 2017 – Who’s Got the Heart of a...
May was a five-Wednesday month, wherein publishers typically shop more titles than they do in a normal month, and Image was no exception: they shipped 60 comics in May, compared to 52 comics in April, 59 in March (also a five-Weds month), 49 in February, 45 in January, 47 in December, 48 in November, 55 in October and 52 in September. They shipped only 41 comics in May 2016.
Jim Lee: between 15 and 40% of DC readers are women
ICv2 has its annual sit down with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio and Kremlinologists will want to pour over every paragraph. In...
DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: June 2017 – Forging Ahead
by David Carter
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures.
June 2017 is the one-year anniversary of DC Rebirth...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales June 2017: Meet Me Just Under The Guillotine
Between the angry fanboys, complaining about those women and minority characters usurpating “their” heroes names, and people fed up with Marvel repetitive use of commercial trends promising once again the creation of a black hole, it seems that nobody is pleased anymore by what Marvel is currently offering.
What Kind of Creators Really Sell At Image? Let’s Do the Math.
I’ve recently had a few conversations about what kind of comics sell at Image and more specifically WHO sells at Image. I think we’ve...
