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PRO: March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Numbers
Check out Actual Book Channel BookScan Sales on Bestsellers in Three Categories
April 12, 2018

The Superhero chart is extremely top-heavy, with the number two book selling less than half as many units as the top seller.

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PRO: Channel Check: Box Lunch, April 2018
Hot Topic Meets Banana Republic
April 11, 2018
The Box Lunch chain was launched by Hot Topic two years ago to sell geek merchandise with a cause marketing twist.
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PRO: March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Quantities Pick Up in March
April 9, 2018
Kids graphic novel sales in March showed a dramatic upturn over February.
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PRO: Channel Check: GameStop, March 2018
Limited Games, Lots of POP!s, Plush
April 6, 2018
We visited the GameStop store at East Towne Mall, in Madison, Wisconsin, to check out the merchandise mix.
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PRO: March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Sales on Instagram-er's Graphic Novel Approach 'The Walking Dead'
April 6, 2018
Sales on the #2 graphic novel in March, from Instagram star Mari Andrew, approached sales on the latest The Walking Dead volume.
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PRO: Presentation by ICv2 CEO Griepp at GAMA Trade Show
Audio and Slide Deck
March 20, 2018
We share here the audio from the presentation on Tuesday, March 13, along with the slide deck.
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PRO: Cautious Optimism in Comic Stores - Full Length Version
After Tough 2017
March 19, 2018
This article originally appeared in Internal Correspondence #93 .
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PRO: Big Shifts in Ninth Year of Growth - Full Length Version
In Hobby Games Business
March 9, 2018
Our initial survey of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in the hobby games business found most experiencing growth in 2017, with some big shifts in where the growth was coming from when compared with previous years.
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PRO: February 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Compare and Contrast Top Sellers in Three Categories!
March 7, 2018
We broke out the Top 20 Manga, Top 20 Superhero Graphic Novels, and Top 20 Author Graphic Novels in the book channel for February 2018 based on information provided by NPD BookScan.
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PRO: February 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
'Dog Man' Selling Around Twice as Many as Next Best Seller
March 6, 2018
The Dog Man volumes atop the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels chart sold around twice as many copies as the next best-selling title.
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PRO: February 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novel with Actual Sales
'My Hero Academia' Dominates
March 5, 2018
The latest volume of VIZ Media’s My Hero Academia didn’t just top the chart of sales in the book channel based on NPD BookScan data for February provided to ICv2.
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PRO: January 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Top Superhero Quantities Lowest of All Categories
February 15, 2018
The bestselling superhero graphic novel in the book channel in January, sold less that the top sellers in the manga, author, and kids graphic novel charts, according to information provided by NPD BookScan.
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