Sales have been strong all year, and July 2021 was no exception.

There is a key difference between this chart and the last three Julys: the latest volume of The Adventure Zone is not in the top slot.

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.

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.

Hobby game sales were up strongly overall in the Spring (January through April) season of 2021, although there were substantial variations from region to region and store to store depending on the fury of the global Covid pandemic and the accompanying restrictions on retail.

Despite the many challenges of doing business during a global pandemic, hobby game sales in the U.S. and Canada grew 21% to $2.035 billion in 2020, up from $1.675 billion in 2019.

We look at the year-over-year trends for Superhero and Author graphic novels, and at a size comparison of manga vs. the other categories.

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.

Sales are up from the previous two years. We can see that from the top of the chart, the bottom, or the total of the top 20.

There were big manga sales in June despite the widespread shortages.

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.

The real action was in publishers below the Big Two in size.