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PRO: April 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Sluggish Sales for Superheroes, but Webtoons Stay Hot
May 16, 2022

Sales of titles on the Superhero chart were down sharply year-over-year in April, with sales of titles on the Author chart a mirror image.

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PRO: April 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Pilkey Titles Slipping, But Overall Sales from a Broader Base
May 10, 2022
Sales of Dav Pilkey's books have slipped, but higher sales across a range of titles makes for a strong Top 20.
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PRO: April 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
New Anime Drop Helped Push Numbers Up
May 10, 2022
Sales are up year-over-year, with Spy x Family driving much of the growth.
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PRO: Channel Check: Kohl's (Games)
Card Games Predominate in Expanding Section
May 10, 2022
The game range was primarily card games, but there was a handful of board games as well.
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PRO: Channel Check: GameStop Games and Merch (April 28, 2022)
Four TCGs, Including Some SKUs in Clearance
May 6, 2022
We found four TCGs, including some SKUs moved to Clearance, board and card games, and of course, lots of POP!s and other merch.
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PRO: Top 100 Graphic Novels - April 2022
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
May 4, 2022
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.
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PRO: Top 200 Comics - April 2022
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
May 3, 2022
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.
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PRO: Full Year 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Strong Sales in the Top 20, Even with Some Franchises Down
April 25, 2022
Sales are up for the top sellers in the Kids category, but some series are doing better than others.
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PRO: Channel Check: Target - Merch and Graphic Novels (April 15, 2022)
Heavy Graphic Novel Presence in Kids and YA; Merch Improving
April 21, 2022
In our visit to this mid-sized Target store, we found more sophisticated merchandising of both merch and graphic novels than at Walmart.
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PRO: Channel Check: Target - Games (April 15, 2022)
Stocked Up for Easter Weekend
April 19, 2022
Game inventory was solid on the Friday evening of Easter weekend.
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PRO: March 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
A Good Month for Superheroes
April 13, 2022
Superhero graphic novels are usually the lowest sellers in the book channel, but March 2022 was an exception.
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PRO: March 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Running the Numbers on the 'Dog Man' Phenomenon
April 12, 2022
A closer look at why Wings of Fire displaced Dog Man on the March 2022 chart.
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