September 2010 flashbacks to the past

Following the report on comics orders for September 2010, here’s a look back at what was going on in previous years… September 2009‘s top seller was DC’s Blackest Night #3, with first-month orders of 140,700 copies copies. By the end of the year, it would have orders of more than 161,400 copies, making it the … Read more

March 2009 in comics: Overall orders flat, down 7% YTD

The March 2009 sales estimates are now online here — later than planned due to various other projects, which also mean that some of the usual historical analysis will be staggered over the next little while as well. Trade paperback sales (both frontlist and backlist) brought March 2009 almost equal in overall dollars to March … Read more