Comics aren’t dying, but they are changing – and that’s got people scared

Heidi MacDonald - 12/15/2023 9:30 am 12

It's been a wild, wild week for discourse about comics retailing, but here are some stats and some facts

More on Image, sales charts, and the future of comics

Heidi MacDonald - 09/01/2023 9:30 am 8

Demand for accurate comics industry sales charts may be growing, but how to accomplish it remains a problem

BOOK REVIEW: Expansion between the stars in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: THE HIGH...

Avery Kaplan - 02/21/2023 1:30 pm 0

The prose novel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country by John Jackson Miller adds texture to episodes from across the Franchise.

Goodbye, stellar cartography: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS novel features maps

Avery Kaplan - 01/13/2023 11:30 am 2

The February release by JOHN JACKSON MILLER will feature “maps generated by the locals” of a strange new world.

More About Comic Book Sales Charts

Heidi MacDonald - 01/12/2023 11:15 am 2

Other industry pros weigh in on the need for sales numbers, for various reasons, and we look to the future.

Distribution shuffle: Geppi’s response, and PRH’s majority share

Heidi MacDonald - 09/21/2022 2:15 pm 8

Steve Geppi had a sharp retort to Dark Horse's move to PRH; but by 2023 PRH will be the largest distributor to the direct market by publisher volume, marking a huge shake-up of the industry long in the making.

Report: Periodical comics sales were up 49% in 2021

Heidi MacDonald - 02/08/2022 9:00 am 0

Total year sales charts for 2021 are coming out all over, and the consensus is: it was a great year, in bookstore, in comics shops, for graphic novels, for comic books. Online. Out of line. Everywhere.