NY Times adds online Graphic Novel Bestseller list
For over a year, there's been some consternation among comics publishing types that the prestigious New York Times bestseller list did not include graphic novels any more. There had been rumblings that a separate...
BookScan redux
Okay, just a few after dinner cordials as we close the books on the annual Imbolc rituals:
§ Peerless Peggy Burns of D&Q has the last word on the indie sales matter, by...
BookScan Debate Goes to Hell: The Final Monday
As the swallows return to Capistrano, as the bats return to Colossal Caves, as the wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti, and the alewives return to Lake Damariscotta, so we celebrate the season with the...
Hibbs on BookScan 2008
It's the mother of all sales charts! Today's must reading -- and I do mean MUST -- is retailer Brian Hibbs's annual analysis of the year-end BookScan numbers for graphic novels sold...
January sales: down
ICv2's January number have been posted, and although they aren't horrific, they ain't great. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 set a sales record, but overall periodical sales were down nine percent.
DC’s Final Crisis was...
Top GNs in bookstores
And in our final chart based item for the morning, ICv2 has released an adjusted list of the top-selling graphic novels of 2008, according to BookScan:
The top nine titles remained the same, but beginning...
Meanwhile, in Occidental comics news
The January numbers are out, and while the sales estimates have yet to be tallied. John Jackson Miller suspects that January comics sales will not be the kind of thing that makes people click...
Looking at Diamond’s backlist charts
Oh no, not more charts? Yes! This time it's something we haven't seen much talked about before: Diamond's BACKlist charts. As all publishing watchers know, the backlist is where you live and die; it's...
DC Month to Month Sales: December 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
The question whether the economy has any effect on DC Comics' periodical output is increasingly difficult to answer. On the one hand, many titles not right at the center of the publisher's...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales – December ’08
by Paul O'Brien
After nine long months - the final issue was slightly late - SECRET INVASION finally wrapped up in December, and "Dark Reign" immediately began. Not quite a crossover as such, "Dark...
John Jackson Miller analyzes 2008 year-end comics sales
Number cruncher John Jackson Miller looks at Diamond's yearend figures and concludes that in 2008, the industry moved sideways:
Now, to 2008: As noted, the industry didn't so much grow or slip as move sideways....
Diamond’s Top Ten for 2008
Diamond sent out a press release with their top ten comics and GNs of '08, along with a publisher chart. We know you LOVE the charts, so here we go:
Marvel Comics’ Secret...
