I’ve been needing to get this online into the FAQ section of the site for some time — there actually was one before my old database imploded last year — but it comes up enough that it’s worth a permanent note, in addition to the material listed under “The Fine Print” here in various places … Read more
The February 2009 comics sales figures are now online here at The Comics Chronicles — later than planned due to various circumstances, but nonetheless showing a market that seems to be hanging in there, at least as compared with the general economy. While losing ground against the same month in 2008, the month nonetheless looks … Read more
Diamond Comic Distributors released the full charts for its February 2009 comics orders today; the estimates will be along later as I’m traveling this week, but you can see the raw Top 300s and the market shares on the newly updated February 2009 page. I won’t speculate as to what the numbers might work out … Read more
by John Jackson Miller Though probably not unprecedented, an incredibly rare thing happened in February 2009: The #1 comic book from the previous month charted in the top spot again. Diamond Comic Distributors‘ early wave of data on February 2009 comics sales, reported on Comichron here — finds Amazing Spider-Man #583 in the top spot … Read more
Comics sales in the first month of January reverted to historical “dead quarter” form, sinking 9% in overall dollars and in Top 300 dollars — and shaving a chilling 17% off Top 300 Unit Sales. This, despite sales of the Barack Obama Amazing Spider-Man #583, which as expected came in at almost 353,000 copies across … Read more
What’s the best-selling comic book in the last dozen years? What’s the worst-selling top-seller? There’s a reference for that now — as the Comichron “book of records,” long-delayed, is finally beginning on site, with the Diamond Era Records page now online. Covering April 1997 to present, it’s a first step — and it includes, beyond … Read more