Dave Elliott of Atomeka saw Rob Salkowitz’s column on the middlebrow comics glut, and directed our attention to his post (originally on DeviantArt), with his outline for improved publishing programs at the Big Two comic publishers.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2018.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2018.

Two things that haven’t been happening with much regularity came together in comic stores in May, as comics and graphic novel sales rose for a second straight month, and Marvel had a dominant month.

Marvel's first family is making their long awaited return this August and Marvel is celebrating with 20 variant covers.

WizKids is adding a wide range of X-Men products to Eric M. Lang and Mike Elliott’s Marvel Dice Masters this fall.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2018.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2018.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2018.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2018.