John Jackson Miller 
July in recent years has tended to be a month where things really get going for comics; sales did indeed, reaching their highest dollar value in the Diamond Exclusive Era which began in 1997. Comics shops in North America ordered more than $53.6 million in comics, graphic novels, and magazines, topping $50 million for the … Read more
According to new estimate by Comichron and ICV2 The market for comics and graphic novels in the U.S. and Canada reached $870 million at retail last year, according to a new estimate prepared jointly by ICv2’s Milton Griepp and Comichron’s John Jackson Miller. “I’ve been networking with Milton on questions of the numbers underlying the … Read more
Archie Andrews has cheated the calendar for many years, having been a teenager since his comics debut in the 1940s, but death finds him — at least in an alternate reality—in the upcoming Life With Archie #36, according to CBR reports today. “Wein’s Law” — named for Len Wein, the writer who coined it — … Read more
The full estimates for June 2014 comics sales are now online, and as reported last weekend, at “halftime” we see a market that has rebounded from winter to bring this year’s sales even with last year. Retailers spent almost the exact same amount of money on comics and graphic novels in the period in the … Read more
Comic shops in North America spent the same amount of money on comic books and graphic novels in the first half of 2014 as they did during the first half of 2013, according to new data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Retailers purchased almost $250 million worth of comics, graphic novels, and magazines in the … Read more
As first reported Friday, Marvel’s Original Sin #1 led the market in a month that saw the smallest number of new comic book releases in six months. That smaller slate, plus one less shipping week, combined to make May’s comic sales to retailers dip slightly year-over-year, according to data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. You … Read more