Six Month Trend
August 18, 2008
The dollar total for comics purchased by comic stores dropped again in July, by 3%, the sixth consecutive month of year over year declines.
'Watchmen,' Batman GNs Surge
August 18, 2008
Comic stores bought over 175,000 copies of the July issue of Secret Invasion, #4, only a few hundred copies down from their purchases of #3 in June.
Sales Estimates for July Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
August 18, 2008
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2008.
Sales Estimates for July Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
August 18, 2008
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2008.
'Consummate All Ages Creator'
August 18, 2008
Jesse Leon McCann of Comics Unlimited in Westminster , California saw the news about Paul Dini working with Top Cow and says Dini is the “consummate All Ages creator!”
Blake Bell's 'Strange and Stranger'
August 17, 2008
Blake Bell’s Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko received a full-page review in the NYT “Book Review.”
Rumors Suggest 'War Zone' Might Be Sanitized
August 14, 2008
An anonymous source is reporting that Lionsgate wants The Punisher: War Zone released with a PG-13 rating.
From 'Nickelodeon Magazine'
August 13, 2008
Nickelodeon Magazine has launched its first-ever “Best Kids’ Graphic Novel Awards” competition.
Post-Trailer Print Run Now 900K
August 13, 2008
DC Comics has ordered 900,000 additional copies of Watchmen since the movie trailer debuted.
Column by Steve Bennett
August 13, 2008
This week, Bennett talks about a worthwhile and unique comic work that needs an anthology to find a home, and a lesson that can be drawn from the Indian comic industry.
