Improvement continued in the comic shop market in May, with retailers ordering $49.05 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines from Diamond Comic Distributors according to Comichron’s estimates; that’s the largest amount since November 2016. (6/18 UPDATE: The full sales charts are now online.) Earlier last week I tweeted that this May had a … Read more
We expect the May sales charts to be along this weekend, but in the meantime, last week’s reorder charts are out from Diamond Comic Distributors. Amazing Spider-Man #800 continued to lead one, while the Walking Dead 15th anniversary box set led the other. First, we’ll look at what’s already in stores before moving on to … Read more
The reorder charts are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and Spider-Man leads both of them. Let’s look first at the books that are already out, before moving on to the future. TOP REORDERED ITEMS for May 28-June 3, 2018 (in invoiced dollars) These are items that have already shipped, but have been receiving additional orders … Read more
Avengers: Infinity War is still going strong, and that was visible on the Diamond Comic Distributors reorder charts last week — while the advance reorder charts were led by a competing super-team, Justice League. First we’ll look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for May 7-13, 2018 … Read more
Wrapping up the analysis of April 2018’s sales, we have our video walkthrough of the month online: The attendant charts for this report can be found here. John Jackson MillerComichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry for more than 25 years, including a decade editing the industry’s retail trade magazine; he is … Read more
As reported here on Friday — and in our preliminary video report about the month — April 2018 represented a significant improvement in the fortunes of the Direct Market, thanks in considerable measure to a comic book 80 years in the making: Action Comics #1000, which dominated the comics sales charts — as its companion Action: 80 … Read more