2011 Archives

Wizard World has entered its latest SEC Filings for 2011, as they are obliged to do as a publically owned company, and there is some interesting reading The thing about these filings is that they have to be brutally honest and direct, covering worst case scenarios for potential investors They are intended to be read[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has again awarded the winners of their Diamond Gem Awards for 2011 And DC Comics have wiped the board, with their name on eleven of the twenty-one awards.  Though now they are listed as DC Entertainment rather than DC Comics. DC has again won for Best Publisher, an award they have won for[...]

We ran the top ten graphic novel sellers of 2011 a couple of days ago Well, here is the top 500, distributed by Diamond to North American comic stores. We noted that there was no Marvel title in the top ten Turns out there's none in the top forty-eight, with Kick Ass coming in at number[...]

Despite DC having a stellar end of year performance, their very rocky start to 2011 and Marvel's recovery in December seems to have given Marvel the edge in marketshare last year, though a reduced lead on 2010. In 2011, Marvel had a 37% share of dollars spent on comics through Diamond Comic Distributors and 41% of[...]

In the French comic book market, it's been another year of growth, with 5327 comic book volumes published over 5165 last year. These are typically 48-72

Rob Liefeld writing and drawing an issue of Hawk And Dove! With Batman in it! With big bat thighs that are wider than... Dove. Federico Dallacchio off

In September 2011, DC Comics put out 67 new comic books featuring 502 credited creators, 449 male and 53 female Here are the charts: As we saw in the DCnU-specific Gendercrunching article, the DCnU books didn't cause any sort of precipitous drop overall This is true of DC as whole for September, with their overall total[...]

Aquaman #1 and Green Lantern #1 both make it onto the chart for that, but odds are there are plenty of second prints from #101 down… What a world. TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2011 QTY RANK DOLLAR RANK INDEX ITEM CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR 1 1 104.80 AUG110160-M JUSTICE LEAGUE #2 $3.99 DC 2 3 100.00 AUG110186-M BATMAN #2 $2.99 DC 3 2 89.23 AUG110179-M ACTION[...]

Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool (What? If Marvel can go all decimal in their numberings, then bitch, so can I!) In which I bitch and moan

It does not include UK sales. TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS PUBLISHER DOLLAR SHARE UNIT SHARE DC COMICS 42.47% 50.97% MARVEL COMICS 29.10% 30.29% IMAGE COMICS 4.49% 3.98% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.44% 3.28% IDW PUBLISHING 4.00% 2.97% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.81% 2.42% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.68% 1.02% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS 1.28% 0.30% AVATAR PRESS 0.98% 0.53% VIZ MEDIA 0.84% 0.32% OTHER NON-TOP 10 7.91% 3.92% COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS DOLLARS UNITS OCTOBER 2011 VS SEPTEMBER 2011 COMICS 6.78% 6.90% GRAPHIC NOVELS -7.47% -11.07% TOTAL COMICS/GN 2.67% 5.73% OCTOBER 2011 VS[...]

What a fun day that was. And what fun costumes! Stories to come tomorrow but for now, here are a few to enjoy,with special praise for the feline costume

This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl poster for next month's MCM Expo London Comic Con, one of a hundred made for the show. Naturally Rufus will be there,

Thanks again to Bill Meeks of MeeksMixedMedia, embedded at Dragon*Con for Bleeding Cool for this video of the grand annual Dragon*Con parade of cosplayers

We gave you fifty-seven and a half Marvel solicitations yesterday. Well here are another twelve. And yes, I know, you thought Fear Itself finishes in

A powerful and sobering story of human evil reaches its chilling conclusion, by Greg Pak (MAGNETO: TESTAMENT) and Mirko Colak (SECRET WARRIORS). 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99 ALL-WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES #6 (of 8) Written by Paul Jenkins Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico Cover by Mico Suayan Guest-starring Captain America, Nick Fury and Loki! As the mystery of Operation: Firefly[...]

Rick Veitch is old school. Coming into comics in the seventies, he worked on  horror and war comics with a twist that were heavily influenced by the

In July 2011, DC released 86 new comics with 727 credited creators, 645 male and 82 female These are the percentages: This is a pretty average total for DC… 11.3% is closer to their record high than their record low, so that's nice, plus they jumped 0.5% from June That's all well and good, but the[...]

The queues for the Hall H opening panel at San  Diego Comic Con on Thursday... started on Monday. The convention organisers put out tents, the queue grew

I was a bad man and didn't make it to the Eisner Awards. I was tempted away by Girly Geek parties and the temptation of Tr!ckster. Shame, I heard Jonathan

Yesterday at San Diego Comic Con, Shocker Toys held a panel. Bleeding Cool tagged it as a possibly controversial one. And so it turned out to be. Because

... just a few hours later. It's amazing what you can get done in a short space of time. Here's the original from 8am, and here's the new version from

Filmed at eight o'clock this morning. From one side of San Diego Comic Con floor to the other, in video. Including a fair few things that weren't there

Here are a few of the parties being held over San Diego Comic Con. Which ones will you go to... and which ones will you be able to blag your way into?

The new October solicitations being dribbed and drabbed out through DC's Source and friendly websites. And everything is looking pretty shipshape, exposed

Room 5AB 11:30-12:30 Top Cow: We Create…Excitement— Join Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri (The Darkness, X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia), president Matt Hawkins (The Darkness II: Confession), and publisher Filip Sablik (Last Mortal), along with a bevy of Top Cow creators, for the most dynamic, news-packed hour at Comic-Con! Be the[...]

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con... Title: Any Empire Creators: Nate Powell Publisher: Top Shelf Available: Booth #1721 High concept: A vivid examination

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con... Title: Infinite Kung-Fu Creators: Kagan McLeod Publisher: Top Shelf Available: Booth #1721 High concept: Catastrophe

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con... Title: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1969 Creators: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill Publisher: Top Shelf

I am a particular fan of The Gutters, a weekly comics industry satirical online strip. But even I was surprised to see it nominated so many times in the

For DC this is quite a shift in gears. After talking to retailers during the DC Retail Roadshow this past couple of weeks, DC have brought forward the