2018 sales

If Diamond Comic Distributors doesn’t mind getting good news out in front of Free Comic Book Day, April’s sales charts should certainly satisfy. Thanks to DC‘s Action Comics #1000, the Action: 80 Years of Superman hardcover, and Marvel‘s several new series launches, Infinity War tie-ins, and Dan Slott‘s final Amazing Spider-Man arc, April’s Direct Market orders were at their highest level … Read more

    Our comics sales estimates for March 2018 are now online, and they find a new comic as the bestseller of the year — at least until Action #1000 comes along in April with its reported orders exceeding 500,000-copies. Dark Nights Metal #6 wrapped up that series with orders of more than 187,500 copies, more than any … Read more

(Update: The estimated sales are now online.) Last week, I tweeted that the fact that March 2017 was a month with five New Comic Book Days instead of four meant that this March’s comics and graphic novel sales to the Direct Market would very likely be down in comparison, as it had one less Wednesday. … Read more

    The comics sales estimates for February 2018 based on Diamond Comic Distributors’ reports are now online here, and the information adds some insights to what was already reported here on Friday. It is, firstly, a weak February of the sort we have often seen, with few high-profile releases — particularly when it comes to … Read more

With no new Doomsday Clock issue in the offing, February was a slow month in comics shops, according to Comichron‘s analysis of data released this morning by Diamond Comic Distributors. But whereas comics and graphic novels were equally responsible for 2017’s overall shortfall, last month graphic novels were the main culprit, with periodicals nearly, but not quite, … Read more