August Comic Sales Report: Marvel Sets Market Share Record
During my analysis of July’s comic book sales, I made the not-so bold prediction that Marvel was well positioned to dominate the market. Riding the…
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July Comic Sales Discussion: Hickman’s X-Men Books Dominate
July’s comic book industry sales numbers are in and once again it’s mixed bag. Overall July comic books sales outpaced 2018 but not by as…
Are Comics No Longer Mainstream? Did Normies Ruin Comics?
A cherished reader passed along this video by David Stewart, wherein David addresses the theory that an influx of ‘normies’ ruined the comics industry. From…
Star Wars Comics Sales Continue To Slide for Marvel
In December 2018, I wrote a blog post about how Star Wars Marvel Comics saw a “horrible decline” since their high sales around the time of The…
Press Still Confused as to Why Comic Shops Keep Closing
The UK Guardian’s written their own take on the increasing closures of comics specialty stores these days – Britain’s included – even as the movies continue…
Comics Alliance – Patient Zero in the Comic Culture Epidemic
The comic book industry is in the throes of a multiyear culture war. Far left activists are infiltrating positions of influence to fundamentally alter…
Gerry Conway Concedes the Comics Industry is in Decline
This Is Insider interviewed veteran Gerry Conway recently about the state of the comics industry, which he admits isn’t good, and looks like it…
Crowdfunded Indies More Entertaining Than Big 2’s Superhero Books
Rob Salkowitz at Forbes tells how there’s creator-owned projects that are doing better in some ways than the more recognizable corporate-owned superhero comics of the mainstream,…
Comic Sales Down a Whopping 6.5% in 2017
by Jamison Ashley| In January, it was reported that comics shops were down five figures in sales in 2017. When Diamond released their December and…
Are Digital Comics Hurting the Comics Industry?
| There’s been a lot of discussion lately of the value of digital comics. Many comic retailers are acutely aware that there are hardly any…