How comics sales have changed across time; new pages tracking benchmark levels added

For years, we’ve had pages on Comichron collecting not just the #1 comic books ordered each month from Diamond Comic Distributors, but also the 300th-place titles, at the far end of the charts. The latter have always been a useful indicator when it comes to evaluating how much depth there is to sales; while volumes … Read more

It’s the supply: Diamond had 23% fewer comics for sale in January

Soon after my report this morning on the January sales drops, I received a note from Jason Wood who writes a column at iFanboy, noting that, while the December-to-January shortfall may not be meaningful, the year-to-year sales drop was the worst seen from January to January in the Diamond exclusive era. Diamond reported a fall … Read more