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Via Growth in Comic Stores
July 11, 2025

Sales of comics and graphic novels were up in 2024, almost entirely driven by sales growth in comic stores, according to a new estimate by ICv2.

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Michigan Ave., Chicago, July 5, 2025
July 11, 2025
We visited the POP MART store on a high-visibility stretch of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on July 5, 2025.
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
July 9, 2025
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.
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
July 8, 2025
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.
After Blowout 2024
July 8, 2025
The tabletop RPG business settled in at a new level in Spring 2025, after a blowout 2024 capped by the release of the two core volumes for Dungeons & Dragons 2024.
As Market Digests New Lines, Changes
July 7, 2025
Coupled with the tariff disruptions were more prosaic changes around the introductions of new lines and changing preferences.
As Tariffs, Market Changes Upend Industry
July 3, 2025
Tariffs are imposing an existential threat to board games, as card games mostly elude them and benefit from changes in consumer tastes toward simpler, more casual games.
In Red-Hot TCG Market
July 2, 2025
The biggest problems TCG retailers faced in Spring 2025 was not demand, which was red-hot, but supply and the distorting effects of flippers.
As Uncertainty Mounted
July 1, 2025
Hobby game store sales were surging this spring when record tariffs were announced in early April, adding to mounting uncertainty about the economy and the games business.
June 16, 2025 in Racine, WI
June 18, 2025
We re-visited the GameStop store at 2310 S Green Bay Road D, Racine, Wisconsin on Monday evening, June 16.
Wednesday June 11, 2025 in Orland Park, IL
June 13, 2025
ICv2 recently visited the Warhammer store located at 15766 South La Grange Road in Orland Park, Illinois on June 11, 2025.
Sales Up Across the Board
June 13, 2025
All three categories had a strong showing in May 2025.
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