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Post by peterh on Nov 11, 2005 16:08:13 GMT
Octobers numbers are in and DC is number one for the second time this year, iirc - damn good news  Which comic was the best selling - perhaps even the best selling comic of the year? Take a wild guess ;D www.newsarama.com/marketreport/Oct05sales.html |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Nov 11, 2005 18:38:35 GMT
Good. Although I think the best news is that Marvel & DC's combined share of the market has dropped, albeit only a small amount. Their total dominance is completely unhealthy for the industry.
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Post by The Spider on Nov 12, 2005 5:08:28 GMT
Most of the Indies that broke the Top 100 are licensed titles, though--Conan, G.I. Joe, Army of Darkness, and Star Wars. Only exceptions are SPAWN #150 (which is much higher this month due to it being a big number and variants) and FATHOM and SOULFIRE, both of which come from Michael Turner's company.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Nov 12, 2005 8:59:10 GMT
Even so, Spider, any gain has to be better than none...
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Post by The Spider on Nov 12, 2005 17:35:16 GMT
Even so, Spider, any gain has to be better than none... Right, but supposing Marvel retained the G.I. Joe license (and they could've, too. The 80's G.I. Joe backstory was developed by Marvel--using Larry Hama's unused "son of Nick Fury" proposal--and Hasbro), that'd be two less. Four less if they also kept the Conan license (Or Stan Lee Media hadn't gone under). I guess it just indicates how important licensed titles are to smaller companies; Dark Horse used to do mostly creator-owned stuff and while they still do, possibly half their published titles are licensed. On second thought though, I'd probably have to see ICV2's Top 300 comics list. I want to see what the entire sales chart would look like if you struck the mini-series off (since they're basically temporary flashes in the pan). Maybe some other indie comics would've risen up to the list. |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Nov 12, 2005 18:44:44 GMT
Possible. You're right on the importance of franchise titles to smaller companies though, Spider.
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