2013 sales

  Last May was, as the just-posted Flashback column reminds us, a blockbuster — using attention from the Avengers film release and the first of the DC relaunch hardcovers to post the largest bottom line number, unadjusted for inflation, since at least 1994. That figure would be only eclipsed in October 2012 — and again … Read more

Diamond Comic Distributors has released the main wave of comics sales statistics for April 2013 comics sales, and the estimates are now online here at Comichron. Click to see Comichron’s estimates for April 2013 comics sales. As reported here on Friday, North American comics shop retailers ordered just over $41 million worth of comic books … Read more

North American comics shop retailers ordered just over $41 million worth of comic books and graphic novels in April 2013, an increase of more than 18% over the same month last year, according to data released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. That figure brings the year-to-date total to $163 million, up more than $25 million … Read more

As noted here last week, sales in the Direct Market were up considerably in March, according to data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Comics shops in North America ordered $41.3 million worth of comics and graphic novels in March, beating the previous year’s total by nearly 23%. Guardians of the Galaxy #1 led the market, … Read more

Spring arrived in the comics industry with sales up considerably in the Direct Market, according to preliminary data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Comics shops in North America appear to have ordered $41.3 million worth of comics and graphic novels in March, beating the previous year’s total by nearly 23%. The first quarter of the … Read more