The summer seems to be breathing some life back into comics sales figures in several categories, according to The Comics Chronicles analysis of July 2009 comics ordered from Diamond Comic Distributors. The decline in Top 300 comics unit sales has slowed, and we picked up a few points in Top 300 comics dollars, thanks to … Read more
Diamond Comic Distributors began the monthly roll-out of comics sales information today with its release of the top ten sellers in the month of July for several categories, and the charts find Marvel’s Captain America: Reborn #1 in the top slot, followed by DC’s Blackest Night #1. With a top-ten chart that includes two more … Read more
Marvel Comics celebrated its 70th anniversary — dating from the shipment of Marvel Comics #1 — on August 11 in a variety of locations, and events are continuing through this week. Some have asked how a specific date could have been fixed for a book that shipped so long ago. In truth, as I said … Read more
The graphics section here on the site — including comics market shares across time and unit and dollar comics order trends, both recent and for the entire Diamond Exclusive Era — have been updated. I didn’t intend to let this slide for so long, but other projects intervened. In any event, an addition this time … Read more
Continuing the look at what came before June 2009 — when Batman & Robin #1 topped the charts with approximately 168,500 copies ordered by comics shops through Diamond… June 2008‘s top seller was Marvel’s Secret Invasion #3, with first-month orders of approimately 175,700 copies in the direct market. Check out the sales chart here. June … Read more
A lot of things put off finishing the calculations this month — half the industry is in San Diego, and I’ve busy promoting my new projects (both my new Star Wars ebook and news of my new Mass Effect series were released this week). As it is, I’ll be doing the usual comics-sales-through-history notes in … Read more