January comics and graphic novel orders got 2017 off to a slightly slower start than last year, according to Comichron’s analysis of data released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. But while the $40.1 million in orders — off 3% — was the lowest one-month total since February 2014, Marvel’s overship promotion offering a free 10% match … Read more
As part of our ongoing renovations, we’re building out our FAQ section to give permanent homes to a lot of the primers and essays once found as blog posts here. Some of the pages there are among our most popular: The Best-Selling Comic Book of All Time A look at X-Men Vol. 2, #1 (1991), … Read more
It’s the first of February, 2017 — a red-letter date in the comics industry as Diamond Comic Distributors, the sales agent for most large comics publishers to comics shops in North America, celebrates its 35th anniversary. Watch below as founder Steve Geppi commemorates the day in a new video. When Steve Geppi began distributing comics and … Read more
Since the New York Times added graphic novels to its bestseller lists several years ago, comics creators and publishers have had an additional chance for exposure; I was pleased to have made the softcover graphic novel list myself at one point. This Wednesday, however, publishing professionals who get peeks in advance began reporting that a … Read more
It’s been a while since we’ve done any Title Spotlights on Comichron, listing all the postal Statement of Ownership circulation data from the 500+ titles confirmed to have run forms with numbers; in part, the plan was to wait for the redesign and for new templates to display the information. That redesign is now ongoing, … Read more
There’s a mountain of information that comes out following the end of the year in comics — and more yet to come, as we await the 2016 final report from Diamond Comic Distributors. After last Friday’s report on December comics, there’s one more category we can report on: the average price retailers paid for comics … Read more