This article originally appeared in Internal Correspondence #93 .

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.

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.

The Dog Man volumes atop the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels chart sold around twice as many copies as the next best-selling title.

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.

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.

The latest volume of Saga sold over four times as many copies as the second title in the Author category, according to information provided by NPD BookScan.

The first volume of RWBY sold nearly twice as many copies as the #2 manga in the U.S. book channel in January, according to information provided by NPD BookScan.

This reporting on the actual sales reported by NPD BookScan on the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels helps see the relative sales on the bestsellers, and is also instructive when compared to the sales for other graphic novel subcategories in the book channel, or to sales in the comic store channel.

This reporting on the actual sales reported by NPD BookScan on the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels helps see the relative sales on the bestsellers, and is also instructive when compared to the sales for other graphic novel subcategories in the book channel, or to sales in the comic store channel.

Compare to sales in the comic store channel, or for other graphic novel subcategories in the book channel.

Compare to sales in the comic store channel, or for other graphic novel subcategories in the book channel.