It is the time of the year for Looking Back at total sales and all of that, and John Jackson Miller does some excellent heavy lifting on that score.

But there's something that I don't see any commenter making a point of, and I think it is a REALLY significant impact that people-who-aren't-retailers seem to be forgetting: In February, Diamond began a major warehouse move. More or less the entire month of February there "weren't" reorders on any product shipping from Diamond.

Even once they "fixed" that issue (which memory tells me stretched into early April on many titles), there were HORRIBLE cockups in fill rates, accuracy, damages, etc all through the summer and fall. It wasn't really until 4th quarter that things went ANYwhere close back to normal.

I mean, I can think of a few books from different publishers where Diamond COMPLETELY LOST *all* of the inventory they were SUPPOSED to have on hand.

So while JJ and others are reporting on the Reported Figures, I think it is very important that 2009's figures get an asterisk put next to it because it is a certainty that reported sales DO NOT MATCH to the actual demand on a large number of titles for, probably, half of the year.

I believe that, had that warehouse move not happened, DM sales would probably have been UP overall, by a couple of points.

-B

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And here, below the jump, is the "Comics" portion of our show



Again, like before, let's show first the number of UNITS sold (note that I've scrubbed out things like Quarter Books)

(Also note that, again, because of the way Diamond works, and MOBY interacts with it, some things might say something like "4th printing" when, in fact, that's any and all printings added together)(doing the cleanup would really take too much time)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
BATMAN AND ROBIN #2 4TH PTG
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #21 CHEN CVR
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22 CHEN CVR
BLACKEST NIGHT #1 (OF 8)
BATMAN AND ROBIN #3
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23 CHEN CVR
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24 CHEN CVR
BATMAN #686 (NOTE PRICE)
BATMAN AND ROBIN #4
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #26 CHEN CVR
WEDNESDAY COMICS #1 (OF 12)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #5
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #27 CHEN CVR
FINAL CRISIS #6 (OF 7)
BLACKEST NIGHT #2 (OF 8)
REBORN #1 (OF 5)
DETECTIVE COMICS #854 2ND PTG
ASTONISHING X-MEN #28
FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
BATMAN AND ROBIN #6
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #28 CHEN CVR
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 6)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #2 (OF 12)
BLACKEST NIGHT #3 (OF 8)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #29 CARNEVALE CVR
UNWRITTEN #1 2ND PTG
BLACKEST NIGHT #5 (OF 8)
BATMAN #687
DETECTIVE COMICS #855
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA #1 DAX
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (OF 5)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #30 ADAM HUGHES CVR
GREEN LANTERN #43
STRANGE TALES #1 (OF 3)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #30
DARK AVENGERS #1
FLASH REBIRTH #2 (OF 5)
UNCANNY X-MEN #506
WEDNESDAY COMICS #3 (OF 12)
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #2 (OF 5)
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #3 (OF 4) (MR)
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 (OF 8)
KICK ASS #5 (MR)
DETECTIVE COMICS #856
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #2 (OF 8)
IGNITION CITY #1 (OF 5) (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN #513 DAX
WEDNESDAY COMICS #4 (OF 12)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #5 (OF 12)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #6 (OF 12)
WOLVERINE #70
UNCANNY X-MEN #507
UNCANNY X-MEN #509
UNCANNY X-MEN #510
WEDNESDAY COMICS #9 (OF 12)
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #4 (OF 8)
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #4 (OF 4) (MR)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #31
GREEN LANTERN #44
PREACHER # 1 SPECIAL EDITION
UNCANNY X-MEN #514 DAX
WEDNESDAY COMICS #8 (OF 12)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #20 CHEN CVR
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #3 (OF 5)
DARK AVENGERS #2
DARK AVENGERS #3
INCOGNITO #2 (MR)
NEW AVENGERS #49
PLANETARY #27
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1 (OF 3) (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #2
WEDNESDAY COMICS #10 (OF 12)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #11 (OF 12)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #7 (OF 12)
WOLVERINE #71
DETECTIVE COMICS #857
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #3 (OF 8)
INCOGNITO #1 (MR) (C: 1-0-0)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #22
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1
UNCANNY X-MEN #508
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50
FABLES #83 (MR)
GREEN LANTERN #46
UNCANNY X-MEN #511
UNCANNY X-MEN #512
UNWRITTEN #2 (MR)
WOLVERINE #72
ASTONISHING X-MEN #32
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) (MR)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #21
NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR
BATMAN #688
DARK AVENGERS #8 DAX
LITERALS #1 (OF 3) (MR)


(Man, 100 places really isn't enough, is it?)

#1 is, no surprise, the Obama issue of Spider-Man. Nor should it be any real surprise that no other issue of Spidey charted besides that one -- that was not a comic that got people coming back to read more.

And now the same thing, flipped for DOLLARS sold.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
BLACKEST NIGHT #1 (OF 8)
BATMAN AND ROBIN #2 4TH PTG
BATMAN #686 (NOTE PRICE)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
WEDNESDAY COMICS #1 (OF 12)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #21 CHEN CVR
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #3
BLACKEST NIGHT #2 (OF 8)
REBORN #1 (OF 5)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23 CHEN CVR
FINAL CRISIS #6 (OF 7)
DETECTIVE COMICS #854 2ND PTG
STRANGE TALES #1 (OF 3)
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE)
FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #4
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #26 CHEN CVR
BLACKEST NIGHT #3 (OF 8)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #2 (OF 12)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR
BLACKEST NIGHT #5 (OF 8)
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 6)
DETECTIVE COMICS #855
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #27 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #5
DARK AVENGERS #1
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA #1 DAX
NEW AVENGERS #50
WOLVERINE GIANT-SIZE OLD MAN LOGAN #1
WEDNESDAY COMICS #3 (OF 12)
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #2 (OF 5)
THOR #600
IGNITION CITY #1 (OF 5) (MR)
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 (OF 8)
UNCANNY X-MEN #513 DAX
BATMAN #687
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #28 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #6
DETECTIVE COMICS #856
WEDNESDAY COMICS #4 (OF 12)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #6 (OF 12)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #29 CARNEVALE CVR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600
WEDNESDAY COMICS #5 (OF 12)
PLANETARY #27
DARK AVENGERS #2
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #2
DETECTIVE COMICS #857
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #3 (OF 5)
STRANGE TALES #2 (OF 3)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #28
WEDNESDAY COMICS #9 (OF 12)
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) (MR)
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1 (OF 3) (MR)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #8 (OF 12)
UNCANNY X-MEN #512
WEDNESDAY COMICS #7 (OF 12)
DAREDEVIL #500
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #2 (OF 2)
SUPERGOD #1 (OF 5)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #30 ADAM HUGHES CVR
UNCANNY X-MEN #514 DAX
NEW AVENGERS #49
WEDNESDAY COMICS #10 (OF 12)
DETECTIVE COMICS #858
DARK AVENGERS #7 DAX
ULTIMATUM #3 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #4 (OF 5)
NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR
NEW AVENGERS #54 DKR
WEDNESDAY COMICS #11 (OF 12)
DARK AVENGERS #4
ASTONISHING X-MEN #30
INCOGNITO #2 (MR)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
WEDNESDAY COMICS #12 (OF 12)
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1
NEW AVENGERS #52
KICK ASS #5 (MR)
NEW AVENGERS #51
INCOGNITO #1 (MR) (C: 1-0-0)
DARK AVENGERS #3
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #2 (OF 8)
NO HERO #3 (OF 7) (MR)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #16
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (OF 5)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 (OF 5)
ULTIMATUM #4 (OF 5)
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #2 (OF 3) (MR)
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #3 (OF 4) (MR)
GREEN LANTERN #43
DETECTIVE COMICS #859
UNCANNY X-MEN #509
INCOGNITO #3 (MR)
INCOGNITO #4
NEW AVENGERS #56 DKR
DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN EXODUS DAX


Doesn't change it a TON, but some more expensive books get up the placements in a few places.

