Promising Spring Season Brought Low by COVID-19
A Season in Two Parts
August 12, 2020

The hobby games business started strong in the first two months of 2020, but was then brought low and transformed in March and April.

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Top Collectible Games--Spring 2020
From 'ICv2's Internal Correspondence' #98
August 12, 2020
These charts of the Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games, Top 3 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and ​Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all reflect sales in Spring 2020.
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Top 10 Hobby Channel Board Games--Spring 2020
From 'ICv2's Internal Correspondence' #98
August 12, 2020
This chart of the Top 10 Board Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.
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Top 10 Hobby Channel Card/Dice Games--Spring 2020
From 'ICv2's Internal Correspondence' #98
August 12, 2020
This chart of the Top 10 Card/Dice Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.
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Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Games--Spring 2020
From ICv2's 'Internal Correspondence' #98
August 12, 2020
This chart of the Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Lines (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.
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Top 5 Roleplaying Games--Spring 2020
From ICv2's 'Internal Correspondence' #98
August 12, 2020
This chart of the Top 5 Roleplaying Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.
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Direct Market Publisher Market Shares Based on Comic Store POS Data - Q2 2020
DC Takes Top Spot in COVID Quarter
August 11, 2020
DC was the top publisher for comic retailers during Q2 2020, leading Marvel Comics by over 11 share points.
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July 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
'Little Sister' Takes Over
August 10, 2020
There's a huge change to the list of the top 20 kids' graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for July.
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Top 20 Direct Market Graphic Novels - Q2 2020
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
August 10, 2020
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale at stores selling American comics around the world.
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July 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
Seeing Double with 'Adventure Zone'
August 7, 2020
You're not seeing double; the new Adventure Zone graphic novel takes the top two slots on the list of the top 20 adult graphic novels in the book channel.
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Top 20 Comics - Q2 2020
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
August 7, 2020
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale at stores selling American comics around the world.
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Comic Releases Down 63% in First Four Months of COVID-19 Era
Graphic Novels Down 18%
August 4, 2020
The output of comics and graphic novel publishers dropped sharply in the first four months of the COVID era, with big differences between the two formats.
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