Winter strikes Diamond home offices

The first Monday of the month is normally when the Top 300 lists are released — but against the great snowstorm, not even comics sales charts can stand. Power is out at the Diamond home offices in Timonium, Md., this morning, affecting all websites (including the Comics Shop Locator service), e-mail, and phone traffic, according … Read more

2009 end-of-year sales revised

With more complete publisher information available, we’ve revised the final estimates for comics, trade paperback, and magazine orders placed through Diamond in December 2009 — and thus, for the entire year: OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines) December 2009: $35.67 million Versus 1 year ago this month: -10% Versus 5 years ago … Read more