Anyway, always interested in your commentary!


-B

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Alright, here's a look at the Top Selling Books at Comix Experience in 2009, under the cut.



First off, here is the list sorted by PIECES SOLD (quantity). I'm not going to bother noting where the ties are, or, for that matter, adding the placing numbers, or cleaning up the listings (eg: the "new ptg" that got appended to LOEG -- that's just what we've sold, total, over the year, but when a new printing came in to Diamond, that changed their data listing, which, once merged into MOBY, changed MY data listing. Such is life)

This is the Top 100 (well, 107 thanks to ties)


LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 NEW PTG
BATMAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER HC
WATCHMEN TP (FEB058406)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE (DEC084184)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN
ASTERIOS POLYP GN
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES (OCT058281) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 12 THE DARK AGES
LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP
WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER HC
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED (OCT058020)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MAR080241) (MR
CRIMINAL TP VOL 04 BAD NIGHT (NOV082430) (MR)
UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 1 APOCALYPSE SUITE
DMZ TP VOL 06 BLOOD IN THE GAME (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR AND PIECES (AUG080229) (MR)
LOEG VOL ONE TP (JUL068290)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP (MAR068027) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING OF TRUTH (MAY050306) (MR)
100 BULLETS TP VOL 13 WILT (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE (APR058372)
SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE (APR058268)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD (APR058056) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL (SEP050317) (MR)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 02
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DEC058055)
BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUS BY ROBERT CRUMB HC
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND (FEB070362) (MR)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 04 TIME OF YOUR LIFE
POWERS TP VOL 12 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES
RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE HUNTER HC
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER
BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 05 PREDATOR & PREY
DMZ TP VOL 07 WAR POWERS
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (DEC058090)
BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 01 OUT FROM BONEVILLE
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 02 (MR)
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER TP (JUL080193)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US
WARREN ELLIS FRANKENSTEINS WOMB GN
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS (FEB060341) (MR)
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 (SEP083753) (MR)
LOEG VOL TWO TP (FEB058407)
THE FART PARTY TP
WARREN ELLIS CROOKED LITTLE VEIN MMPB
BOYS TP VOL 04 WE GOTTA GO NOW
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU
PLANETARY TP VOL 01 ALL OVER THE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MAR050489) (MR
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET
BOYS TP VOL 03 GOOD FOR THE SOUL
DMZ TP VOL 01 ON THE GROUND (MAR060383) (MR)
PLANETARY TP VOL 03 LEAVING TP THE 20 TH CENTURY
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE
WALTZ WITH BASHIR SC (C: 0-1-2)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 02 BODY OF A JOURNALIST (NOV060292) (MR)
EX MACHINA TP VOL 08 DIRTY TRICKS
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 SP PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 02 VS THE WORLD (DEC042750)
SURROGATES TP VOL 01 CURR PTG
SWAMP THING TP VOL 02 LOVE AND DEATH (JUL058053)
V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS (AUG060299) (MR)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS (OCT072158) (MR)
EX MACHINA TP VOL 07 EX CATHEDRA (JUL080199) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 07 ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS (MAR060384) (MR)
FINAL CRISIS HC
JUSTICE TP VOL 01 (FEB080252)
PREACHER TP VOL 07 SALVATION NEW EDITION (MAY050300) (MR)
SWAMP THING TP VOL 01 SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING (APR058269)
FROM HELL TP NEW PTG
HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
JOKER HC (JUL080124)
PLANETARY TP VOL 02 THE FOURTH MAN
PREACHER TP VOL 04 ANCIENT HISTORY NEW EDITION (MAY050299) (
PREACHER TP VOL 06 WAR IN THE SUN NEW EDITION (MAY050301) (M
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS (OCT053132)
SECRET INVASION TP (NOV082460)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE
100 BULLETS TP VOL 12 DIRTY (JUN080292) (MR)
ALAN MOORE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE GN (O/A) (NOV083804) (MR
ARKHAM ASYLUM ANNIVERSARY ED SC (AUG050185) (MR)
BATMAN RIP DELUXE EDITION HC
BOYS TP VOL 01 NAME OF THE GAME
BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME
CRIMINAL TP VOL 03 DEAD AND DYING (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 03 PUBLIC WORKS (JUN070267) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 04 MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (OCT058021) (M
FABLES TP VOL 08 WOLVES (SEP060313) (MR)
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 03
FUNNY MISSHAPEN BODY GN (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
PREACHER TP VOL 03 PROUD AMERICANS NEW EDITION (JUL068334) (
STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 01
TOP 10 TP BOOK 01 (OCT058279)
USAGI YOJIMBO HC YOKAI
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE RECORDED ATTACKS GN

Everything on the Top 100 sold, on average, more than "1 copy a month".

As noted in the "overview" post, the Batman HC is a fluke because of the Gaiman signing. Therefore, so, too, is WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER. In the latter's case, however, had I actually had ENOUGH of those for the signing it could have been in the Top 5. Such is the power of Neil Gaiman!

"Not having enough" is actually a fairly common theme this year -- there's several books here (Crumb's GENESIS, ASTERIOS POLYP, Darwyn Cooke's THE HUNTER, etc.) where I would have sold a LOT more copies if the publishers hadn't sold out of those books. Crumb, in particular, probably would have been in the Top Ten were there any reorders available from ANY of the multiple distributors I use. I ended up even buying copies from Barnes & Noble (dot com) just to have copies for sale during the actual Christmas shopping season.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the diversity of material on this list.

Now, let's flip this around and sort this list by DOLLARS sold:

BATMAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER HC
WATCHMEN TP (FEB058406)
WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER HC
LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 NEW PTG
ASTERIOS POLYP GN
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE (DEC084184)
WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01
BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUS BY ROBERT CRUMB HC
FABLES TP VOL 12 THE DARK AGES
RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE HUNTER HC
POWERS TP VOL 12 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES
FROM HELL TP NEW PTG
UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 1 APOCALYPSE SUITE
SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE (APR058268)
LOST GIRLS HC
FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR AND PIECES (AUG080229) (MR)
LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP
100 BULLETS TP VOL 13 WILT (MR)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 02
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES (OCT058281) (MR)
SECRET INVASION TP (NOV082460)
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (DEC058090)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MAR080241) (MR
FINAL CRISIS HC
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER TP (JUL080193)
BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 02 (MR)
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 (SEP083753) (MR)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 04 BAD NIGHT (NOV082430) (MR)
LOEG VOL ONE TP (JUL068290)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING OF TRUTH (MAY050306) (MR)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED (OCT058020)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND (FEB070362) (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 03 GOOD FOR THE SOUL
BOYS TP VOL 04 WE GOTTA GO NOW
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 04 TIME OF YOUR LIFE
DMZ TP VOL 06 BLOOD IN THE GAME (MR)
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DEC058055)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP (MAR068027) (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER
SWAMP THING TP VOL 02 LOVE AND DEATH (JUL058053)
V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR)
SURROGATES TP VOL 01 CURR PTG
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 05 PREDATOR & PREY
BATMAN RIP DELUXE EDITION HC
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL (SEP050317) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD (APR058056) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 07 WAR POWERS
LOST GIRLS DLX SLIPCASED ED CURR PTG
SWAMP THING TP VOL 01 SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING (APR058269)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS (FEB060341) (MR)
COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP
WALTZ WITH BASHIR SC (C: 0-1-2)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US
A DRIFTING LIFE TP
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU
LOEG VOL TWO TP (FEB058407)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01
JOKER HC (JUL080124)
WALKING DEAD HC VOL 01
PREACHER TP VOL 07 SALVATION NEW EDITION (MAY050300) (MR)
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MAR050489) (MR
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET
PLANETARY TP VOL 01 ALL OVER THE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES
WARREN ELLIS CROOKED LITTLE VEIN MMPB
BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME
ABSOLUTE DEATH HC
PETER & MAX A FABLES NOVEL HC
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 03
PREACHER TP VOL 06 WAR IN THE SUN NEW EDITION (MAY050301) (M
HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
THE FART PARTY TP
FLIGHT GN VOL 06 (C: 0-1-2)
BLACK SUMMER TP
PLANETARY TP VOL 03 LEAVING TP THE 20 TH CENTURY
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE
Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01
CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS (AUG060299) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE (APR058372)
BONE ONE VOL ED SC (MAR058205)
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE (JUN083900) (MR)
R CRUMBS HEROES OF BLUES JAZZ & COUNTRY WITH CD HC
ARKHAM ASYLUM ANNIVERSARY ED SC (AUG050185) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 04 MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (OCT058021) (M
FABLES TP VOL 08 WOLVES (SEP060313) (MR)
TOP 10 TP BOOK 01 (OCT058279)
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING HC BOOK 01
RUNAWAYS HC VOL 01 (JUN052053)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE
WALKING DEAD HC VOL 02
STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02
IMMORTAL IRON FIST BY FRACTION & BRUBAKER OMNIBUS HC
FABLES TP VOL 07 ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS (MAR060384) (MR)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS (OCT072158) (MR)
JUSTICE TP VOL 01 (FEB080252)

Yeah, that changes things a bit -- Hardcovers shoot up quite a lot in almost every situation.

-B

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Here's the first in a series of posts detailing Comix Experience's performance in 2009. I'll hide these below the jump for people who Just Don't Care.



Overall, CE was down by 4% for the year. The amount we're down is almost exactly the amount of business we lost during the nearly 2 month period of construction on Divisadero St., so I don't feel so bad about that, really -- without the construction we appear to have been flat, and in this economy, that seems pretty alright to me.

Overall, "books" accounted for 53% of our sales, while "comics" were 42%. I believe this is the widest spread that we've shown yet -- still BOTH categories are absolutely critical to my business.

I'm going to go into greater detail in the next two posts, about Books and Comics sales, but I thought it might be fun to look at our Top 20 (ish) items overall by quantity, mixing the two lists, and including everything we sell.

1. Quarter Book - Single
2. Borg - Bag & Board Combo
3. Dollar Book
4. Sale Book
5. Back Issue
6. Quarter Book - 10 for a Buck
7. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583
8. LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910
9. BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
10. BATMAN AND ROBIN #2
11. BATMAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER HC
12. WATCHMEN TP
13. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #21
14. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22
15. BLACKEST NIGHT #1 (OF 8)
16. BATMAN AND ROBIN #3
17. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23
18. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24
19. BATMAN #686 (NOTE PRICE)
20. BATMAN AND ROBIN #4
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #26
Starter Set

Seeing it listed like this, I really wish I could go back in time to Hibbs'89 and tell him to start charging for bags back then -- we used to give bags away with every comic sold, and only stopped doing so in the last 5-6 years (I think?)

We also cut the "10 for a buck" option on the quarter books back in... May, I think? -- we had actually started to sell QBs "too fast" where I was in dire danger of "running out"

"Sale Book" is stuff put on sale -- like the roughly 300 graphic novel titles that we've purchased in 2009 that DIDN'T SELL EVEN A SINGLE COPY. "Midlist" "mainstream" GNs are pretty much a joke in 2009 -- despite "I'm waiting for the trade", it's clear to me that most people actually AREN'T.

The Batman HC is a fluke, because that was the item tied to the Neil Gaiman reading and signing. It did, in fact, sell well, but not nearly what this list would seem to suggest.

Finally, in that 3-way tie for position #20, a "starter set" is a prepackaged set of comics (ie: "20 issues of JUSTICE LEAGUE") for a cheapish price (typically less than a buck a piece)

Clearly the lesson here seems to be "cheap stuff sells well", but it really isn't like it looks -- while QBs sold something like 4x the single best-selling new periodical listed here, that's the sum over 12 entire months. Even that Obama Spider-Man wasn't really on the shelf for more than about 1/3 of that time; or if we summed together all of the BUFFY comics, they'd easily surpass QBs as a line item.

Even for the Borgs -- that's a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the total number of periodicals we sold.

Don't ask me what happened with BUFFY #25, I don't know either.

Still, I'm entertained by looking at things this way.

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Now we'll look at the periodical comics. Again, under the jump...



Again, we'll start with sorting it by PIECES sold.

Yeah, the quarter book permutations win (and "10 for a buck" is counted as ONE item, not TEN), followed by Barack Obama and Spidey, followed by "back issue" as a generic item, then we get into the BUFFY's and other stuff. You'll recall that our '08 list was ABSOLUTELY dominated by BUFFY, but it spreads out a bit from there.

Here's the list:

Quarter Book - 10 for a Buck
Quarter Book - Single
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583
Back Issue
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #21 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22 CHEN CVR
Dollar Book
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23 CHEN CVR
BATMAN #686 (NOTE PRICE)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24 CHEN CVR
FINAL CRISIS #6 (OF 7)
FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #28
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 5)
UNWRITTEN #1
DARK AVENGERS #1
UNCANNY X-MEN #506
CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #3 (OF 4) (MR)
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #2 (OF 8)
UNCANNY X-MEN #509
INCOGNITO #1 (MR) (C: 1-0-0)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #20 CHEN CVR
DARK AVENGERS #2
IGNITION CITY #1 (OF 5) (MR)
INCOGNITO #2 (MR)
NEW AVENGERS #49
WOLVERINE #71
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #22
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #4 (OF 4) (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN #507
UNCANNY X-MEN #508
UNCANNY X-MEN #510
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #2
WOLVERINE #70
KICK ASS #5 (MR)
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #4 (OF 8)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #21
Starter Set
BATMAN #684
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #3 (OF 8)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #46
FABLES #83 (MR)
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #2 (OF 2)
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) (MR)
INCOGNITO #3 (MR)
NEW AVENGERS #50
THOR #600
BOYS #26 (MR)
ULTIMATUM #3 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE #72
DARK AVENGERS #4
FLASH REBIRTH #2 (OF 5)
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1 (OF 3) (MR)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (OF 5)
KICK ASS #6 (MR)
LITERALS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
NEW AVENGERS #51
NEW AVENGERS #52
BATMAN #687
BOYS #29 (MR)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50
DARK AVENGERS #3
NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR
BOYS #28 (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN #511
UNWRITTEN #2 (MR)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #16
BOYS #27 (MR)
DETECTIVE COMICS #854
FABLES #81 (MR)
FANTASTIC FOUR #562
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 (OF 5)
BATMAN #685 (FOE)
BTVS TALES OF THE VAMPIRES ONE SHOT JO CHEN COVER
DARK AVENGERS #5 DKR
FABLES #80 (MR)
FABLES #82 (MR)
GREEN LANTERN #36
BPRD BLACK GODDESS #2 (OF 5)
DAREDEVIL #115
FABLES #84 (MR)
GREEN LANTERN #40
INCOGNITO #4
JACK OF FABLES #33 (MR)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #23 (FOE)
NO HERO #3 (OF 7) (MR)
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #2 (OF 3) (MR)
ULTIMATUM #4 (OF 5)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #30
BOYS #30 (MR)
BPRD BLACK GODDESS #1 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #45
CAPTAIN AMERICA #47
CAPTAIN AMERICA #49
FLASH REBIRTH #3 (OF 5)
GREEN LANTERN #38

