{"id":4597,"date":"2015-05-15T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-01T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T19:22:07","slug":"april-2015-comics-sales-boom-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/15\/april-2015-comics-sales-boom-star-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2015 comics sales boom; Star Wars #4, Convergence, new Walking Dead GN lead lists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year, April provided a big rebound from a weak winter in comics sales; this year’s winter was strong in comics shops, and its April was better still. Retailers ordered $56.72 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines in April, according to Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>, beating last October’s Diamond Era record by more than $600,000.<\/p>\n

Last April’s sales were up 17% over the same month in 2013, but had the advantage of a fifth shipping week that April 2013 did not have. This April had five shipping weeks so it’s an even comparison \u2014 and even so, it was up by even more: 17.75%.<\/p>\n

A lot can be attributed to strength in graphic novel orders, which have been generally softer than sales for comics this year: with a new Walking Dead<\/b><\/i><\/a> volume and the Avengers: Rage of Ultron<\/b><\/i><\/a> hardcover in the mix graphic novels were up 13.45%. The industry now stands up 12% year-over year.<\/p>\n

The aggregate sales changes:<\/p>\n

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