The final sales report for August is now out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and the sales estimates have been calculated here at Comichron. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in August 2015. In general, the third quarter has continued to be the Calm Before the Marvel Relaunch, with not a whole lot … Read more
Four years ago, August saw the comics market slumping in the days before the DC relaunch invigorated the market. Comics sales in July 2011 were down 7% for the year-to-date. The first day of the DC relaunch, August 31 with Justice League #1, erased half that deficit — and the year would go on to … Read more
The comics sales estimates for July 2015 are now online here at Comichron, completing the picture reported Friday of a slightly off month for new comics orders, influenced at least partially by a lower number of new comic book releases. There were seven titles with sales over 100,000 copies, including the relaunched Archie #1 which … Read more
Comic shop orders of comic books and graphic novels softened slightly in July, marking the first month since May 2014 in which year-over-year sales slipped. Diamond Comic Distributors‘ preliminary sales report for July 2015, released today, reported orders estimated by Comichron to be around $52 million, down a little less than 3%. There are a … Read more
With Comic-Con International: San Diego starting up today, the final sales report for June is now out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and as reported here on Monday, the first half of the year closed out very strongly. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in June 2015. (Click also to see our end-of-year … Read more
The first half of 2015 is in the books, and comic books in particular put up some amazing numbers, according to data released on June sales by Diamond Comic Distributors. The comic book market continued to grow at a fast pace in June; its $48.7 million in sales meant that that the first half of … Read more