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OK, same thing, sorted by DOLLARS SOLD. Done this way Quarter books drop way down (for 10 for a buck), or completely off -- but "Starter Sets", packaged runs of books (eg; "10 issues of BATMAN") soars right up:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583
Back Issue
Starter Set
BATMAN #686 (NOTE PRICE)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #21 CHEN CVR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22 CHEN CVR
FINAL CRISIS #6 (OF 7)
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE)
FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23 CHEN CVR
CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
Quarter Book - 10 for a Buck
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24 CHEN CVR
DARK AVENGERS #1
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 5)
NEW AVENGERS #50
THOR #600
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR
IGNITION CITY #1 (OF 5) (MR)
DARK AVENGERS #2
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #2
ASTONISHING X-MEN #28
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #2 (OF 2)
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) (MR)
NEW AVENGERS #49
ULTIMATUM #3 (OF 5)
DARK AVENGERS #4
INCOGNITO #2 (MR)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
NEW AVENGERS #52
NEW AVENGERS #51
INCOGNITO #1 (MR) (C: 1-0-0)
DARK AVENGERS #3
NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR
BATMAN #687
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1 (OF 3) (MR)
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #3 (OF 4) (MR)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #16
UNCANNY X-MEN #509
INCOGNITO #3 (MR)
DETECTIVE COMICS #854
DARK AVENGERS #5 DKR
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 (OF 5)
NO HERO #3 (OF 7) (MR)
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #2 (OF 8)
WOLVERINE #71
ULTIMATUM #4 (OF 5)
UNCANNY X-MEN #508
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #2 (OF 3) (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN #507
SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #4 (OF 4) (MR)
WOLVERINE #70
UNCANNY X-MEN #510
KICK ASS #5 (MR)
THOR #601
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #4 (OF 8)
UNCANNY X-MEN #506
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #3 (OF 8)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #21
NEW AVENGERS #54 DKR
NO HERO #5 (OF 7) (MR)
ANGEL #17
FABLES #83 (MR)
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA #1 DAX
WOLVERINE #72
FLASH REBIRTH #2 (OF 5)
KICK ASS #6 (MR)
INCOGNITO #4
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #20 CHEN CVR
LITERALS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
NO HERO #4 (OF 7) (MR)
BATMAN #684
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3)
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #4 (OF 5)
DARK AVENGERS #6 DKR
UNWRITTEN #2 (MR)
ANGEL #18
UNCANNY X-MEN #511
BOYS #26 (MR)
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #3 (OF 3)
SECRET WARRIORS #1
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #1 (OF 3)
FABLES #81 (MR)
BTVS TALES OF THE VAMPIRES ONE SHOT JO CHEN COVER
WAR OF KINGS #3 (OF 6)
FABLES #80 (MR)
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #3 (OF 3)
IGNITION CITY #3 (OF 5) (MR)
BOYS #27 (MR)
FABLES #82 (MR)
BPRD BLACK GODDESS #2 (OF 5)
ANGEL #19
FABLES #84 (MR)
GREEN LANTERN #40
JACK OF FABLES #33 (MR)
FINAL CRISIS SECRET FILES #1
GREEN LANTERN #36

These will change a lot, probably more than the books chart, when we get to the end of the year -- for example, Morrison's B&R has only been on sale for a month, and I'm going to get a lot more sales before THAT ride is done... but I like the snapshot anyway.

Still, it is very highly improbably that anything will beat that issue of AMAZING SPIDEY. Note, however, that that had NO follow-through impact whatsoever on the series...

Again, anyone see anything interesting to you?

-B

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Since the first half of the fiscal year just closed, let's take a quick look at Comix Experience's best-sellers, year-to-date.

Below the jump for those of you who don't care about these things...



Because of the formatting issues, I've decided to not attach ranking numbers to the chart. I figure you guys can count just fine!

I've gone a little past #100 -- this is actually our top 127 best selling items, because I wanted to have my own book appear on the list, ha!

This first list is PIECES sold. Yes, the first item is marked down books on sale. And, finally, something else breaks the Vulcan Death Grip that WATCHMEN had last year.

(Totally sorry for all of the Diamond bullshit in the listings. I COULD clean it up, but it would take a year and a day, and this is just for snapshot purposes, so there you go.)

