{"id":4464,"date":"2016-04-08T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:03:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:03:50","slug":"2016-turns-positive-with-strong-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/08\/2016-turns-positive-with-strong-march\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 turns positive with strong March: Walking Dead Vol. 25, Batman, Power Rangers lead lists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1qceFJE\"A slow start to 2016 was erased with a March that saw extremely strong graphic novel sales, thanks to a much-larger-than-usual new release slate led by Walking Dead Vol. 25<\/b><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The preliminary report on the month from Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>, released today, found that North American comics shops ordered approximately $46.58 million in comics, graphic novels, and magazines in March, as compared to $41.95 million last March.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The resulting 11.04% year-over-year dollar increase was enough to erase the shortfall during the first two months of the year; the first quarter ended up 1.32%, with the graphic novel portion up 12.67%. In March alone, graphic novel dollar sales were up 36.36%.<\/p>\n

The aggregate statistics:<\/p>\n

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