America tops BookScan for once
The unthinkable has happened, and an American-produced graphic novel has topped the BookScan chart, ICv2 reports. In fact, in a breathtaking comeback for the...
Way Back Machine: 1959
Tireless John Jackson Miller, ever busy peering thrugh the tomes of years past for nuggets of information, find some circulation information from 1959 on...
DC Month-to-Month Sales June 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
In June, DC Comics' periodical business was mostly defined by all the things that didn't happen. Final Crisis #2 didn't seize the...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales June 2008
by Paul O'Brien
Crossover season continued in June, with SECRET INVASION and its tie-ins still leading Marvel's output. But this time round, the event...
HYPE: Platinum, Flagg!, BPA in PWCW
We often forget to talk about each PW Comics Week's newsletter -- you have all subscribed, right, because it's free? -- but this week's...
DC Month-to-Month Sales May 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
In May, DC Comics finally awoke from their year-long beauty sleep. Unfortunately, they seem to be getting up on the wrong side...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales May 2008
By Paul O'Brien
The May sales charts have received a lot of attention already, and we all know what the big story is: FINAL CRISIS...
DC Vs Marvel continued
Dick Kyacinth returns and looks at this week's sales numbers:
I certainly have had my reservations about Final Crisis, but I found the first issue...
Comics sales down in May
ICv2's May Sales figures are up and it isn't all that fab:
Sales of periodical comics declined in May for the fourth month in a...
DC Month-to-Month Sales: April 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
Looking at the pertinent facts and carefully weighing all the available data, it can be safely concluded that, at DC Comics, April...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales April 2008
By Paul O'Brien
The event season is upon us again, and Marvel hit the ground running with the first issue of SECRET INVASION. There...
April sales up a bit
John Jackson Miller has posted his April 2008 sales estimates via Diamond. Jackson relates that although several categories were down, over all backlist...
