by John Jackson Miller and T.M. Haley Before last month, no comic book had sold for more than $1 million. Since then, there have been three. ComicConnect, which kicked off things last month with a $1 million sale of Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman) announced today that it has sold a higher-graded … Read more
It’s a strange week when you can say a million dollars being paid for a comic book isn’t unexpected, but that’s exactly how it’s played out this week. When ComicConnect announced its private sale of Action Comics #1 for $1 million earlier this week, one industry observer I spoke with said it was likely timed … Read more
I’ve observed here that the comics industry isn’t so much “recession-proof” as it is insulated from external market forces. When things go very right — or very wrong — it’s usually been due to internal factors. The reason the “recession-proof” term started to be associated with comics has nothing to do with new comics publishing … Read more