The comics market continued to gain ground on its 2013 performance in August, according to Comichron’s estimates of comic-book sales based on reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Retailers in North America ordered more than $41 million in comics and graphic novels in the month. Click to see the comics sales estimates for August 2014. … Read more
After a summer of “bombshell” covers, anniversary covers, high-profile relaunches, and giant purchases by online retailers, August appears to have been something more resembling a generic month in the comics industry. Comic-book retailers purchased more than $41 million in comic books, trade paperbacks, and magazines in August 2014, according Comichron’s analysis of data released today … Read more
The comics industry in North America moved into positive territory for 2014 with a record-setting month of July, according to Comichron’s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in July 2014. A much larger number of new comic book and graphic novel releases for the … Read more
July in recent years has tended to be a month where things really get going for comics; sales did indeed, reaching their highest dollar value in the Diamond Exclusive Era which began in 1997. Comics shops in North America ordered more than $53.6 million in comics, graphic novels, and magazines, topping $50 million for the … Read more
The full estimates for June 2014 comics sales are now online, and as reported last weekend, at “halftime” we see a market that has rebounded from winter to bring this year’s sales even with last year. Retailers spent almost the exact same amount of money on comics and graphic novels in the period in the … Read more
Comic shops in North America spent the same amount of money on comic books and graphic novels in the first half of 2014 as they did during the first half of 2013, according to new data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Retailers purchased almost $250 million worth of comics, graphic novels, and magazines in the … Read more