Down from Last Month, but Way Up from Previous Years
June 4, 2021
Units of the Top 20 are lower than in April 2021, but sales are still way up from May 2020, May 2019, and May 2018.
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
June 3, 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.
The Games Market, Game Stores, the Supply Chain, and Asmodee; What's Next
May 26, 2021
We discuss the state of the games market, of hobby game stores, and of Asmodee; and look ahead at what's coming next.
Movie Tie-ins, Insta-Comics, Digital Manga
May 12, 2021
A movie tie-in(!), comics from Instagram, and the impact of digital manga show up among the bestselling graphic novels by category for April.
Numbers Reveal Whether Manga Dominance Means Other Categories Shrank
May 12, 2021
Given that the entire Top 20 Adult list was manga, we look at whether the numbers show that other categories shrank.
Make Mine Manga!
May 7, 2021
Literally every book in the top 20 was a volume of manga.
It's Raining Manga
May 7, 2021
Unit sales are up sharply on the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel.
Sales Rankings (Units and Dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
May 6, 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.
Sales Rankings (Units and dollars) Based on Comic Store POS Data
May 6, 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.
Column by Rob Salkowitz
April 26, 2021
In this week's column, Rob Salkowitz explains why "the media adaptations of the great younger readers and YA comics classics of this generation are a slow fuse leading to a large pile of dynamite."
