With Strong Momentum from Summer, Fall
November 29, 2022
Comic retailers we interviewed this fall were expecting a good holiday season, with strong momentum from Summer and Fall sales.
FYE Makes a Major Pivot Away from Packaged Media
November 10, 2022
FYE has made a major pivot away from packaged media and toward games, manga, and merch.
Blockbusters Ain't What They Used to Be
November 7, 2022
Sales of new volumes of hit series aren't hitting their previous heights.
Sales Drop… Again
November 7, 2022
It's becoming a trend: Year over year sales of the Top 20 Kids graphic novels are dropping.
More Graphic Novels, Lots of Manga, and Less Collectible Merch
November 7, 2022
We visited the mid-sized Target store and found more graphic novels, lots of manga, and less collectible merch compared to our last channel check at this store.
'Lore Olympus' Sales Decay
November 4, 2022
Sales of new Lore Olympus volumes have been decaying as the volume numbers go up, according to sales on the chart of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels.
Walmart's Into Webtoon Collections and Manga
October 24, 2022
We found America's largest retailer invested in the latest graphic novel trends, including webtoon collections and manga.
From the ICv2 Insider Talks at NYCC
October 20, 2022
At the ICv2 Insider Talks, ICv2's Milton Griepp presented a white paper with the charts and graphs that show the big impacts of Covid, plus recent info on what’s happening now.
From the ICv2 Insider Talks
October 19, 2022
At the ICv2 Insider Talks, Geppi Family Enterprises Chief Sales & Service Officer Chris Powell and Lunar Distribution Co-Founder Christina Merkler talk with ICv2's Milton Griepp.
From the ICv2 Insider Talks
October 18, 2022
At the ICv2 Insider Talks, The Beat's Heidi MacDonald talked with Kickstarter Director of Publishing & Comics Outreach Oriana Leckert.
From the ICv2 Insider Talks
October 17, 2022
At the ICv2 Insider Talks at New York Comic Con on October 6, ICv2 columnist Rob Salkowitz talked with Webtoon VP-Content David Lee.
Two Up, One Down
October 17, 2022
Sales were up in two of the categories, down in the other.