More About Comic Book Sales Charts
Other industry pros weigh in on the need for sales numbers, for various reasons, and we look to the future.
What ever happened to the sales charts?
Comics sales charts are almost non existent right now - but there is hope on the horizon.
Comics dominated France’s Top 50 bestselling books of 2022 list
A report of 2022's top 50 books sold in France had a major comics presence
Report: Comics and Graphic Novel Sales Grew Over 60% in 2021
Comics had one of their biggest years ever in 2021, with more than $2 billion in sales
JLA/AVENGERS and SOMETHING IS KILLING… top Diamond’s March orders
March's comics orders through Diamond - now minus Marvel, DC and IDW - were topped by Boom and Hero Initiative
Tilting at Windmills #289: Looking at NPD BookScan: 2021 – and it’s a doozy
In 2021 comics thoroughly exploded in a way that almost defies rationality – with more comics material was sold in 2021 than 2018 and 2019 combined
Image and BOOM top Diamond’s January sales charts
The Saga saga continued with many books in the top 10, as we enter the Image/Boom/Viz era of Diamond sales charts.
Report: Periodical comics sales were up 49% in 2021
Total year sales charts for 2021 are coming out all over, and the consensus is: it was a great year, in bookstore, in comics shops, for graphic novels, for comic books. Online. Out of line. Everywhere.
Diamond: King Spawn and Department of Truth topped 2021 comics sales
It was a big year for Spawn and a huge year for James Tynion IV, according to 2021 sales charts just released by Diamond Comics. Image Comics’ King Spawn #1, from Todd McFarlane, Sean Lewis, and Javier Fernandez, was the best-selling comic book of 2021.
Report: Graphic novel sales were up 65% in 2021
Graphic novels had their best year for sales ever, in 2021, with sales up overall 65% led by spectacular growth in the manga category.
Lore Olympus hits #1 on the bestseller lists
The Del Rey edition of Lore Olympus has hit #1 on both the NYT and PBD Bookscan sales charts
Star Wars and Stray Dogs lead Diamond’s September Sales
It's the last month for Diamond as Marvel's main distributor, so how did they do?