Sale Book
LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
WATCHMEN TP (FEB058406)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE (DEC084184)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE (JUL068351) (MR)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 02
LOEG VOL ONE TP (JUL068290)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 04 BAD NIGHT (NOV082430) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 06 BLOOD IN THE GAME (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MAR080241) (MR
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE (JUL080042)
FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR AND PIECES (AUG080229) (MR)
POWERS TP VOL 12 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES (OCT058281) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD (APR058056) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING OF TRUTH (MAY050306) (MR)
UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 1 APOCALYPSE SUITE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED (OCT058020)
BOYS TP VOL 03 (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 02 (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL (SEP050317) (MR)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME (JUL070028)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 04 TIME OF YOUR LIFE (C: 0-1-2)
FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE (APR058372)
SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE (APR058268)
THE FART PARTY TP
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP (MAR068027) (MR)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 (MAY080205)
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DEC058055)
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC (NOV070226)
LOEG VOL TWO TP (FEB058407)
SECRET INVASION TP (NOV082460)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NOV068026) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND (FEB070362) (MR)
ALAN MOORE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE GN (O/A) (NOV083804) (MR
BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC
BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME (DEC073541) (MR) (C: 0-0-2)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU (FEB080102)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD (MR)
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MAR050489) (MR
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 01 OUT FROM BONEVILLE
FINAL CRISIS HC
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 (SEP083753) (MR)
JACK OF FABLES TP VOL 05 TURNING PAGES (MR)
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (DEC058090)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 SP PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE (MAY042851)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 04 SP GETS IT TOGETHER (JUN073779) (C:
TOP 10 TP BOOK 01 (OCT058279)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS (FEB060341) (MR)
ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #19 (MR)
PREACHER TP VOL 04 ANCIENT HISTORY NEW EDITION (MAY050299) (
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 02 VS THE WORLD (DEC042750)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS (OCT053132)
SWAMP THING TP VOL 02 LOVE AND DEATH (JUL058053)
BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 09 CROWN OF HORNS (C: 1-1-2)
BOYS TP VOL 01 (DEC078191) (MR)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS (OCT072158) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 01 ON THE GROUND (MAR060383) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 02 BODY OF A JOURNALIST (NOV060292) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 03 STORYBOOK LOVE (MAY068085) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 05 THE MEAN SEASONS (JAN050373) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE (FEB080297) (MR)
HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
JOKER HC (JUL080124)
JUSTICE TP VOL 01 (FEB080252)
PLANETARY TP VOL 01 ALL OVER THE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES (FE
PREACHER TP VOL 06 WAR IN THE SUN NEW EDITION (MAY050301) (M
PREACHER TP VOL 07 SALVATION NEW EDITION (MAY050300) (MR)
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING HC BOOK 01 (MR)
SANDMAN TP VOL 03 DREAM COUNTRY (JAN058148)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 05 (C: 0-1-2)
SERENITY BETTER DAYS TP (C: 0-1-2)
TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA HC (C: 0-1-2)
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE (SEP051681) (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (MAR061834) (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE (DEC061874) (MR)
WALTZ WITH BASHIR SC (C: 0-1-2)
100 BULLETS TP VOL 01 FIRST SHOT LAST CALL (SEP068078)
AIR TP VOL 01 LETTERS FROM LOST COUNTRIES (MR)
BATMAN RIP DELUXE EDITION HC
BPRD TP VOL 10 THE WARNING (C: 0-1-2)
DMZ TP VOL 03 PUBLIC WORKS (JUN070267) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 05 THE HIDDEN WAR (APR080273) (MR)
EX MACHINA TP VOL 01 THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS (SEP058036) (MR)
EX MACHINA TP VOL 07 EX CATHEDRA (JUL080199) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 04 MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (OCT058021) (M
FABLES TP VOL 07 ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS (MAR060384) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 08 WOLVES (SEP060313) (MR)
FROM HELL TP NEW PTG (MR)
HELLBLAZER ROOTS OF COINCIDENCE TP (Diggle v3 of 3)
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER TP (JUL080193)
PREACHER TP VOL 05 DIXIE FRIED NEW EDITION (JUL050315) (MR)
RESURRECTION TP VOL 01
SANDMAN TP VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS (OCT058022)
SCALPED TP VOL 01 INDIAN COUNTRY (MAY070243) (MR)
TOP 10 TP BOOK 02 (APR068255)
V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS (AUG060299) (MR)
A DRIFTING LIFE TP
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE (JUN083900) (MR)
BLACK SUMMER TP (JUL083705) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 04 FRIENDLY FIRE (DEC070294) (MR)
EX MACHINA TP VOL 04 MARCH TO WAR (AUG060269) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 09 SONS OF EMPIRE (MAR070271) (MR)
FUNNY MISSHAPEN BODY GN (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS NIGHT WITCHES TP (C: 0-1-2)
GOON TP VOL 07 PLACE OF HEARTACHE & GRIEF (C: 0-1-2)
JUSTICE TP VOL 03 (OCT080172)
NEIL GAIMANS CORALINE TP
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN TP VOL 15 BAD BLOOD PART 2 (C: 0-1-2)
PREACHER TP VOL 03 PROUD AMERICANS NEW EDITION (JUL068334) (
PREACHER TP VOL 08 ALL HELLS A COMING (SEP058101)
PREACHER TP VOL 09 ALAMO (APR078094) (MR)
SHORTCOMINGS HC (JUL073524) (MR)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS AMBUSH BUG TP VOL 01
SUPERMAN RED SON TP (NOV058130)
SWAMP THING TP VOL 01 SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING (APR058269)
TILTING AT WINDMILLS SC VOL 02
UNDERSTANDING COMICS THE INVISIBLE ART
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS (MR)
WARREN ELLIS AETHERIC MECHANICS GN
WARREN ELLIS CROOKED LITTLE VEIN MMPB
WE 3 TP (APR050419) (MR)


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OK, same thing, but this time sorted by DOLLARS sold. It looks similar, but not identical:

Sale Book
WATCHMEN TP (FEB058406)
LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE (DEC084184)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR)
SECRET INVASION TP (NOV082460)
POWERS TP VOL 12 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES
ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 02
FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR AND PIECES (AUG080229) (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 03 (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
LOEG VOL ONE TP (JUL068290)
UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 1 APOCALYPSE SUITE
FINAL CRISIS HC
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 02 (MR)
FROM HELL TP NEW PTG (MR)
SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE (APR058268)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE (JUL080042)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MAR080241) (MR
CRIMINAL TP VOL 04 BAD NIGHT (NOV082430) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING OF TRUTH (MAY050306) (MR)
DMZ TP VOL 06 BLOOD IN THE GAME (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME (DEC073541) (MR) (C: 0-0-2)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER (MR)
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC (NOV070226)
STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02
BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC
LOST GIRLS DLX SLIPCASED ED CURR PTG
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME (JUL070028)
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 (SEP083753) (MR)
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (DEC058090)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES (OCT058281) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD (APR058056) (MR)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE (JUL068351) (MR)
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING HC BOOK 01 (MR)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 04 TIME OF YOUR LIFE (C: 0-1-2)
SWAMP THING TP VOL 02 LOVE AND DEATH (JUL058053)
TOP 10 TP BOOK 01 (OCT058279)
A DRIFTING LIFE TP
LOEG VOL TWO TP (FEB058407)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND (FEB070362) (MR)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL (SEP050317) (MR)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU (FEB080102)
BATMAN RIP DELUXE EDITION HC
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NOV068026) (MR)
PUNISHER BY GARTH ENNIS OMNIBUS HC
HEAVY LIQUID HC (MAY080261) (MR)
THE FART PARTY TP
POPGUN GN VOL 01 (NEW PTG) (SEP071958) (C: 0-1-2)
WALKING DEAD HC VOL 01
WALKING DEAD HC VOL 02
JOKER HC (JUL080124)
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DEC058055)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD (MR)
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MAR050489) (MR
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP (MAR068027) (MR)
STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 03
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED (OCT058020)
BLACK SUMMER TP (JUL083705) (MR)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 (MAY080205)
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS (FEB060341) (MR)
TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA HC (C: 0-1-2)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 05 (C: 0-1-2)
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS TP VOL 01 ENGINES OF DESIRE (AUG083788) (MR
FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE (FEB080297) (MR)
PREACHER TP VOL 06 WAR IN THE SUN NEW EDITION (MAY050301) (M
PREACHER TP VOL 07 SALVATION NEW EDITION (MAY050300) (MR)
JACK OF FABLES TP VOL 05 TURNING PAGES (MR)
HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER TP (JUL080193)
SANDMAN TP VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS (OCT058022)
V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR)
ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #19 (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 01 (DEC078191) (MR)
WATCHMEN HC (JUL080172)
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN HC (AUG084300) (C: 0-1-2)
WALTZ WITH BASHIR SC (C: 0-1-2)
BOYS DEFINITIVE ED HC (NEW PTG) (JUN083805) (MR) (C: 0-0-2)
WATCHMEN THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC (JUL080174)
Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01 (JUN080308) (MR)
PREACHER TP VOL 04 ANCIENT HISTORY NEW EDITION (MAY050299) (
LOCAS A LOVE & ROCKETS BOOK HC VOL 01 (O/A) (MR)
COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP
FABLES TP VOL 04 MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (OCT058021) (M
FABLES TP VOL 08 WOLVES (SEP060313) (MR)
OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE SC VOL 39 AVENGERS (O/A) (
SWAMP THING TP VOL 01 SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING (APR058269)
FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE (APR058372)
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE (JUN083900) (MR)
SHORTCOMINGS HC (JUL073524) (MR)
UNDERSTANDING COMICS THE INVISIBLE ART
FABLES TP VOL 03 STORYBOOK LOVE (MAY068085) (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 05 THE MEAN SEASONS (JAN050373) (MR)
SANDMAN TP VOL 03 DREAM COUNTRY (JAN058148)
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET (MR)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS (OCT072158) (MR)
JUSTICE TP VOL 01 (FEB080252)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 04 SP GETS IT TOGETHER (JUN073779) (C:
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 SP PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE (MAY042851)
PLANETARY TP VOL 01 ALL OVER THE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES (FE

At the end of the day I'm super happy with our sales patterns, and I think they show a pretty high level of diversity.

