John Jackson Miller Wrapping up the analysis of April 2018’s sales, we have our video walkthrough of the month online: The attendant charts for this report can be found here. John Jackson MillerComichron 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 … Read more
As reported here on Friday — and in our preliminary video report about the month — April 2018 represented a significant improvement in the fortunes of the Direct Market, thanks in considerable measure to a comic book 80 years in the making: Action Comics #1000, which dominated the comics sales charts — as its companion Action: 80 … Read more
If Diamond Comic Distributors doesn’t mind getting good news out in front of Free Comic Book Day, April’s sales charts should certainly satisfy. Thanks to DC‘s Action Comics #1000, the Action: 80 Years of Superman hardcover, and Marvel‘s several new series launches, Infinity War tie-ins, and Dan Slott‘s final Amazing Spider-Man arc, April’s Direct Market orders were at their highest level … Read more
As the headline says, Free Comic Book Day is Saturday! As always, click to find events in your area. In past years, I’ve reposted the origin story of the biggest multi-store event in comics here on the blog, but there’s interest year-round, so we now have a dedicated FAQ page on the origins of Free Comic … Read more
With Avengers: Infinity War out last week, retailers continued to restock the Infinity Gauntlet trade paperback — and Action Comics #1000‘s various editions kept on selling. The latest Diamond Comic Distributors reorder charts for last week included those and more. First we’ll look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to the future: TOP REORDERED … Read more
Avengers: Infinity War is out, and we’ve got a new video exploring the sales history of the main Avengers comics title through the years as reported by Marvel in its postal filings; the complete official record from 1966 forward. Follow the title’s ups and downs while learning more about postal circulation records: You can follow along with … Read more