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!

February Comics Flashbacks: Some strong winters past

Top comics shop seller: Justice League #6 (DC) 135,400 copies first month 145,200 copies sold by year-end February 2012 was that rarest of beasts, as it had five Wednesdays; that helped the month end up considerably over the year before. It was the start of a very strong year for the Direct Market, as the … Read more

Diamond celebrates 35 years as distribution nexus of the comics industry

It’s the first of February, 2017 — a red-letter date in the comics industry as Diamond Comic Distributors, the sales agent for most large comics publishers to comics shops in North America, celebrates its 35th anniversary. Watch below as founder Steve Geppi commemorates the day in a new video. When Steve Geppi began distributing comics and … Read more

UPDATED: Confirmed — New York Times drops graphic novel, manga bestseller lists; others pared back, eliminated

Since the New York Times added graphic novels to its bestseller lists several years ago, comics creators and publishers have had an additional chance for exposure; I was pleased to have made the softcover graphic novel list myself at one point. This Wednesday, however, publishing professionals who get peeks in advance began reporting that a … Read more

Comics sales spotlight: Complete postal data for House of Mystery, 1960-1982

It’s been a while since we’ve done any Title Spotlights on Comichron, listing all the postal Statement of Ownership circulation data from the 500+ titles confirmed to have run forms with numbers; in part, the plan was to wait for the redesign and for new templates to display the information. That redesign is now ongoing, … Read more

Average comic book ordered in 2016 cost $3.85, down 11 cents

There’s a mountain of information that comes out following the end of the year in comics — and more yet to come, as we await the 2016 final report from Diamond Comic Distributors. After last Friday’s report on December comics, there’s one more category we can report on: the average price retailers paid for comics … Read more

December 2016 comics sales estimates online; all new Comichron charts are now sortable, searchable!

This morning, Diamond Comic Distributors released its detailed report on comics and graphic novels ordered by North American comics shops in December, and here at Comichron we’ve completed our estimates based on it. Click to see our comics sales estimates for December 2016. I wrote yesterday about December and how its lackluster performance nonetheless brought … Read more