Anything interesting YOU see?

-B

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Here is the same exercise, but this time with periodical comics. It, too, is under the cut.



Comics were slightly over 41% of my gross sales.

This is a list of SALES, not of orders -- though there are a few places where those numbers were exactly the same (there's one little really obvious clump of that in the 50s)

In reality, my #1 best selling "comic" was "Quarter Book - 10 for a buck", while #2 was "dollar book", and #3 was "Quarter book - single". That looked really weird and awful on the resulting chart, however.

You can see that, especially in the first half of the chart the watchwords are "Whedon, Morrison, Bendis"



1 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #13
2 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #11
3 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #12
4 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #14
5 DC UNIVERSE ZERO
6 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #16
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #15
8 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #10
9 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #17
10 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #18
11 SECRET INVASION #1
12 FINAL CRISIS #1
13 GIANT SIZE ASTONISHING X-MEN #1
14 SECRET INVASION #2
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #10
16 SERENITY BETTER DAYS #1
17 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #11
18 ASTONISHING X-MEN #25
19 ASTONISHING X-MEN #24
20 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #12
21 FINAL CRISIS #2
22 FINAL CRISIS #3 (OF 7)
23 SERENITY BETTER DAYS #2
24 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #19
25 ASTONISHING X-MEN #26
26 SECRET INVASION #4 SI
27 SECRET INVASION #7 (OF 8)
28 SECRET INVASION #3
SERENITY BETTER DAYS #3
30 SECRET INVASION #6 (OF 8)
SECRET INVASION #5 (OF 8)
32 UNCANNY X-MEN #500
33 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #7
34 DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #1
35 FINAL CRISIS #4 (OF 7)
36 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #3
37 ASTONISHING X-MEN #27
BATMAN #677
39 SECRET INVASION #8 (OF 8)
BATMAN #679
41 BATMAN #676
42 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #20 CHEN CVR
HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #1 (OF 3)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #5
45 FANTASTIC FOUR #554
46 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #6
47 FINAL CRISIS #5 (OF 7)
NEW AVENGERS #38
49 HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #2 (OF 3)
NEW AVENGERS #43 SI
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #10
52 NEW AVENGERS #44
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 (OF 5)
NEW AVENGERS #42
NEW AVENGERS #41
NEW AVENGERS #40
NEW AVENGERS #39
FANTASTIC FOUR #555
JUSTICE LEAGUE THE NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #4
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #9
62 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #8
BATMAN #678
64 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #9
65 JSA KINGDOM COME SPECIAL SUPERMAN #1
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #2 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE #68
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17
69 SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #1 (OF 4) (MR)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #10
ULTIMATES 3 #2
72 UNCANNY X-MEN #501
KICK ASS #4
MIGHTY AVENGERS #14
THOR #7
NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #2
77 UNCANNY X-MEN #504
UNCANNY X-MEN #503
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #11
WOLVERINE #67
81 HELLBOY IN THE CHAPEL OF MOLOCH ONE SHOT
NEW AVENGERS #45
BATMAN #680 RIP
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #1 (OF 2)
TRINITY #1
86 NEW AVENGERS #46
HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #3 (OF 3)
RASL #1
89 WOLVERINE #66
UNCANNY X-MEN #499
DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #2
UNCANNY X-MEN #494
FELL #9
94 BATMAN #682
BATMAN #681 RIP (NOTE PRICE)
UNCANNY X-MEN #502
MIGHTY AVENGERS #16
MIGHTY AVENGERS #13
CAPTAIN AMERICA #36
100 FINAL CRISIS RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS #1
MIGHTY AVENGERS #17
MIGHTY AVENGERS #15
AVENGERS INVADERS #1
UNCANNY X-MEN #495
CAPTAIN AMERICA #35
CAPTAIN AMERICA #34
THOR #66

-B

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I still need to get a little more caught up with End of Year stuff before I start writing reviews again (it's really insane how Thanksgiving to Christmas kills me to do anything else whatsoever), but here's some data stuff to look at, if you're interested. You'll find it after the jump!



We ended the year up by 6% compared to 2007. That's pretty damn good for a nineteen year old business in a down economy, I think!

Here is a list of the Top 100 best selling "Book" items for 2008. "Book" is sometimes oddly categorized, but this is how Diamond uses the term -- which is why, say, NEW LOVE & ROCKETS #1 is on this list, and not on the "comics" side.

"Books" were just over 51.5% of my gross sales

Item #1 is more than 300% of item #2.

Item #2 is more than 200% of item #25. Item #25 is just under 200% of item #100.

A list that was JUST "released for the first time in 2008" would look VERY different than this one, of course -- this shows you the power of backlist!

There are also more than a few books on this list which could have risen dramatically if only there was ANY source for them (DM or Bookstore market) for all 12 months of 2008.


1 WATCHMEN TP
2 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES
3 Y THE LAST MAN VOL 1 UNMANNED TP
4 Y THE LAST MAN VOL 2 CYCLES TP
5 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER
6 BUFFY SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU
7 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LONG WAY HOME TP
8 FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE
9 THE FART PARTY TP
10 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP
11 LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES #1
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING OF TRUTH
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND
14 BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 4 SAFEWORD TP
16 FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR AND PIECES (MR)
LOEG VOL ONE TP
18 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC
19 JUDENHASS GN
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS
21 DMZ TP VOL 04 FRIENDLY FIRE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS
24 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP
BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC
COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP
DMZ TP VOL 05 THE HIDDEN WAR
WARREN ELLIS AETHERIC MECHANICS GN (MR)
29 UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE TP
30 HELLBOY TP VOL 08 DARKNESS CALLS
HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
POWERS VOL 11 SECRET IDENTITY TP
SAM & MAX SURFIN HIGHWAY TP
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES
35 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY VOL 18 HC
ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 4 UNSTOPPABLE
CRIMINAL TP VOL 03 DEAD AND DYING (MR)
EX MACHINA TP VOL 07 EX CATHEDRA (MR)
FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE
LOEG VOL TWO TP
V FOR VENDETTA TP
42 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #19 (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 01
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS
EX MACHINA VOL 6 POWER DOWN TP
SHORTCOMINGS HC
WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAYS GONE BYE TP
48 SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE
49 100 BULLETS TP VOL 12 DIRTY (MR)
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN THE BLACK DOSSIER HC
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 02
52 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC
BOYS TP VOL 03 GOOD FOR THE SOUL
DC UNIVERSE THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE
DMZ TP VOL 03 PUBLIC WORKS
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION
57 ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01
BUFFY SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE
FABLES TP VOL 02 ANIMAL FARM
HELLBOY VOL 07 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP
LAST MUSKETEER SC
PREACHER TP VOL 02 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD NEW EDITION
WANTED GN (NEW PTG)
WE 3 TP
65 ARKHAM ASYLUM ANNIVERSARY ED SC
CASANOVA TP VOL 01 LUXURIA
EX MACHINA TP VOL 01 THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
EX MACHINA TP VOL 02 TAG
FABLES 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL SC
FILTH TP
PREACHER TP VOL 04 ANCIENT HISTORY NEW EDITION
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOL 1 TP
SCOTT PILGRIM VOL 04 SCOTT PILGRIM GETS IT TOGETHER GN
TOP 10 BOOK ONE TP 01
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE TP
76 ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 01
CRIMINAL VOL 1 COWARD TP
EX MACHINA TP VOL 03 FACT V FICTION
FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP
INVISIBLES TP #1 SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION VOL 01 (OF 7)
PREACHER TP VOL 03 PROUD AMERICANS NEW EDITION
82 BATMAN AND SON TP
BATMAN GRENDEL NEW PTG TP
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE (MR)
BPRD TP VOL 08 KILLING GROUND
BPRD VOL 07 GARDEN OF SOULS TP
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 (MR)
HELLBOY VOL 02 WAKE THE DEVIL TP
JOSS WHEDONS FRAY FUTURE SLAYER TP
LOBSTER JOHNSON TP VOL 01 IRON PROMETHEUS
NEW YORK FOUR
PROMETHEA BOOK ONE TP VOL 01
WORLD WAR Z ORAL HISTORY OF ZOMBIE WAR SC
94 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN PREM HC
DMZ TP VOL 02 BODY OF A JOURNALIST
EX MACHINA TP VOL 04 MARCH TO WAR
FABLES TP VOL 04 MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS
HELLBOY VOL 04 RIGHT HAND OF DOOM TP
JACK OF FABLES TP VOL 03 THE BAD PRINCE
JEFFREY BROWN LITTLE THINGS SC MEMOIR IN SLICES
PREACHER TP VOL 05 DIXIE FRIED NEW EDITION
PRIDE OF BAGHDAD SC
THE ARRIVAL GN
WALKING DEAD VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE TP

