Lunar’s Christina Merkler: “The numbers are bonkers.”
An interview with Lunar Distribution's Christina Merkler revealed their customer count is way up, but left us wanting even more numbers
Book news: Dog Man tops the charts yet again, but elsewhere comics snubs
In a round-up of book news, comics topped the overall best seller list this week, but there were some snubs too; meanwhile, Gilbert Hernandez abides
The Dungeon Crawler Carl graphic novel is about to make $2.3 million
The Dungeon Crawler Carl Crocodile Graphic Novel campaign on Backerkit is wrapping up today with $2.3 million, but it's one of several hugely successful campaigns this year
Report: Graphic novel sales down 4.7% and more from ComicsPRO
Last Week ComicsPRO held an online open house that presented updates on Bookscan numbers, the COMET Standard, Local Comic Shop Day and much more
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #8 Blind Bag sells 362,000 copies
The latest Mark Spears MONSTERS Blind Bag variant to go on sale has sold 362,000 copies to retailers – with more than 1.3 million copies of MONSTERS in print
Report: Comic sales are up 18% in comics shops
According to data gathered from the POS system Manage Comics, comics shops sales are up 18% over 2024
Batman #1 sells 500,000 copies, goes to second printing
DC Comics says Batman #1 has sold half a million copies, and a second printing is on its way, with Batman Day hitting on September 20th
Blind bagged Mark Spears Monsters #1 sells 350,000 copies
The blind bagged edition of MARK SPEARS MONSTERS: THE MONSTER & THE WOLF #1 has over 350,000 copies preordered, says publisher Keenspot
Billboard Japan to launch new book chart
Billboard Japan will launch its first comprehensive book chart this fall, tracking print, digital, subscriptions, and library data.
Report: Comics sales were up in 2024, periodicals hit 15 year high
Comics sales were up 4%, at $1.9 billion, ICv2 reports, including both periodicals and graphic novels, in multiple channels.
Bookscan 2025: End of the Trail
Due to internal changes at Circana BookScan, we will no longer be able to do our annual analysis of comics sales
Batman H2SH gets 400,000 in orders for the first issue
DC announced that Batman #158 featuring the first chapter of the Jeph Loeb/Jim Lee H2SH has already sold more than 400,000 copies
