And The Comichron Report for September 2008 is now online at Newsarama. Return to those years of the past with DC One Million, X-Men “Inferno”, — and the beginning of the first Wolverine ongoing series. I have a few more of these comics flashback features online over there — I hope to get an index … Read more
And here are the comics sales charts for September, with my estimates. Same-day — that doesn’t happen often! Orders from the comics direct market, composed of all the comics specialty shops in North America, were up for the month across all categories — and up for the quarter and year in the widest category and … Read more
Still putting together the Diamond estimates for September 2008 — but I can convey now that based on the numbers I have in, the Overall category (all comics, all trade paperbacks, and all magazines sold to retailers by Diamond) is up for the month, the third quarter, and the year to date. The estimates: September … Read more
The Diamond charts for September 2008 are out today, and while I will have them here soon, I wanted to produce a supporting document to something mentioned in Michael Doran’s Newsarama piece: whether Marvel’s topping of 50% in the Final Pieces Sold Unit Share category represents a first in the post-bankruptcy era. I don’t often … Read more
And beginning with January 2007, the sales charts for 2007 have all been reposted — along with trade paperback charts and multi-year comparatives. Much more to come!
I am pleased to report that, website problems mostly past, my sales estimates for August 2008 are now online. This is working out to be a year where we’re doing slightly worse than last year most months in the periodical categories; but slightly ahead most months in the trade paperbacks — and then when the … Read more