Mike Bullock Almost without exception I wait until an arc is complete before reading it. For graphic novel sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March, see "Top 400 Graphic Novels--March 2022." For charts of comic and graphic novel bestsellers based on sell-throughs by comic stores using the ComicHub POS system, see "Top 50 Comics - March 2022." The differences in how the data behind these charts is collected are . IT' = It's Alive ONI = OniPress Inc. HUM = Humanoids Inc. "Acme started in 1983. July 2021 Diamond comics sales estimates are out! 1 Thrilling Tales From Tree House, Star Wars Darth Vader Dark Lord Sith Vol. In 2005, Gemstone added to Cochran's earlier-published oversize, hardback, black & white slip-cased "The Complete EC Library" collections with the complete Picto-Fiction collection, comprising the EC comics: Confessions Illustrated, Crime Illustrated, Shock Illustrated and Terror Illustrated, along with "18 previously unseen stories, never published before".[47]. Bill Black "Acme started in 1983. ARA = Archaia Studios Press December and January seem a little more reasonable. The majority of the exhibits came from Geppi's private collection, while Geppi's daughter Melissa "Missy" Geppi-Bowersox became the executive vice-president of the museum in 2007, after Wendy Kelman left the museum on August 31, 2007, to start her own tourism consulting firm. 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Geppi wrote to retailers that: "Diamond values its retailers too much to take chances on such a dangerous situation We are not censors. 1 There Is No Fear, Steranko Nick Fury Agent of Shield Artisan Ed, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Hellmouth Dlx Ed HC, Adventure Zone Vol. July 2021 Diamond comics sales estimates are out! Image Comics' best-selling book in June, Spawn's Universe #1, launched Todd McFarlane's Spawnverse with a one-shot from McFarlane and artists Jim Cheung, Stephen Segovia, and Marcio Takara. DE = Dynamite Entertainment Studios KEE = Keenspot Entertainment And continuing the sales pattern seen all summer, orders were dramatically higher versus comparable sales two years earlier, before the Coronavirus pandemic. Not too likely. NewHotMusic.com . 2, Best of Archie Comics 80 Years 80 Stories, Venom By Donny Cates Vol. It also organized Free Comic Book Day, a promotional effort to bring new comic book readers to independent comic bookstores since 2002. [54] In April, Geppi responded to the uncertainty, noting that while there had been "a reduction in staff at Gemstone," such moves did "not signal the end of Gemstone Publishing. ASP = Apen MLT Inc. This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. Privacy policy. [2], On June 5, 2020, DC Comics announced that they would discontinue their distribution agreement with Diamond and that their books would now be distributed by Penguin Random House for their graphic novels and by UCS Comic Distributors (subsidiary of Midtown Comics) and Lunar Distribution (subsidiary of Discount Comic Book Service in Fort Wayne, Indiana). While acknowledging how huge the decision was, DC reiterated that the move was intended to fortify and increase the viability of the comic book direct market while also widening its fan base. Data for Diamonds sales charts which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. [22], On August 31, 2000, Diamond Comic Distributors acquired Alliance Game Distributors, North America's largest distributor of tabletop games. Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1, the crossover event from Charles Soule and Luke Ross set before Return of the Jedi, ranked #3. 16 Imbalance Part 1, John Carpenters Tales For a Halloweenight Vol. Many Gemstone publications revolve around Comic Book Marketplace-editor and EC-shepherd Russ Cochran. VAU = Vault Comics Joe: A Real American Hero, Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Ghostbusters, Halo, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Indiana Jones, Battlestar Galactica, 24 and Back to the Future. Darkhold Alpha #1, included in the September chart by Diamond, actually shipped the first week of October but appears here likely because it was still under Diamond's Marvel sales agency contract and just shipped late. Diamond distributes to the direct market in the United States and has exclusive distribution arrangements with several major U.S. comic book publishers, including Dark Horse Comics and Image Comics. 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I wonder if anyone else felt the same way? ADH = Adhouse Books "Is Diamond Necessary? 