The missing pieces from the sales picture for comics in 2014, December’s comics orders, were provided today by Diamond Comic Distributors — and they depict a market that closed out the year on a positive note. It is, in fact, probably more positive than it looks. Meanwhile, we have a curious situation in that while … Read more
Diamond Comic Distributors has started the rollout of its December 2014 and 2014 year-end comics sales reports, and as in past years Comichron will provide estimates and analysis as information is released. The first news was released in Wall Street Journal report announcing the Top 10s for comics and graphic novels and the market shares, … Read more
According to new estimate by Comichron and ICV2 The market for comics and graphic novels in the U.S. and Canada reached $870 million at retail last year, according to a new estimate prepared jointly by ICv2’s Milton Griepp and Comichron’s John Jackson Miller. “I’ve been networking with Milton on questions of the numbers underlying the … Read more
With today’s release of December comics orders from Diamond Comic Distributors — and our subsequent analysis and estimates for December 2013 comics sales now posted — Comichron has drawn upon that information to project estimates for the Top Thousand Comics and the Top Thousand Graphic Novels for 2013. The tables are on the page just … Read more
In advance of the larger releases of its December and 2013 year-end sales tables, Diamond Comic Distributors has released a sneak peek at the topline figures for the year. Comic shop orders for comic books and graphic novels in North America reportedly increased by 9.04% over 2012. It’s a smaller increase than last year’s 14.72% … Read more
In advance of the larger releases of its December and 2012 year-end sales tables, Diamond Comic Distributors has released a sneak peek at the topline figures for the year. Comic shop orders for comic books and graphic novels reportedly increased by 14.72% over 2011. This would bring the year in at nearly $475 million — … Read more