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...
June Sales Distributions for Image and the Independent Publishers – Did Somebody Say “Walking...
Next up in our look at the June sales distribution charts: Image and the independent publishers.
Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond...
Marvel’s June Sales Distribution: Some Signs of Improvement
Now it’s Marvel’s turn for the June sales distribution chart.
Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as estimated by the...
DC’s June Sales Distribution: It’s a Good Thing Batman Bounced Back
The June sales estimates dropped during the show, so let’s spend part of the morning taking a look at some sales distribution charts.
Standard disclaimers:...
June Sales Report: Double digit drops from 2016
Secret Empire contued to make the top ten, but it was Zdarsky, Kubert, and Bellaire's Spider-Man that led what was a pretty blah June,...
Comics and Graphic novel sales were up 5% in 2016
...but the only area that showed growth was graphic novel sales.
TOLJA!
ALSO: Graphic novel sales beat periodical sales, $590 million to $405 million.
So please take...
DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: May 2017 – One Year Later
It was one year previous, May 2016, when the DCU Rebirth Special dropped, and the following month when Rebirth started in full. Which would make this a good time to take stock and see what sorts of effects Rebirth has had on DCU sales.
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales May 2017: Grandpas and Youngsters
Hey, this column is monthly again! This could be a great time for celebration but, helas, time are grim for Marvel sales reports. The crisis is here. Anything selling more than 40K is a supra–hit and any title managing to not fall under 20K before its 12th issue can be deemed a moderate success.
