John Jackson Miller 
February was another month in which a lot of comic books were shipped to the Direct Market at relatively little cost to retailers, although for a different reason than in January. That month, Marvel’s 10% minimum overship resulted in the largest number of comic books sent to market in any January since 1997. This time, … Read more
March 2017 marks ten years that Comichron has been online, and we have some interesting additions planned for the site this month. To kick things off, this Friday at 3 p.m. EST I’ll be doing an Ask Me Anything in the Reddit Comic Books section. Be sure to drop by with any questions you have … Read more
Comichron’s estimates are now online for comics and graphic novels shipped in January by Diamond Comic Distributors, and while a number of elements make analyzing this month trickier than usual, the month’s $40.1 million performance doesn’t look too far out of line with what we’ve come to expect from winter months in the past when … Read more
January comics and graphic novel orders got 2017 off to a slightly slower start than last year, according to Comichron’s analysis of data released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. But while the $40.1 million in orders — off 3% — was the lowest one-month total since February 2014, Marvel’s overship promotion offering a free 10% match … Read more
In the rules of golf, if a ball is lost in the woods, the player continues with a “provisional ball.” If the original ball is found within a limited time, the original is the one played; if not, the player takes a penalty and continues with the provisional ball as if it were the original. … Read more
As part of our ongoing renovations, we’re building out our FAQ section to give permanent homes to a lot of the primers and essays once found as blog posts here. Some of the pages there are among our most popular: The Best-Selling Comic Book of All Time A look at X-Men Vol. 2, #1 (1991), … Read more