John Jackson Miller 
The full report of comics orders for May 2012 has been released by Diamond Comic Distributors, and as the initial report here found, the market is hitting on all cylinders. It’s also breaking records, according to estimates compiled here at The Comics Chronicles. Click to see the comics sales estimates for May 2012. As reported … Read more
The comics industry is hitting on all cylinders as it kicks off its summer sales season. The month of May had Free Comic Book Day, the Avengers movie, Marvel’s Avengers Vs. X-Men event, DC’s release of its first hardcover collections of its relaunch issues, and continued strong sales from Images Walking Dead trades. The result? … Read more
Seventeen years ago, the comics industry was in the waning days of its multi-distributor model. Marvel had purchased Heroes World Distribution, and would in July make it the only place where comics shops could buy its comics. And on April 28, 1995, DC and Diamond Comic Distributors announced their exclusivity pact — one which would … Read more
With the Avengers movie opening to a record $200.3 million this past weekend in the United States, the good fortunes of the comics industry in 2012 also appeared to continue in April, according to figures released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. Retailer orders for comic books and graphic novels rose 15% in North America versus … Read more
It’s an incredibly busy day in the comics world. The Avengers movie is releasing; see our post on Avengers sales history. It’s the day before Free Comic Book Day; see our post on its history. And it’s also May-the-Fourth-Be-With-You Star Wars Day (and USA Today just announced my new Star Wars comics series minutes ago). … Read more
Saturday marks 10 years since the first Free Comic Book Day, and as with last year, I’ll be signing my Star Wars, Mass Effect, and Iron Man comics at Chimera Hobby Shop, 808 W. Wisconsin Ave., Appleton, Wis. from 11:00AM to 1:00PM, and again from 3:00PM to 6:00PM. I think it’s the seventh or eighth … Read more