With Captain America: The Winter Soldier releasing today, comic shops have managed to soldier through one of the more wretched winters for weather in recent memory without too many negative effects. Diamond Comic Distributors released its preliminary data for orders from the comics ship market for March 2014—and the month in overall dollars came … Read more
The final comics sales estimates for February are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and as reported here on Friday, winter plus a lighter slate of releases appears to have kept orders low during the month. Comics shops in North America ordered close to $37 million in new comic books, graphic novels, and magazines in February, … Read more
February appears to be returning to form. The release of Diamond Comic Distributors‘ data for the month was delayed by snow days and other scheduling issues, and the unusually harsh winter appears to have cast a chill on comics sales. Comics shops in North America ordered close to $37 million in new comic books, graphic … Read more
The first comics sales reports for the year have been released by Diamond Comic Distributors, and 2014 is off to a slow start, relative to some recent big Januaries. Click to see comics sales estimates for January 2014. The top seller for the month, Batman #27, sold fewer copies than any monthly top-seller since May … Read more
January 2014 was a fairly wretched month for weather in the United States and Canada, and that may have played some role in a softer market for comics, judging from the data released this morning from Diamond Comic Distributors. Comics shops sold nearly $39 million worth of comic books and graphic novels in January, off … Read more