by John Jackson Miller Six titles topping the 100,000 copy mark in December helped the comics market close out 2005 with a 7.3% sales increase over 2004, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on Jan. 13. Click to see the December 2005 estimates. December’s strong finish helped propel … Read more
by John Jackson Miller Infinite Crisis, All-Star Superman, and a great month for new trade paperback sales helped the direct market to double-digit gains in November, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on Dec. 16. Click to see the estimates for November 2005. Stable year-over-year sales for comics … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The recovery which began in the comics industry in late 2000 is continuing, with 2005 now projected to be the fifth consecutive year of overall sales growth, according to my analysis of the October 2005 sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on Nov. 11. Diamond’s sales of comic books, trade … Read more
by John Jackson Miller All-Star Batman’s second issue and a two-issue month for New Avengers and JLA helped the comics market close out the third quarter 5% above the same period in 2004, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors. See the estimates for September 2005 comics sales. It … Read more
by John Jackson Miller Powered by a strong launch for Justice by Alex Ross, the August comics market posted solid double-digit gains over the same month in 2004, according to my analysis of the sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on Sept. 16. August shows it doesn’t take a comic book topping 200,000 copies … Read more
by John Jackson Miller More copies of All-Star Batman and Robin #1 were ordered by comics shops in July than any other comic book since 2003’s Batman #619, also from DC — and more were sold in a single month than any comic book since Top Cow’s Darkness #11 back in 1997, according to my … Read more