Where did comics numbering come from?

Newsarama posted a column this week speculating on whether DC might go to seasonal numbering of issues, rebooting the numbers every year — which reminded me that Nrama had asked me a few weeks back for some thoughts on comics numbering and where it came from in the first place. I don’t know if that … Read more

May 2011 comics sales estimates online

The full data for the month of May is out Diamond Comic Distributors, and as mentioned in the preliminary report here last week, the month softer year-over-year in all categories. The sales estimates for May 2011 can be found here. Again, unit sales were off by the greatest amount year-over-year, which should not be too … Read more

Legacy title numbering: A quick reference

In the wake of DC’s announced relaunches of its whole line in September,  news of another numbering change, this time to Uncanny X-Men, a survivor of past relaunches. David Uzumeri at Comics Alliance writes that “as a consequence of the events of Jason Aaron‘s X-Men: Schism event series, the stalwart title will end as of … Read more