Diamond Comic Distributors has released the preliminary sales report for August 2011, and as expected, it includes the first taste of what impact DC’s relaunch has had on the market. DC’s regular series ended, and Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1 released on the last day of the month. Click to see the page for … Read more
And the audio and transcript have been posted from today’s “Marketplace” show — Jim Lee, Joe Field, Dave Pifer, and I are interviewed. My line about first issues is accurate, to be sure — though I did try to make some wider points about legacy title numbering throughout comics history, and how mileage has … Read more
One of the sections of the site that I haven’t been able to get to as often as I would like is the Vital Statistics section, with its graphics of comics sales across time in the comics shop market. In fact, as my writing schedule has grown busier, some of the graphics hadn’t been updated … Read more
Von Allan has posted an interesting article on comic book pricing in comparison with minimum wage over the years, which prompted me to get online some materials that I’ve been meaning to post for some time. First, readers of Comics Buyer’s Guide may remember the “What Price, Comics?” column I ran in #1619, the August … Read more
Following the initial report here on July 2011 comics orders, the full data is now out from Diamond Comic Distributors. Click to see the Comics Chronicles estimates. As expected, Amazing Spider-Man #666 landed in the 130s, and there were two more titles in the 90,000-copy range, which is an improvement on some of the more … Read more
Diamond Comic Distributors released its initial sales report for July 2011 today, and I finally have the much-delayed June 2011 estimates online here at the site as well. (Writing three comics series and a novel, plus San Diego, was bound to have an impact over here.) Click to view the estimated comics sales figures … Read more