Tag: demographics
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/26/25: While the world burns, I can linkblog again
Our link blog returns with musings on anime, manga, the search for ip, how comics shops can sell more comics and even some nice art
51% of Brits believe comics are for kids
Roughly half of British adults believe comics are the domain of children, according to a survey conducted by UK-based international analytics firm YouGov
ComicsPRO releases results of Comics Retailer Survey
In 2023, both periodical and graphic novel sales declined in a majority of comics shops surveyed by ComicsPRO
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/26/28: YALSA announces Top Ten graphic novels
§ Nice art: Alex Dueben interviewed Trungles, whose art is extremely nice, for Smash Pages.
You’re coming off of a 2017 where you’ve put out...
Jim Lee: between 15 and 40% of DC readers are women
ICv2 has its annual sit down with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio and Kremlinologists will want to pour over every paragraph. In...
Superhero toys aren’t just for adults any more
A recent article published by Inverse describes how the primary demographic for toys and merchandise related with superheroes and other major franchises has shifted...
Report: 50% of anime fans are now open to yaoi themes
Call it yaoi – or boys love or shonen ai - a lot of people are still puzzled by this genre of manga. Featuring gay...
Eventbrite Survey: conventions have achieved gender parity but some still feel unwelcome
EventBrite, the ticketing agency, caused a lot of talk last year when they released the results of the first survey of convention attendees with...
Watch Comics by the Numbers with Brett Schenker and The Beat
This year at Baltimore Brett Schenker and I presented a panel called Comics by the Numbers Panel. Schenker is a political analyst and the author of perhaps the most cited post ever on The Beat, the much loved not at all controversial post Market Research Says 46.67% of Comic Fans are Female. The pane; was taped and you can watch (or probably better, listen) above. Depsite it being the first panel on Saturday there was a healthy audience of about 30-40 people, and the questions were really smart and engaged, which is the best you can ask on a panel.
Eventbrite Research: Younger con attendees 50/50 male to female
The following game as a press release from Eventbrite, but its groundbreaking nonetheless, as Eventbrite andRob Salkowtz haveteamed to get even more demographics about...
Number crunching shows female con attendees growing at rate of 62% at NYCC
Using numbers from this (itself very interesting) ReedPOP media kit, Janelle Asselin ran numbers on New York Comic-Con demographics, with an eye to growth...
Demo-Graphics: Perespolis, Fun Home and Blankets Popular With Women
How does gender break down for some of the more popular "indie" graphic novels versus mainstream graphic novels vs the average? And it's clear, there's a difference. Taking 17 various graphic novels (and if folks add suggestions in comments, I'll be happy to add upon this) I looked at men and women who were fans in the United States. I tried to stick to actual graphic novels, or books that have been long out of print and thus a complete graphic novel is how it's now consumed.
