Kahn talks about how her early career starting magazines led to being hired at DC Comics, what it was like coming into a nearly all-male company, and the early days of nurturing the Direct Market.

Kahn talks about creators' rights and compensation, Karen Berger and the British invasion, the Batman movie, Vertigo and Milestone, the move into books, and more.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

Webtoon collections, Turtles, and shonen titles top the Circana BookScan charts of the Top 20 Author, Superhero, and Manga Graphic Novels.

The numbers tell the story of the top Author, Superhero, and Manga graphic novel sales on the 2023 Circana BookScan charts.

A handful of series dominate the December charts with multiple volumes of each.

Abstract: Sales of the Top 20 Superhero titles rose year over year; the top Manga were up in dollars despite unit declines; but top Author titles were down.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

A wide variety of different types of stories characterized both the Author and Superhero charts, but Manga shoppers stuck with familiar titles.