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September 2012 sales beat first DC relaunch month on GN strength

Question #1 all year has been how the industry’s fall sales would compare with those of 2011, once the Direct Market began comparing its sales with those of the DC relaunch. With the release of the preliminary September 2012 comics sales data from Diamond Comic Distributors, the answer is: so far, so good. While retailer … Read more

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Relaunch takeaways: Everyone up, but DC boosted industry most

With the release of the August sales estimates for the comic-book direct sales market, we now have a full year of data following the DC relaunch to compare with the year prior to the relaunch. The Comics Chronicles does very little in the way of horse-race analysis, breaking out individual publishers’ performance — but this … Read more

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Strong August 2012 comics sales suggest $470 million year

For most of the year, the industry has been going like gangbusters — but there’s always been a slight asterisk in that the year-to-year comparatives were against months before the start of the DC relaunch in 2011. With the August data previewed today by Diamond Comic Distributors, we finally hit a comparison with month — … Read more

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Direct market dollar orders up double digits in October 2011

  Diamond Comic Distributors released its initial report on October 2011 comics orders today, and the numbers reflect a continuing improvement in the Direct Market. Overall, comics retailers in North America spent 11.93% more ordering comic books and trade paperbacks than they did in the previous October. Orders were also up 2.67% over September, which … Read more

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September 2011 comics sales estimates online; highest unit sales since 2008

On the heels of the first wave of data on comics sales for September 2011, the first full month of the DC relaunch, Diamond Comic Distributors has released the full Top 300 lists for comics and trade paperbacks — and those lists, plus Comichron’s estimates, can be found here. As mentioned in the initial analysis, … Read more

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DC reboot boosts September 2011 unit sales

  The preliminary comics order data for the direct market in September 2011 is in from Diamond, and it shows the DC reboot led to a double-digit increase in comics unit sales. The overall market netted out down 1%, however, as graphic novel orders sank against strong comparatives — Scott Pilgrim and Walking Dead were … Read more

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