3, Knights of the Dinner Table Bundle of Trouble Vol. Most of the titles on this chart are also distributed to Europe by Diamond UK, which can account for significant sales for the publisher, ranging from 3-20% of the U.S. numbers. These quantity estimates do not reflect distribution through those channels. I would wager that the spending will taper off as we get deeper into the "TPB culture" the publishers will run out of stuff to reprint, and we'll be picking up more "new" stuff which will be coming out with less frequency, no? The Top 400 Comics Sold Francis Garbut I'm definitely shifting away from pamphlets toward TPBs. Overstreet also produced a variety of smaller publications updating his yearly guides on a monthly schedule. : Three Diana Comics Rejected in 1996: Publishers and Distributor give Different Reasons; Accusation of Bias against Small Publishers", Stump, Greg. 0, Venom By Donny Cates Vol. In 1994, Geppi bought Overstreet Publishing, taking up the publishing reins of official-Blue Book price guide The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, and other related publications, bringing them under the Gemstone imprint. Find July's chart here. Media Release -- Robert Kirkman celebrated ten years of his best-selling zombie series The Walking Dead with The Walking Dead #115, the best-selling comic book in October. AST = Arcana Studios Find Julys chart here. [24], On March 25, 2021, Marvel Comics announced they plan to shift their direct market distribution, for both monthly comics and graphic novels, to Penguin Random House. Comichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry for more than 25 years, including a decade editing the industrys retail trade magazine; he is the author of several guides to comics, as well as more than a hundred comic books for various franchises. "[56] Nine years later, Diamond International Galleries purchased "one of the countrys first, and most respected, collectibles auction houses: Hake's Americana & Collectibles. AMR =Amryl Entertainment Steve [Geppi] is a visionary and a risk-taker and I tend to be more conservative. I'm definitely shifting away from pamphlets toward TPBs. For our estimates of comic sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty during August, see "Diamond Top 400 Comics--Aiugust." [22] In 1993, Geppi bought Russ Cochran Publishing. It all starts at the comic book shop. Small Arts Comics Publishers and their Relationship with Diamond Comic Distributors,", Spurgeon, Tom. STE = Steve Hamaker In December 2002, it was announced that "Gemstone Publishing had signed the license to publishing Disney comics in North America," with ex-Gladstone Publishing editor-in-chief John Clark joining Gemstone in the same position over its Disney line. Venom #35, the 200th issue of Marvel Comics' Venom overall and the climax to Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's groundbreaking run on the title, was the best-selling comic book of June 2021 through Diamond Comic Distributors. Copyright 2022, Diamond Comic Distributors. Barry Gregory Media Release -- Wonder Woman and Aquaman enter the fray in the battle against the Parademons while Vic Stone is transformed into a new hero in Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League #3 from DC Comics, the best-selling comic book to comics retailers o What do you suppose is the likelihood that they will ever put these Exiles TPBs into hardcover editions? Rather surprised that Superman Batman #12 only finished up in 56th place with sales of only 34,000. United States Offices: [49] Launched with a title for Free Comic Book Day 2003, the line started soon after with Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge, both described by Clark as "monthly 64-page prestige-format books at $6.95, which is the same price they were when last produced, in 1998. 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[5] E. Gerber Products, LLC is a Diamond-affiliated company started by Gerber in 1977 which sells Mylar bags as well as "acid-free boxes and acid-free backing boards" for comics collectors to store their collection in. They transport comic books and graphic novels, as well as other popular culture products such as toys, games, and apparel from comic book publishers or suppliers to retailers. 6 Doing Time Pt One, Amazing Spider-Man By Spencer Vol. (-5% vs. same month 2 years ago, This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. POC = Pocket Books ANT = Antarctic Press 801 = 801 Media Inc. SCH = Scholastic, Inc. (Graphix) }); And a good bankruptcy lawyer for those of us who buy collected editions. Thats up 32% over the $27 million for the non-DC Top 300s in July 2019. Rates are available upon request. details: { Adding significantly to Diamond's totals for the month, graphic novels set a new record for the distributor, with the Top 300 graphic novels valued at $10.89 million at full retail. IDW Publishings Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 ranked #4, and Image Comics The Walking Dead #91 ranked #68. Issues of comics with United States release dates of April 1 or later, and with United Kingdom release dates of March 25 or later, would not be shipped until normal operations resumed. [6], Most notably, in 1988, Geppi bought up early mail-order distributor Bud Plant Inc.,[7] who had himself bought out Charles Abar Distribution in 1982. Diamond bought Capital City on July 26, 1996, assuming near-control of the comics distribution system. But sales on graphic novels will continue to increase as more people shift their focus on that format. 