The holidays often make the charts for December and January vary greatly from expectations, and the 2018-19 season was no different. After a December that saw Diamond Comic Distributors take Christmas week off and DC release a 28-year-low number of comic books, January came roaring back with healthy-sized slates from major publishers; it was the … Read more
The December report for comics sales is always a strange one, because the annual report from Diamond Comic Distributors, which these days gets released before it, obviously has December data baked into it. From the annual report, we already know many of the top entries in the charts—and from the indexed charts, we know how … Read more
As reported here on Friday, the momentum in Direct Market stores’ purchases of comics and graphic novels from Diamond Comic Distributors hit a bump in November due, in part, to significantly smaller slates from comics publishers. Click to visit our page for November 2018 comics sales estimates. Already at a disadvantage against November 2017, which had one more … Read more
2018 is going to come down to a photo finish. We already knew that November comics orders would come in behind those of November 2017, due to that month having an extra New Comics Day, bringing the year-to-date figure back into the red and making December the deciding factor. The question was how much December … Read more
As reported last week, comics and graphic novel orders through Diamond Comics Distributors ended October ahead for the year-to-date, thanks to one additional New Comic Book Day during the month. We also know the month benefited from particularly strong sales of middle-tier titles, thanks to Comichron estimates, just posted: click to see the comics sales … Read more
As predicted here, comics and graphic novel orders through Diamond Comics Distributors ended October ahead for the year-to-date, thanks to a stronger midsection of 2018 and one additional New Comic Book Day during the month. Retailers ordered $49.39 million in comics and graphic novels in October, up 8.4% year-over-year; year-to-date orders stand at $438.4 million, … Read more