Will 2016 be bleh, meh, or somewhere in between for comics sales?
2015 was a great year for comics, but comics sales were generally up in single digits, which is not a bad thing, but less...
Wars and Loot Crate ruled 2015 single issue comics sales
The Hollywood Reporter and Comichron put together a list of
2015's best selling single issues, based on estimated sales only of course, so salt...
Marvel Month-Month Sales November 2015: Ticking Up the Failure Counter
Our resident Marvel analyst takes a look at the publisher's November sales, discerning which All-New All-Different titles are posed to be failures and which might become breakout successes.
Is Marvel’s Relaunch Stumbling Out of the Gate?
The November sales estimate headlines are all about how the market is up, owing to Dark Knight 3, Vader Down and a metric ton of Marvel’s relaunched #1’s. You expect a certain amount of that. Stunts sell, as long as the publishers don’t over-extend the market for variant covers (and they sure seem aggressive in emphasizing those instead of the content in between the covers). What you’d miss out on if you only read the headlines is that Marvel’s #2 and #3 issues aren’t getting a ton of traction relative to those gaudy #1 sales totals.
Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 sold 440,000 copies, fueling November comics turnaround
The numbers are in! And DKIII was a hit! According to ICv2, it sold 440,234 copies; I've seen the "half a million copies" number floating around, when you add in the deluxe edition I'm sure its up to that. Throw in the $5.99 price tag and you have a nice $2.637 million at retail added to booksellers coffers. (The actual number is less but you get the idea.) Marvel was no slouch either, with 384,969 copies of the $4.99 Star Wars: Vader Down #1 sold.
Dark Knight and Sandman lead November sales, but Marvel still #1
The DC empire struck back in November, with Dark Knight III issue #1 and the collected Sandman Overture leading periodicals and graphic novels sales...
Marvel Month-Month Sales October 2015: The Emptiness of Relaunches
by Xavier Lancel
Welcome to a new analysis of the Marvel sales. Reminder: I'm French, that's why I'm talking funny. Please adress your complaints to...
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales: October 2015 – It’s Only a Paper Moon
by David Carter
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at Image Comics's sales figures.
Just a reminder that I'm not doing this...
Podcorn Podcast V4.09- All-New, All-Different Sales Chart Analysis
Tune in your ears and listen as Brandon Montclare and Alex Lu take an in depth look at October 2015's ICv2 Direct Market Comics Sales Figures.
DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: October 2015 – Crawling Up Into the Continuity Hole
When the early Diamond info came out this month the Friday before the Top 300 charts were released (as they generally do every month), there was much consternation, as Marvel dominated both the top ten and also nearly doubled DC in market share. The instant conclusion that was jumped to in many quarters was that Marvel crushed DC in October. DC must have had a horrible month, right?
Eh, not so much.
Total sales for DC were actually up over September by more than 100K. Average sales per title were down slightly, just 0.5%. Average sales for Vertigo were down because last month was a Sandman month, but the median sales per title for Vertigo were up by about 2.5K, due to the Vertigo relaunch.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10 sells 1 million copies in a week
Wether you call it a comic or not, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a global phenomenon. The latest in the series by Jeff...
Image Comics Month-to Month Sales: September 2015 – Walking With a Ghost
by Dave Carter
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at Image Comics's sales figures.
Just a reminder that I'm not doing this...
