October comics sales see mixed effects of recession
ICv2 has released its October sales estimates, and the bad news is that sales slipped almost everywhere:
Sales to comic stores on the top titles...
DC Month to Month Sales September 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
So, did the financial meltdown have an effect on the periodical comics market in September? Probably not. DC Comics' periodical business did...
Marvel month-to-month sales: September 2008
By Paul O'Brien
The eight-month SECRET INVASION crossover continued to dominate Marvel's output in September, sprawling across a whole load of tie-in books. Marvel...
Charts and graphs for September
Two of the sales charts analyses came out last week; at Newsarama, John Jackson Miller does his thing, charting Marvel's big month. However here's...
Marvel tops the chart in a big way
It's that time of the month! After a few months of sliding, ICv2 reports that comic sales were up in September -- say, maybe...
DC month-to-month sales: August 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
With Final Crisis and Batman both showing up on shelves and spawning more crossover books, August was the strongest month for DC...
Marvel month-to-month sales: August 2008
by Paul O'Brien
It's month five of SECRET INVASION, and the crossover continues to dominate Marvel's output. August also sees the X-books continuing their...
Kirkman and Bendis battle for the very soul of comics
So anyway, the Kirkman/Bendis debate thingie. Perhaps it was just because everyone was still amped about the previous night's Obama/McCain matchup, but everyone came...
Comics periodical sales decline for 7th month in a row
ICv2's monthly sales charts for August are out, and while the 43,000+ copies of WATCHMEN sold is a fantastic number that dwarfs all expectations,...
DC month-to-month sales: July 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
For the DC Comics' mainstream line of periodicals, July was the most eventful month in ages. Although the company's big blockbuster Final...
Marvel month-to-month sales: July 2008
By Paul O'Brien
UNCANNY X-MEN celebrates five hundred issues, while SECRET INVASION enters a fourth month, with a range of crossover titles in tow. ...
Comics sales down again in July
ICv2 has released its July sales analysis. Periodical sales continued a slight decline:
The dollar total for comics purchased by comic stores dropped again in...