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Now, here's the same calculation sorted by dollars, instead, which changes some of the complexion of the list in fairly substantial ways. Suddenly you can see why $50+ HCs are being published!

1 WATCHMEN TP
2 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES
3 ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 03
4 ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 01
5 Y THE LAST MAN VOL 1 UNMANNED TP
6 FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE
7 COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP
8 BUFFY SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU
9 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LONG WAY HOME TP
10 BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME
11 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER
12 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN THE BLACK DOSSIER HC
13 Y THE LAST MAN VOL 2 CYCLES TP
14 FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR AND PIECES (MR)
15 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC
16 JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS HC VOL 04
17 ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 04 (MR)
18 THE FART PARTY TP
19 LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES #1
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING OF TRUTH
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND
22 SAM & MAX SURFIN HIGHWAY TP
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES
24 HELLBOY TP VOL 08 DARKNESS CALLS
POWERS VOL 11 SECRET IDENTITY TP
26 BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC
27 ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 4 UNSTOPPABLE
V FOR VENDETTA TP
29 LOEG VOL ONE TP
30 UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE TP
31 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP
32 SHORTCOMINGS HC
33 HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
34 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY VOL 18 HC
35 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS
36 ABSOLUTE DARK KNIGHT HC
37 STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01
38 SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE
39 ABSOLUTE LOEG THE BLACK DOSSIER HC
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 02 (JUN070259) (MR)
41 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS
42 Y THE LAST MAN VOL 4 SAFEWORD TP
43 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP
44 BOYS TP VOL 03 GOOD FOR THE SOUL
DC UNIVERSE THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE
46 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN TP VOL 02
47 BOYS TP VOL 01
48 WANTED GN (NEW PTG)
49 DMZ TP VOL 04 FRIENDLY FIRE
Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL
51 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #19 (MR)
52 COMIC BOOK TATTOO SC (C: 0-1-2)
53 LOEG VOL TWO TP
54 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN PREM HC
55 DMZ TP VOL 05 THE HIDDEN WAR
56 FILTH TP
57 ACME NOVELTY DATEBOOK VOL 2 HC
58 CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS
59 HELLBOY VOL 07 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP
60 LOST GIRLS DLX SLIPCASED ED CURR PTG
WATCHMEN THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC
62 HOWARD THE DUCK OMNIBUS
63 OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC
64 ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 01
INVISIBLES TP #1 SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION VOL 01 (OF 7)
66 GRENDEL GOD & THE DEVIL TP
67 ARKHAM ASYLUM ANNIVERSARY ED SC
TOP 10 BOOK ONE TP 01
69 SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOL 1 TP
70 EX MACHINA TP VOL 07 EX CATHEDRA (MR)
71 KIRBY KING OF THE COMICS HC
72 FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 (MR)
73 BONE ONE VOL ED SC
74 BATMAN GRENDEL NEW PTG TP
BERLIN TP BOOK 02 CITY OF SMOKE (MR)
JOSS WHEDONS FRAY FUTURE SLAYER TP
77 ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER HC VOL 01
CIVIL WAR TP
79 EX MACHINA VOL 6 POWER DOWN TP
80 BUFFY SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE
81 FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP
82 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC
PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION
84 POWERS VOL 1 WHO KILLED RETRO GIRL TP (NEW PTG)
85 CRIMINAL TP VOL 03 DEAD AND DYING (MR)
86 THE ARRIVAL GN
87 PREACHER TP VOL 02 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD NEW EDITION
88 MAKING COMICS STORYTELLING SECRETS OF COMICS MANGA & GN SC
89 BPRD TP VOL 08 KILLING GROUND
BPRD VOL 07 GARDEN OF SOULS TP
HELLBOY VOL 02 WAKE THE DEVIL TP
LOBSTER JOHNSON TP VOL 01 IRON PROMETHEUS
93 BLACK SUMMER TP (MR)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL HC
95 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
96 100 BULLETS TP VOL 12 DIRTY (MR)
97 JOKER HC
98 FABLES 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL SC
PREACHER TP VOL 04 ANCIENT HISTORY NEW EDITION
100 BLANKETS GN (NEW PTG)

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Always willing to listen, if you have any thoughts on any of this!

-B

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Same as the last list, except this time we're talking comics.

Like the previous, this is actually from August on, and missing the last 4 hours of sales for the the year...

People like Joss Whedon!!!


Rank Title Issue #
1 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 6
2 Dollar Book
3 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 7
4 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 8
5 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 9
6 ASTONISHING X-MEN 22
7 ALL STAR SUPERMAN 9
8 ASTONISHING X-MEN 23
9 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 5
10 Quarter Book - Single
11 Quarter Book - 10 for a Buck
12 WORLD WAR HULK 4
WORLD WAR HULK 3
14 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 12
15 ANGEL AFTER THE FALL 1
16 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN 7
17 NEW AVENGERS 35
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 8
BRAVE AND THE BOLD 6
20 NEW AVENGERS 34
NEW AVENGERS 33
BATMAN 667
23 JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1 1
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER 7
25 X-MEN MESSIAH COMPLEX ONE SHOT
THOR 2
HELLBOY DARKNESS CALLS 5
28 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 14
29 WORLD WAR HULK 5
BATMAN 668
31 NEW AVENGERS 36
BATMAN 669
33 NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI 5
BOYS 9
35 ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER 8
36 BATMAN 670
37 THOR 3
38 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 10
HELLBOY DARKNESS CALLS 6
40 ULTIMATES 3 GATEFOLD HEROES VAR 1
NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI 4
DAREDEVIL WRAPAROUND 100
BRAVE AND THE BOLD 7
44 BOYS 10
45 NEW AVENGERS 37
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 9
GREEN LANTERN 22
CAPTAIN AMERICA 29
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 544
50 COUNTDOWN 37
51 UNCANNY X-MEN 492
THOR 4
RUNAWAYS 28
ALL NEW BOOSTER GOLD 2
55 X-FACTOR 25
UNCANNY X-MEN 490
UNCANNY X-MEN 489
MIGHTY AVENGERS 5
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS 2
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS 1
INCREDIBLE HULK 109
GREEN LANTERN 24
DAREDEVIL 99
COUNTDOWN 38
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL 2
ALL NEW BOOSTER GOLD 1
67 GREEN LANTERN 23
CAPTAIN AMERICA 30
BLACK SUMMER 3
70 X-MEN 202
INCREDIBLE HULK 110
COUNTDOWN 39
BOYS 11
74 THUNDERBOLTS 116
FABLES 65
DAREDEVIL 101
CAPTAIN AMERICA 31
BPRD KILLING GROUND 1
79 X-MEN 205
ULTIMATE POWER 8
FLASH 231
FABLES 64
CAPTAIN AMERICA 32
BOYS 12
85 Y THE LAST MAN 58
X-MEN 203
ULTIMATE POWER 7
88 UNCANNY X-MEN 491
SPIRIT 9
IMMORTAL IRON FIST 9
FABLES 66
CRIMINAL 8
COUNTDOWN 36
BATMAN 671
ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK TWO #4 8
96 Y THE LAST MAN 59
UNCANNY X-MEN 493
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS 3
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 11
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 15
IMMORTAL IRON FIST 10
DAREDEVIL 102
CASANOVA 8
BLACK SUMMER WRAP CVR 2


