by John Jackson Miller Thanks for visiting Comichron, alternately known as the Comics Chronicles (either spelling will get you to the site). Having worked in comic professionally for may years, I’m really looking at Comichron as a chance to both reclaim the “hobby” element of my comics-collecting life — while providing a location for similarly interested folks … Read more
by John Jackson Miller Saying that the first months of the year are no longer the “dead quarter” they once were in comics is no longer news — but the industry’s mammoth increases in January 2007 seem to qualify, according to analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on February 16. Diamond’s sales … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The comics industry completed its sixth consecutive year of sales increases in December, surpassing 2005’s sales by $37 million overall, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on January 15. See the charts here. Increases for the year came in all sales categories — with … Read more
by John Jackson Miller Tax experts describe Tax Freedom day as the spot on the calendar when taxpayers stop working for the government and begin earning for themselves. For the comics industry, the Nov. 22 shipment marked the moment when the industry surpassed 2005’s sales — so every dollar from here on out is growth, … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The comics industry continued on course to a year of across-the-board sales increases with an October marked by strong performances among new trade paperbacks and hardcovers, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on November 17. See the charts here. Boosted by such titles as the … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The comics industry hasn’t yet caught up with where it was this time 10 years ago when it comes to comic-book sales — but it’s greatly narrowed, if not erased, that gap with trade paperbacks, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on October 13. … Read more