by John Jackson Miller Comics sales soared in the October 2007 report. A major factor in comparisons this month was the five week month; the same month in 2006 was a four-week month. DC led market share categories for the first time in many months, in part due to landing 107 items in the Top … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The September numbers for Diamond’s sales of comic books to comic book stores in North America are up, and the market continues toward a strong year with positive third-quarter results across all categories. TOP 300 UNIT SALES6.69 million copies, up 1% from same month last year 3Q: 22.03 million copies, up … Read more
by John Jackson Miller And the data for August 2007 is now up — bringing to an even 11 years the archives of estimates of Diamond Comics Distributors’ sales available here. A five-week month compared to a five ship week month from last year, August 2007 still managed improvements in all categories except for the … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The comics sales estimates for July 2007 are now online here at The Comics Chronicles. TOP 300 UNIT SALES 7.64 million copies, up 3% from last July 2007 YTD: 49.77 million copies, up 6% from 2006 YTD TOP 300 DOLLAR SALES $24.02 million, up 6% from last July 2007 YTD: $156.6 … Read more
by John Jackson Miller The June 2007 comics shop order totals have been posted; my estimates for individual titles can be found here. The detailed data: TOP 300 UNIT SALES6.93 million copies, down 1% from last June Q2: 21.83 million copies, up 5% from Q2 2006 2007 YTD: 42.13 million copies, up 7% from 2006 … Read more
by John Jackson Miller And now the May charts are online, he said redundantly. Many, many records broken or matched this month. One resource I’ll try to get up here one day is a record book of the highs and lows that I’ve observed. For example, the lowest unit sales ever recorded for the Top … Read more