John Jackson Miller

Comichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry for more than 25 years, including a decade editing the industry’s retail trade magazine; he is the author of several guides to comics, as well as more than a hundred comic books for various franchises. He is the author of novels including Star Wars: Kenobi, Star Wars: A New Dawn, Star Trek: Discovery – The Enterprise War, and his upcoming release, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country. Read more about them at his fiction site. Be sure to follow Comichron on Twitter and Facebook, and check out our Youtube channel. You can also support us on Patreon!

Record November means $395+ million year for comics

by John Jackson Miller Tax experts describe Tax Freedom day as the spot on the calendar when taxpayers stop working for the government and begin earning for themselves. For the comics industry, the Nov. 22 shipment marked the moment when the industry surpassed 2005’s sales — so every dollar from here on out is growth, … Read more

Books keep sales rolling in October 2006 in month with no Civil War

by John Jackson Miller The comics industry continued on course to a year of across-the-board sales increases with an October marked by strong performances among new trade paperbacks and hardcovers, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on November 17. See the charts here. Boosted by such titles as the … Read more

September 2006 sales: The difference a decade makes

by John Jackson Miller The comics industry hasn’t yet caught up with where it was this time 10 years ago when it comes to comic-book sales — but it’s greatly narrowed, if not erased, that gap with trade paperbacks, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on October 13. … Read more

August 2006 comics sales: Third straight August with double-digit gains

by John Jackson Miller Growth in the comics industry is becoming an August tradition. Once again, orders of comics and trade paperbacks in August increased in all categories according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on September 15. But it is, in fact, the third August in a row … Read more

July 2006 comics sales: Periodicals driving industry growth in 2006

by John Jackson Miller In an industry hitting on all cylinders — with year-to-date growth now in every category through July 2006 — it’s orders of single-issues that have generated most of the gains, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on August 11. See the charts here. A strong … Read more

Industry up 12% during first half of 2006

by John Jackson Miller Comic-book and trade paperback orders in the direct market in June helped the industry continue its winning ways for 2006, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on July 14. See the charts here. Despite June 2006 having one less shipping week than June 2005, the … Read more