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January 2014 comics dollars steady, graphic novel orders decline

January 2014 was a fairly wretched month for weather in the United States and Canada, and that may have played some role in a softer market for comics, judging from the data released this morning from Diamond Comic Distributors. Comics shops sold nearly $39 million worth of comic books and graphic novels in January, off … Read more

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January 2013 dollar orders double total from ten years ago

As reported here Friday, January comics sales performed the rare feat of beating December’s sales; now, with the release of new data from Diamond Comic Distributors, we can see the numbers behind the headline. Click to see Comichron’s comics sales estimates for January 2013. As also noted Friday, despite the calendar, January is a four … Read more

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Virtuous cycle? February comics sales show depth

  I have written many times that the recovery in comics sales that began in earnest at the end of 2001 was built upon a “virtuous cycle” developing, in which retailers placed the money from strong-performing comics not solely into paying down other expenses, but into ordering more of the next big project. With Marvel’s … Read more

Tags 2012 sales, Dead Quarter, Diamond monthly reports

Leap day propels comics to best February in years

As you might expect from a site with a name like The Comics Chronicles,  we pay special attention to the calendar — and thus took special note of the fact that last month was one of those one-in-28-year Februaries with five Wednesdays. This is why, last month, we cautioned that just as this January was … Read more

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Best January since 2008 for comics orders

  On a day in which the United States celebrated a very good jobs report and the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded at its highest level since the financial crisis began, it is perhaps fitting that that we have a report for comics sales in January that doesn’t make people sick. It would, in fact, … Read more

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February 2011 comics orders slightly up in a more normal month

  I always strongly caution readers not to read too much into the fluctuations of a single month’s comics orders, and the opening of 2011 has shown us why. As I noted early on and in my final report for January 2011, the first month of this year was one of the noisiest months in … Read more

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