by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley New comic-book orders in the direct market increased in both unit and dollar terms in May, but trade paperback weakness continued to keep the overall dollar volume nearly flat, according to estimates by The Comics Chronicles. Click to see estimated comics orders for May 2010. Apologies for the … Read more
by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley Following the report on comics orders for April 2010, here’s a look back at what was going on in previous years… April 2009‘s top seller was DC’s Detective Comics #853, with estimated first-month Diamond orders of 104,100 copies. The Neil Gaiman issue performed an interesting feat: as Comichron … Read more
by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley Following the report on comics orders for March 2010, here’s a look back at what was going on in previous years… March 2009‘s top seller was Marvel’s Dark Avengers #3, the top seller for 2009 with estimated first-month Diamond orders of 96,532 copies. It was the first month (and, … Read more
by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley Following the report on comics orders for February 2010, here’s a look back at what was going on in previous years… February 2009‘s top seller was once again Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man #583, the top seller for 2009 with estimated Diamond year-end orders of 530,500 copies. Sales for … Read more
by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley Despite having the best-selling direct market comic book of the decade after reprints figured in — the Obama appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #583 — last January was a pretty bad month in comparison with January 2008. So this January didn’t have a lot to live up to — … Read more
by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley Following the report on comics orders for December 2009, here’s a look back at what was going on in previous years… December 2008‘s top seller was Marvel’s Secret Invasion #8, ending the series with orders through Diamond Comic Distributors of approximately 152,408 copies. Unit sales for December 2008 … Read more