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TOP 200 COMIC BOOKSBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2021. In addition to Justice League, DC Comics had six titles in the top ten best-selling comics sold in November. Among the Premier Publishers, Dark Horse Comics top book for November was Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #3 at #64 which continued the adventures of Joss Whedons vampire slayer. The third quarter works out to $109.34 million, just slightly higher than the same quarter in 2019 with DC included and 43% higher than the same category in 2019 when looking just at the Top 300s for publishers besides DC. [3], In 1996, Diamond launched the toll-free Comic Shop Locator service. The result was that Diamond's Top 300 comics and Top 300 graphic novels combined for $39.82 million, a figure 8% higher than September 2019 even when DC is included; when looking just at the Top 300 non-DC items in each category, the increase balloons to 48%. All Rights Reserved, Job ST = St. Martins Publishing This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Sales by Diamond UK are not included in the numbers above. "[3] In fact, in an attempt to prove Diamond did not practice censorship, the company joined DC Comics in 1993 to raise money for the industry's First Amendment advocacy group Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Providing pop culture news since October 18, 1998. MIC = Microcosm Publishing Acrossing the Miles; Box Office; Classic Comic Compendium; Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up; DC Deep Cuts; DC Round-Up; Drokking Scrotnig; Fandom Flames; These charges first surfaced in 1988 when Diamond rejected Matt Feazell's comic Ant Boy,[37][38] and in 1989 when it similarly decided not to carry Allen Freeman's Slam Bang anthology. [53] The Guide's 39th edition was published by Gemstone Publishing in 2009. Art Sippo ABL = ABLAZE Publishing AAR = Aardvark-Vanaheim The deal is non-exclusive, allowing retailers to choose ordering from Penguin Random House directly or from Diamond as a wholesaler rather than a distributor in the US and the UK. In 1992, Diamond bought Ernst Gerber Publishing (publisher-author of the Photo-Journal Guide to Comics). BLA = Black Mask Studios TOK = Tokyopop No commercial use permitted. 2, Marvel Masterworks Marvel Team-Up HC Vol. Some other publishers distribute directly to stores or through other distributors and as a result this analysis may understate their sales. October was a big month for graphic novels so I decided at that point to change my buying trends even further away from pamphlets toward the collected editions. UK and European comics distribution is served by Diamond UK, based in Runcorn, England. $(document).ready( function () { For links to all previous Top Diamond Comics and Top Diamond Graphic Novel articles (going back to 2001, including preorder analysis through March 2003 and actual order analysis beginning March 2003), see "ICv2 Top 300 Comics and Top 300 GNs Index. 1 Here There Be Gerblins, Disney Masters HC Vol. display: $.fn.dataTable.Responsive.display.childRowImmediate Joeseph Simon They were purchased for a friend. [5] Almost overnight, noted Rozanski, "[h]e went from being a retailer in Baltimore to having warehouses all over the place. HFT = Space Goat Publishing Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well. Full Line-Up of FCBD 2023 Comic Books Announced! [citation needed]. Al Nickerson (Amazing Spider-Man is used as the control title with a value of 100 because sales of Amazing Spider-Man usually remain relatively stable.) September 2021 marked the final month that Diamond Comic Distributors was the sales agent for Marvel Comics, with the publisher moving to Penguin Random House in October; it was also 25 years since the first report produced in the Comichron data set, in September 1996. Possibly, but Marvel and DC have both started to dig more frequently into their publishing history, launching new tpb series that have the potential to go on for years, such as What If?, 70's Essentials, Byrne/Ordway Superman, Perez Wonder Woman, Golden Age Marvel Masterworks, digest-sized DC comics animated material. Since 1982, Diamond has worked to cultivate productive and profitable relationships between retailers and vendors. +32% when comparing with just the Top 300 non-DC issues from 2 years earlier), The Top 400 Comics sold had a total retail price of Geppi included Cochran's publications and Cochran himself under his new imprint, Gemstone Publishing.[45]. [4] In what Mile High Comics' Chuck Rozanski describes as an "incredibly risky and gutsy move," Geppi took over New Media/Irjax's "office and warehouse space" and, recalled Rozanski, had to "sort out the good customers from the bad overnight" negotiating with creditors to continue Shuster's distribution business as Diamond Comic Distribution. Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmietti, and Mortitat's sword-and-sorcery adventure for Dynamite Entertainment, The Invincible Red Sonja #2, was the publisher's top book at #91. "Diamond and the Small Press, Part II: Breaking the Cycle: Rick Veitch Leaves Diamond Behind,", Stroup, Tim and Mark Thompson. It is additionally available for sale to customers to facilitate pre-orders from "pull and hold" or subscription customers who frequent comic shops on a regular basis. 2, Critical Role Chronicles of Exandria HC Vol. I just worry that publishers are overloading us with product. "[5], This call for retailers to refuse to stock Miracleman[27] led to accusations of censorship,[28] charges the company was forced to address when it criticized or refused to carry other titles, including books by Kitchen Sink Press,[29] and Dave Sim in 1988,[29][30][31][32] Jon Lewis in 1994,[33] and Mike Diana in 1996. It's a huge deal for me to be able to continue this. 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