The August 2012 comic book sales figures shed more light on the success of DC’s New 52 and what is becoming one of the best years for comic book sales in quite some time.
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One man’s attempt to get back into comics hits a significant speed bump after being rejected…at a comic shop…by the guy behind the counter. The story is shared on the “comicbooks” subreddit and inspires a slew of fan comments, plus this rant.
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I know I missed June and I’m a little late this time but the July 2012 comic book sales figures are perhaps one of the most significant as The Walking Dead #100, a non-Marvel or DC book, shipped more comics than any other comic has in the last 15 years.
The numbers in the May 2012 comic book sales figures are doing something they don’t usually do, going up. Compared to May 2012 comic sales are up an unprecedented 45%.
Lately DC has been busy announcing changes to their New 52 line which includes a full month of #0 issues, 4 new ongoings, and 4 canceled series. In other words, September is going to be an expensive month…
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With the help from some of our previous poll results we take a look at just how much comic book prices actually matter…
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The April 2012 comic book sales figures show a lot; but if you start at the top and work you’re way down one thing is certain, comic fans can complain all they want…events sell.
ComiXology recently announced a multi-year contract with Marvel Comics where “it will exclusively distribute single issue English-language digital comics” So the biggest comic publisher finally [kinda] hooks up with the biggest digital comic retailer.
So check and mate.
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As expected, the March 2012 comic book sales figures are Avengers [Vs X-Men] top-heavy. It’s as if Marvel has a lot of Avengers stuff going on this summer. I don’t know.
The February 2012 comic book sales figures paint a pretty good picture for the industry as a whole, even though you wouldn’t know it from looking at some of Marvel’s numbers.
As of March 3, 2012 ComiXology can celebrate 50 million downloaded comics since their launch. And 5 million of those 50 million came in [last] December of 2011; that’s 10% of their entire download history in one month. Just 3/4 months prior to the news.
So yeah, digital comics are trending up. And it’s no surprise that ComiXology is leading the niche revolution. Course, like all numbers, this can be broken down.
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Having taken a break from reporting on sales due to real life taking up all my free time (in ironically the most exciting time for comic book sales discussion) the monthly report is back. Also working on an article that will bridge the gap in some of the month’s we missed.
The January 2012 comic book sales figures reveal some very interesting details; while helping to gauge the success of DC’s “New 52″ they also give some insight into the rest of the industry. While Marvel still holds on to the industries best dollar share % looking at the estimated sales of each title stacked up against each other tells a different story.
