Longtime readers of Comichron know that the first quarter of the year is smaller than the other three in dollar terms — and that January is second only to December when it comes to months where year-to-year comparisons have a way of getting messy. For the latter, it’s mostly for the same reason as December: … Read more
With the release of the December sales charts from Diamond Comic Distributors, Comichron has drawn upon that information to project estimates for the Top Thousand Comics and the Top Thousand Graphic Novels for 2019. The tables are on the page just beneath the image links to individual months. This year’s charts have our sorting and searching features implemented, as … Read more
We’ve just posted our estimates for December Top 500 comics and graphic novel orders. Tom King’s Batman #85 finale issue entered the Top 5 on combined orders. Fourth quarter up 10%, best quarter in 2019 and biggest quarterly year-over-year rise since 2015.
Led by Doomsday Clock #12 and the House of X/Powers of X hardcover, comics shop orders of comic books and graphic novels from Diamond Comic Distributors closed 2019 out strongly, up 9.2% year-over-year in dollars in December. That’s a better-than-expected total, due to a revision Diamond’s made since its end-of-year report came out last Friday. … Read more
With the release of the 2019 end-of-year comics orders from Diamond Comic Distributors, Comichron has projected estimates for the Top 500 Comics and the Top 500 Graphic Novels sold by the company, which can be found on our page for 2019. This year’s charts have our sorting and searching features implemented, as now do our previous 28 years of … Read more
The decade of the 2010s ended on a note of growth for the Direct Market when it comes to retailer orders from Diamond Comic Distributors. According to our analysis of a report released today by the firm, comics shops bought $528.1 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines from it in 2019, an increase … Read more