What did YOU buy of this list?


-B

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Hurray for the POS system, I can "effortlessly" extract this information (well, it took 10 minutes to reformat it, and add the ranking numbers)!

And, well, it isn't all of 2007 -- it is only from when we installed the POS... therefore from August onwards.

And, I'm cheating a little -- there's still four hours left in our shopping year, so some of these COULD adjust upwards a tiny smidge...

Still, this is what it looks like (lets hope that blogger doesn't gut the formatting....):


Rank Title
1 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN THE BLACK DOSSIER HC
2 WALKING DEAD VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE TP
3 SCOTT PILGRIM VOL 04 SCOTT PILGRIM GETS IT TOGETHER GN
4 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LONG WAY HOME TP
5 100 BULLETS VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME TP
6 WATCHMEN TP
7 FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER TP
SERENITY TP
9 DMZ VOL 3 PUBLIC WORKS TP
10 EX MACHINA VOL 6 POWER DOWN TP
11 POWERS VOL 10 COSMIC TP
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 1 UNMANNED TP
13 WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAYS GONE BYE TP
14 FELL VOL 1 FERAL CITY TP
WARREN ELLIS CRECY GN
16 HELLBOY VOL 07 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 9 MOTHERLAND TP
18 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC
FABLES VOL 1 LEGENDS IN EXILE TP
FABLES VOL 8 WOLVES TP
FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP
22 AMERICAN BORN CHINESE SC
CONFESSIONS OF A BLABBERMOUTH
LOEG VOL TWO TP
SANDMAN VOL 1 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES TP
V FOR VENDETTA TP
27 ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL 2 HC
DMZ VOL 1 ON THE GROUND TP
DMZ VOL 2 BODY OF A JOURNALIST TP
FABLES VOL 2 ANIMAL FARM TP
GOOD AS LILY
LOEG VOL ONE TP
SANDMAN VOL 2 THE DOLLS HOUSE TP
34 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP MOVIE PTG
ALAN MOORE THE COMPLETE WILDCATS TP
ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL 1 HC
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP
CHANCE IN HELL HC
CRIMINAL VOL 1 COWARD TP
DR THIRTEEN ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY TP
JACK OF FABLES VOL 2 JACK OF HEARTS TP
R CRUMBS HEROES OF BLUES JAZZ & COUNTRY WITH CD HC
SHORTCOMINGS HC
WALKING DEAD VOL 6 SORROWFUL LIFE TP
WARREN ELLIS CROOKED LITTLE VEIN HC
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE TP
47 ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 3 TORN TP
BOYS TP VOL 01
EMPOWERED VOL 02 TP
JOSS WHEDONS FRAY FUTURE SLAYER TP
PREACHER VOL 1 GONE TO TEXAS TP NEW EDITION
52 CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD LAST ENEMY GN
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN PREM HC
DC UNIVERSE THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE
FUN HOME TP
GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5 TP
GOON CHINATOWN HC
HELLBLAZER THE GIFT TP
HEROES HC ALEX ROSS COVER
I KILLED ADOLF HITLER GN
JLA ULTRAMARINE CORPS TP
JUSTICE VOL 3 HC
LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK TP VOL 01 2ND PTG
PULPHOPE ART OF PAUL POPE SC
ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 GRAND THEFT AMERICA TP
WE 3 TP
WORLD WAR Z ORAL HISTORY OF ZOMBIE WAR SC
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 2 CYCLES TP
69 ARMY @ LOVE VOL 1 THE HOT ZONE CLUB TP
ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 1 GIFTED TP
BATMAN SUPERMAN SAGA OF THE SUPER SONS TP
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS
EXIT WOUNDS HC
GIRL GENIUS VOL 06 SC
GOODBYE CHUNKY RICE PANTHEON ED
HARD BOILED TP (NEW PRTG)
I AM GOING TO BE SMALL GN
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE VOL 1 THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TP
PREACHER VOL 2 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD TP NEW EDITION
PREACHER VOL 3 PROUD AMERICANS TP NEW EDITION
PREACHER VOL 4 ANCIENT HISTORY TP NEW EDITION
SUMMER BLONDE TP
TALES OF THE VAMPIRES TP
TEZUKAS BUDDHA VOL 01 SC
TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL 1 BACK ON THE STREET TP
WALKING DEAD VOL 2 TP MILES BEHIND US TP NEW PTG
WALKING DEAD VOL 3 SAFETY BEHIND BARS TP NEW PTG
WALKING DEAD VOL 4 HEARTS DESIRE TP
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 3 ONE SMALL STEP TP
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 8 KIMONO DRAGONS TP
92 30 DAYS OF NIGHT DARK DAYS TP NEW PTG
52 VOL 1 TP
52 VOL 2 TP
52 VOL 3 TP
52 VOL 4 TP
BLANKETS GN (NEW PTG)
BTVS TALES OF THE SLAYERS TP
CIVIL WAR TP
DC THE NEW FRONTIER VOL 2 TP
EX MACHINA VOL 2 TAG TP
EX MACHINA VOL 5 SMOKE SMOKE TP
FABLES VOL 7 ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS TP
FILTH TP
FLIGHT VOL 01 GN
FLIGHT VOL 04 GN
HELLBOY VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION TP
HELLBOY VOL 06 STRANGE PLACES TP
HEROES OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES HC
IMMORTAL IRON FIST VOL 1 TP
INCREDIBLE CHANGE BOTS GN
JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL 03 HC
JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC
MARVEL ZOMBIES HC
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 07 TP
QUESTION ZEN AND VIOLENCE VOL 1 TP
READING COMICS AND WHAT THEY MEAN HC
RUNAWAYS VOL 6 PARENTAL GUIDANCE DIGEST TP
RUNAWAYS VOL 7 LIVE FAST DIGEST TP
SANDMAN VOL 3 DREAM COUNTRY TP
SUPERMAN THE BOTTLE CITY OF KANDOR TP
SUPERMARKET TP
TOP 10 THE FORTY NINERS SC
USAGI YOJIMBO VOL 21 MOTHER OF MOUTAINS TP
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS GN
Y THE LAST MAN VOL 4 SAFEWORD TP


How many of these have YOU read?

-B

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