This week’s NY Times bestseller list
This week's list contains few of the oddities that have filled previous lists...it's kind of what you'd expect -- lots of Alan Moore, Robert Kirkman, Y: THE LAST MAN, and NARUTO.
RELATED: David...
That darned New York Times bestseller list!
Now that the New York Times' online-only Graphic Books Chart has been around for a month or so, people are beginning to wonder just how the heck it works. It's almost like one of...
March comics sales down but not out
ICv2's monthly sales analysis for March went up yesterday, and it was something of a grim milestone:
For the first time since March of 2001, the month that ICv2 began tracking sales of periodical comics...
DC Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics' average periodical sales in the direct market declined further in February 2009. They dropped to just above 23,000 units, yet another new low since Diamond Comic Distributors began releasing data...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009
By Paul O'Brien
Lots going on this month. The Dark Reign books are mounting up, the War of Kings crossover has begun, and Obama is back. There are also a lot of new...
Indie Comics Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009
by Steve Horton
Welcome to a monthly column on indie comics sales, a companion to the long-running Marvel and DC columns by Paul O'Brien and Marc-Oliver Frisch, respectively....
This week’s Graphic Books chart
Graphic Books Best Seller Lists: March 14 is up for the week, and HUMBUG, JESSE MARSH, and WORMWOOD: GENTLEMAN CORPSE can now all add "NY Times bestseller" to their marketing campaigns. WATCHMEN and NARUTO...
Diamond Tops for February
Diamond has released its preliminary charts for February, and incredibly, the Spidey-Obama issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN topped the charts for the second straight month. WATCHMEN, BATMAN RIP and SCOTT PILGRIM top the book list.
TOP...
Best Seller roundups: WATCHMEN!
The WATCHMEN rampage continues with a #2 appearance on USA Today's overall list, behind only Steve Harvey. It remains #1 on Amazon, and has now topped both hardcover and paperback on the NY Times...
“Graphic books” bestseller list reax
Last week's inauguration of a "graphic books" best seller list from the august New York Times drew much response, naturally. ICv2 answered the burning, itching question of why "graphic books," when men commonly call...
DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: January 2009
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
The big news on the January sales chart is a catastrophic crash of WildStorm's average periodical sales. The monthly direct-market numbers of the DC Comics sub-label hovered around the 10K mark for...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: January 2009
By Paul O'Brien
The new year begins with a relatively quiet month on the charts. The big news, of course, is Barack Obama's unexpectedly popular appearance in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Ironically, the other significant...
