The Anime Effect: Slow Burn vs. Flash in the Pan
July 11, 2022
While Chainsaw Man sales are phenomenal, manga that have been adapted into anime spend more time on the charts.
Kodansha Announces New Manga Licenses at Anime Expo
July 6, 2022
Kodansha Comics announced its new manga acquisitions at Anime Expo.
Webtoons Dominate BookScan Author Chart
June 13, 2022
Graphic novels collecting webtoons dominated the BookScan chart of the top 20 Author graphic novels in the book channel.
Unit Sales of Webtoon Collections Growing
June 13, 2022
Sales of webtoon collections are growing, and expanding the Author graphic novel category with them.
New Readers for 'Spy x Family', Classic Manga Return to Chart, and Webtoon Collections Continue to Show Strength
June 3, 2022
New readers drove Spy x Family sales, classic manga returned to the chart, and webtoon collections continued to show their strength in May.
Slowing Growth Rate Overall and for Top Titles
June 3, 2022
The year-over-year growth rate of top-selling graphic novels (mostly manga) was slower in May.
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
June 2, 2022
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.
Sales Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
May 27, 2022
These are estimates of graphic novels sales by Diamond Comic Distributors U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2022.
DC Nabs the Most Nominations, Image Is Second
May 18, 2022
DC Comics was the publisher with the most nominations, and Image Comics was right behind it.
Batman and Moon Knight, Webtoons, and Gaiman
May 16, 2022
Batman and Moon Knight dominate the Superhero chart, webtoon collections are strong on the Author chart, and works by Neil Gaiman appear on both.
