From 'ICv2's Internal Correspondence' #100
July 6, 2021
These top franchise charts originally appeared in ICv2's Internal Correspondence #100.
Geek Showbiz Round-Up
June 10, 2021
We've been getting a lot of geek showbiz news, and we round it up here.
DC Dominates Superheroes; Webtoon, Streaming Dominate Author; Manga Looks Like Top 20 Adult GNs
June 9, 2021
DC dominated the superhero chart in May, a title tied to a webtoon rose to the top of the author chart, and the manga chart looks like the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels.
Superheroes on a Roller Coaster, Manga on a Roll, a Good Month for Author Titles
June 9, 2021
Superheroes were on a roller coaster, manga was on a roll, and it was a good month for Author graphic novels in the book channel.
Manga Continues Domination of Graphic Novel Chart
June 4, 2021
Once again, it's all manga in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for May 2021.
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.
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."
