Sales Estimates for July Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
August 15, 2005
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2005.
Periodicals Up 7%, Graphic Novels Flat
January 17, 2006
July sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores were up 6% in dollars over the year-ago period.
Best-Seller of the Decade (So Far)
August 15, 2005
All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1 is the best-selling full-priced comic since we started tracking comic sales in early 2001, and may be the best-selling comic since sometime in the mid-90s.
Exhibitors vs. Dealers
August 10, 2005
Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw our coverage of the attendance at Wizard World Chicago and shares his view of the competition between exhibitors and dealers.
Biggest Wizard World Convention Yet
August 9, 2005
Wizard Conventions has announced that Wizard World Chicago attracted more than 56,000 attendees during its four-day run over the past weekend.
Jeph Loeb, Michael Turner, Leinil Yu, & Joe Madureira
August 8, 2005
At Wizard World Chicago, Marvel launched a powerful counterattack against archrival DC Comics by announcing a number of exclusive signings.
Superhero Titles Flash 'Legs'
August 7, 2005
The feature film remake of The Dukes of Hazzard television series topped the weekend box office with an estimated gross of $30.575 million and a solid $8,097 per theater average.
Column by Steve Bennett
August 2, 2005
This week, Bennett shows why it's important for retailers to keep track of the media references to the products they sell.
Coming from IDW in 2006
July 28, 2005
IDW Publishing's Ted Adams told ICv2 about his company's plans to publish trade paperback collections of the Dreamwave Transformers volumes which are no longer available.
Coming in 2006 From DK Publishing
July 27, 2005
DK Publishing's Jay Henry (Director of Marketing) and Bess Braswell (Marketing Manager) told ICv2 about DK's plans to publish the Marvel Comics Encyclopedia.
