TweetSo as the new year approaches, I continue my look back at the graphic novels which made the New York Times bestseller lists in 2012.
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Analysis: New York Times Bestsellers: Graphic Books: 2012: Overview
12/29/2012 by 7 Comments
TweetAs the end of the year approaches, it is commonplace to take a look back at the year, see where we’ve been, and if it foretells anything for the year ahead. I’m a bookseller and librarian, and this past year saw a continuing growth of comics in bookstores and specialty shops. The New York Times [...]
Marvel tops November with Marvel NOW!
12/07/2012 by 19 Comments
Tweet Marvel NOW! debuts handily took 8 of the top 10 spots on the sales charts for November, just released by Diamond. Overall sales are up for the year but down from last month. graphic novels showed the biggest drop, as THE WALKING DEAD continued to soar. The original X-Men, still teenagers and students at [...]
TRIP CITY at One Year: Around the Digital Campfire with Dean Haspiel
11/14/2012 by 2 Comments
Tweet As the “Brooklyn-filtered Literary Arts Salon” TRIP CITY rounds home plate on its first year of existence, the four co-curators Dean Haspiel (BILLY DOGMA), Seth Kushner (CulturePOP, LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS, SCHMUCK), Chris Miskiewicz (EVERYWHERE), and Jeffrey Burandt (AMERICANS UK) have agreed to be interviewed by The Beat about how this unusual multi-arts experiment came [...]
Indie Month-to-Month Sales: September 2012
11/14/2012 by 24 Comments
Walking Dead continues at the top, although it’s likely to get pushed down a little by the upcoming juggernaut of, um, My Little Pony. The usual suspects are joined this month by Grant Morrison’s Happy, and X)-Manowar and Spawn push back into the top part of the indie chart. However, things are not good further down the chart. There are a lot of longer-running titles, from the likes of Aspen, Top Cow and Dynamite amongst others, that seem to be selling fractions of what they once sold, and that maybe need to be retired in favour of new concepts. The retailers and more importantly customers seem to be voting with their dollars in that respect, and some dead horses are being hopelessly flogged towards the lower end of the chart.
Enough with the faux “fake geek girl’ outrage already
11/12/2012 by 136 Comments
TweetOutrage erupted on Twitter and Facebook over the weekend when writer/journalist Dirk Manning posted a still from Ted with an “anti fake geek girl” message on it implying that fake geek girls were whores. Image marketing manager Jennifer De Guzman took exception, and writer Mariah Huehner and other first responders of Twitter also made their [...]
Superheroes top costumes for Halloween
10/26/2012 by 3 Comments
Tweet The Avengers, and Honey Boo Boo are topping this year’s Halloween costumes popularity chart, say retailers, with sales generally up this year. At Spirit Halloween in Pensacola, Manager Susan Spencer said bestselling adult costumes, meaning 15 or more sold, include superhero characters from such 2012 hits as The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers, [...]
Comics: for one fantastic moment, everything was OK
10/26/2012 by 16 Comments
Is this the magic moment? Probably. Or as a recent ICv2 headline put it:Comic Retailers Cautiously Ecstatic, following the “Return of the Pamphlet.” Despite the innate caution, pessimism and low self-image endemic to the comics industry, it seems that following a year of improved sales, general awareness, mainstream recognition and booming live events, the comics industry has taken a moment to kick back the recliner and crack open a frosty one:
Indie Month-to-Month Sales: August 2012
10/17/2012 by 30 Comments
Walking Dead continues its reign at the top of the indie chart, if not quite at the figures it sold last month, with Saga, Buffy and surprise-hit Doctor Who/ Star Trek following up. Valiant’s latest hit, Archer and Armstrong is well up there as well. Buffy spin-off Spike, a new Star Wars title, an RPG adaptation and are the only other high charting debuts. Elsewhere, all-ages books continue to show stronger than average sales, headed-up by the bonkers Adventure Time.
Shel Dorf Award Nominees 2012
10/15/2012 by 5 Comments
TweetThe nominees have been announced for the Shel Dorf Awards 2012. The awards nominate a lot of the usual incredibly talented suspects, with books like Daredevil, Batman and Walking Dead all receiving multiple nominations. The best news here, though, is that both Heidi MacDonald and Henry Barajas have been nominated for Comics Blogger of the [...]
Michael Uslan to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Monmouth University
10/06/2012 by 3 Comments
Tweet Michael Uslan, executive producer of the Batman motion picture franchise and a pioneer of the academic study of comic books, thereby elevating the stature of the medium, will receive an honorary doctorate from Monmouth University during their annual Founders’ Day Convocation next Wednesday.
Hotel Transylvania Brings the Box Office Back From the Dead
09/30/2012 by 2 Comments
TweetBy Todd Allen A $43M film debut in September? Unheard of? Not any more. Hotel Transylvania shook the movie theaters out of their slump in rather dramatic fashion. The other big debut, Bruce Willis/Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Looper, hit for $21M which would have made it a #1 film in recent weeks.
Studio Coffee Run 9/28/12: Looper, The Walking Dead, Thor: The Dark World, etc.
09/28/2012 by 1 Comment
TweetLooper is already killing it with the critics, Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore reach an undisclosed settlement concerning Moore’s involvement with The Walking Dead, pic-o-mania for Kickass 2, Thor: The Dark World, and The Wolverine plus much more after the jump…
A Virtual 3-Way Tie at Box Office… But Dredd Doesn’t Fare So Well
09/23/2012 by 10 Comments
TweetBy Todd Allen An interesting split decision at the Box Office this weekend. Two film are estimated as a tie for the #1 spot and a third is close enough behind that the entire order could change when the actuals are reported Monday afternoon. House at the End of the Street and End of Watch [...]
New York Times Bestsellers: What People Are Reading Isn’t What You Think They’re Reading
09/22/2012 by 11 Comments
Tweet______________________________________________________________ The New York Times has been running weekly bestseller lists for graphic novel hardcovers, paperbacks, and manga (the latter segregated out to keep them from overwhelming the domestic titles) since March 2009. Comics journalists rarely mention it, and aside from authors using it as an honorific (“New York Times Bestselling Author”) just like prose [...]
Las Vegas Comics Expo Changes Venue, Now on the Vegas Strip
09/22/2012 by 4 Comments
TweetBy Todd Allen If you were planning on hitting the Las Vegas Comic Expo next weekend, you need to go to a different address. Vegas experienced some flooding roughly 10 days ago, causing some problems for the original venue (Alexis Park All-Suite Resort) and prompting a last minute venue change to the Riviera.
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