I’ve only had time to do a first pass on the August numbers released today by Diamond, but given the number of people that have been asking, I can share that it looks like the Direct Market moved 6.2 million of its Top 300 comics in August, up nearly 14% over last year, with first-day … Read more
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
I’m busy traveling to San Diego — click to see my Comicon panel and signing schedule — and so I’m out of position when it comes to reporting the June 2011, second quarter 2011, and first half of 2011 sales. But the raw files are online at Diamond Comic Distributors, which reports that the slide … Read more
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
While Free Comic Book Day has been turning into the kickoff for the summer sales season, more of the action looks to be developing for later this year. Retailers gave away hundreds of thousands of free comic books in May but didn’t order as many of the for-profit ones, making for a month that was … Read more
Incredibly busy lately — and a very busy week for the comics industry, too — but the estimates for April 2011 comics sales are now online here. No detailed report this time out, but you can find the initial notes for the month here. May 2011 figures are likely to be along in a few … Read more