In this interview, we discuss the exploding manga market, supply chain issues, and what’s looking good for 2022.

These are estimates of graphic novel sales by Diamond Comic Distributors U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year of 2021.

With the end of the holiday shopping season and the beginning of a new year, we see some changes to the Superhero and Author charts.

The top of this month’s charts tell a different story than the rest of the numbers.

Seven volumes of Chainsaw Man make that series the most prominent on the first Top 20 of the new year.

The top sellers in the Superhero and Manga charts stayed at the top for the second month in a row, but the manga chart was less predictable.

Sales were up from 2020 in the Author and Manga categories, but down in Superheroes.

Prepared exclusively for our Pro subscribers, this chart of the ICv2 Top 10 Graphic Novel Franchises in four categories reflects sales in all trade channels for Summer 2021.

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.

This month's charts highlight Jeffrey Brown’s Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas, as well as Hawkeye, two different editions of Dune, and the Demon Slayer box set.