Comix Experience first half of 2016
/Because I always like the mid-year check-in, there's data below the cut!
Because this is midyear (and because I am swamped), I won't be doing a lot of commentary, nor will I give you a benchmark number saving that for the year end... but here's how things look for 1/1-6/30!
Overall sales are up in the 6% range -- I ascribe a chunk of that to the GN-of-the-Month club raising the overall tide. Folks coming in every month to pick up a selection tend to buy more, go figure! I also put a lot of that on DC's Rebirth, and Ta-Nehisi Coates' BLACK PANTHER which also drove a LOT of new faces into the stores!
This is the Top 100 (and six) Comics, at the main store on Divisadero St.:
| BLACK PANTHER #1 |
| DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH #1 |
| BLACK PANTHER #2 |
| SAGA #33 |
| SAGA #34 |
| SAGA #35 |
| PAPER GIRLS #4 |
| SAGA #36 |
| PAPER GIRLS #5 |
| SAGA #32 |
| SECRET WARS #9 (OF 9) |
| BATMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| PAPER GIRLS #6 |
| MONSTRESS #3 |
| DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #4 (OF 8) |
| DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #3 (OF 8) |
| CIVIL WAR II #0 RCW2 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #4 |
| FLASH REBIRTH #1 |
| WONDER WOMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| CIVIL WAR II #1 (OF 7) |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #5 |
| SAGA #31 |
| BATMAN #1 |
| SUPERMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #6 |
| MONSTRESS #4 |
| WALKING DEAD #150 |
| DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #2 (OF 8) |
| STAR WARS POE DAMERON #1 |
| BITCH PLANET #6 |
| SEX CRIMINALS #14 |
| WALKING DEAD #151 |
| MONSTRESS #5 |
| BITCH PLANET #7 |
| MONSTRESS #1 |
| SECRET WARS #8 (OF 9) |
| WALKING DEAD #152 |
| WALKING DEAD #154 |
| 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK #1 |
| BATMAN #50 |
| CIVIL WAR II #2 (OF 7) |
| SEX CRIMINALS #15 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #7 |
| WALKING DEAD #153 |
| EAST OF WEST #24 |
| FIGHT CLUB 2 #9 |
| MIRROR #1 |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #1 |
| WONDER WOMAN #1 |
| DARK KNIGHT RETURNS THE LAST CRUSADE #1 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #8 |
| LOW #12 |
| PAPER GIRLS #3 |
| BATMAN #48 |
| CRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ED |
| GODDAMNED #3 |
| LOW #11 SHORE OF THE DYING LIGHT PART 1 (OF 5) |
| PROPHET EARTH WAR #1 (OF 6) |
| BATMAN #49 |
| FADE OUT #12 |
| GREEN LANTERNS REBIRTH #1 |
| SECRET WARS #3 (OF 9) |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #934 |
| FIGHT CLUB 2 #10 |
| SYMMETRY #1 |
| BATMAN #51 |
| EAST OF WEST #25 |
| FIGHT CLUB 2 #8 |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #2 |
| GREEN ARROW REBIRTH #1 |
| PROPHET EARTH WAR #2 (OF 6) |
| PROVIDENCE #7 (OF 12) |
| SECRET WARS #1 (OF 9) |
| STAR WARS #14 |
| STAR WARS #15 |
| MIGHTY THOR #3 |
| MONSTRESS #6 |
| WICKED & DIVINE #19 |
| ARCHANGEL #1 |
| DARTH VADER #15 VDWN |
| LOW #13 |
| MONSTRESS #2 |
| WICKED & DIVINE #18 |
| ACTION COMICS #957 |
| MS MARVEL #4 |
| PAPER GIRLS #1 |
| SECRET WARS #2 (OF 8) |
| WALKING DEAD #155 |
| DEADLY CLASS #18 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC #1 |
| MIGHTY THOR #4 |
| MS MARVEL #3 |
| MS MARVEL #5 |
| SPIDER-MAN #1 |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #1 |
| DESCENDER #9 |
| EAST OF WEST #26 |
| EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #5 |
| HOUSE OF PENANCE #1 (OF 6) |
| INJECTION #6 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE #50 |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #3 |
| PROVIDENCE #8 (OF 12) |
| STAR WARS #16 |
| STAR WARS POE DAMERON #2 |
BLACK PANTHER #1 sold approx 62% more copies than REBIRTH #1, if you want some sense of scale? Also: BOTH ARE STILL STEADILY SELLING. Also? SAGA isn't selling fewer copies than it did six months ago, so that's new readers looking at Marvel and DC super-hero comics.
(Honestly, BLACK PANTHER #1 is a MASSIVE hit)
Here's comics at the smaller store, on Ocean -- they're (as you see) MUCH more superhero oriented -- those "Rebirth" sales are up enormously from previous rack sales.
| DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH #1 |
| BLACK PANTHER #1 |
| BATMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| BLACK PANTHER #2 |
| FLASH REBIRTH #1 |
| BATMAN #1 |
| WONDER WOMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| SUPERMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| CIVIL WAR II #1 (OF 7) |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #934 |
| SECRET WARS #9 (OF 9) |
| BATMAN #50 |
| MONSTRESS #3 |
| TITANS REBIRTH #1 |
| BATMAN #49 |
| BATMAN #48 |
| CIVIL WAR II #0 RCW2 |
| BATMAN #51 |
| SUPERMAN #1 |
| GREEN LANTERNS REBIRTH #1 |
| MONSTRESS #4 |
| DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #3 (OF 8) |
| BATMAN #52 |
| SPIDER-MAN #1 |
| FLASH #1 |
| DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #4 (OF 8) |
| 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK #1 |
| MONSTRESS #5 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #6 |
| CIVIL WAR II #2 (OF 7) |
| GREEN ARROW REBIRTH #1 |
| PAPER GIRLS #4 |
| AQUAMAN REBIRTH #1 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #9 |
| EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #5 |
| EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #6 |
| EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #8 AW |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #4 |
| MONSTRESS #1 3RD PTG |
| MONSTRESS #6 |
| PAPER GIRLS #5 |
| SPIDER-MAN #2 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #935 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #5 |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #1 |
| STAR WARS #15 |
| WONDER WOMAN #1 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #7 |
| STAR WARS POE DAMERON #1 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #6 |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #7 |
| SAGA #34 |
| SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #1 |
| STAR WARS #14 VDWN |
| STAR WARS #16 |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #1 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.2 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11 |
| DARK KNIGHT RETURNS THE LAST CRUSADE #1 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE #49 |
| SAGA #33 |
| GREEN LANTERNS #1 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE #48 |
| SAGA #35 |
| SPIDER-MAN #3 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE #50 2ND PTG |
| ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #3 |
| ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #4 |
| ALL NEW WOLVERINE #4 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 |
| EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #7 |
| GREEN ARROW #1 |
| MONSTRESS #2 2ND PTG |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #3 |
| SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #3 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.3 |
| DARTH VADER #15 VDWN |
| DARTH VADER #17 |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #4 |
| DARTH VADER #16 |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8 RCW2 |
| ACTION COMICS #957 |
| BLACK WIDOW #1 |
| MIGHTY THOR #3 |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #2 |
| PAPER GIRLS #6 |
| SPIDER-MAN #4 |
| SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #2 |
| ACTION COMICS #958 |
| CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #7 ASO |
| DOCTOR STRANGE #8 |
| ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #7 ASO |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.4 |
| DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #2 (OF 8) |
| EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #9 AW |
| GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5 |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #6 |
| OLD MAN LOGAN #4 |
| STAR WARS #17 |
| UNCANNY X-MEN #2 |
Ocean sold about 10% more copies of REBIRTH #1 than the main store did. I think the telling thing here might be how many titles outsold BATMAN #50, an anniversary issue that spiked up.
Staying with the smaller store, here are their sales of BOOKS, you're only going to get a Top 50 (plus eight) over here, because I set the filter too high when I ran the report, and I don't feel like logging into the other store to go get it right right now.
| BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 01 HOW TO FALL FOREVER |
| SAGA TP VOL 05 |
| CIVIL WAR TP |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01 THE PROMISE |
| NOWHERE MEN TP VOL 01 FATES WORSE THAN DEATH |
| BITCH PLANET TP VOL 01 EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE |
| BIRTHRIGHT TP VOL 01 HOMECOMING |
| NIMONA GN |
| PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01 |
| SAGA TP VOL 01 |
| SAGA TP VOL 04 |
| WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE HC VOL 01 |
| HARROW COUNTY TP VOL 01 COUNTLESS HAINTS |
| LUMBERJANES TP VOL 01 |
| MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL |
| SPACE DUMPLINS GN VOL 01 |
| STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 01 VADER |
| DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE TP |
| LOW TP VOL 01 THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE |
| RAGNAROK HC VOL 01 LAST GOD STANDING |
| RUMBLE TP VOL 01 WHAT COLOR OF DARKNESS |
| SAGA TP VOL 02 |
| SAGA TP VOL 03 |
| AUTUMNLANDS TP VOL 01 TOOTH & CLAW |
| AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 11 SMOKE & SHADOW PART 2 |
| BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC |
| BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS HC |
| COPRA ROUND ONE TP |
| DARK KNIGHT A TRUE BATMAN STORY HC |
| DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 DEAD PRESIDENTS NOW |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 02 WE ARE ALL ONE |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 03 THERE IS NO US |
| INJECTION TP VOL 01 |
| LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT |
| RAT QUEENS TP VOL 03 DEMONS |
| SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 01 |
| STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 02 SHADOWS AND SECRETS |
| STAR WARS TP VOL 01 SKYWALKER STRIKES |
| WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 03 |
| BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC |
| BLACK MAGICK TP VOL 01 AWAKENING PART ONE |
| CHRONONAUTS TP VOL 01 |
| DAN CLOWES PATIENCE HC |
| DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 SECRET INVASION |
| KILLING & DYING HC |
| MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ULTIMATE COLL TP BOO |
| MISCELLANEOUS BOOK |
| MS MARVEL TP VOL 02 GENERATION WHY |
| PREACHER TP BOOK 01 |
| SAGA DLX ED HC VOL 01 |
| SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP TP VOL 02 |
| SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01 |
| SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 02 TWO WORLDS ONE COP |
| SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 01 HERE WAS A MAN |
| THE INCAL HC NEW PTG |
| THOR TP VOL 01 GODDESS OF THUNDER |
| WOLF TP VOL 01 |
Finally, the book prize, BOOKS on Divisadero -- this does NOT include books sold via GN-of-the-month club, because that would crazily skew the chart... and not really show anything about consumers native habits. This is Top 100 (and fourteen), and #114 sold more copies than #19 on the Ocean list.
| DAN CLOWES PATIENCE HC |
| SAGA TP VOL 05 |
| PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01 |
| SAGA TP VOL 01 |
| BITCH PLANET TP VOL 01 EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE |
| WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 03 |
| SAGA TP VOL 04 |
| WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE HC VOL 01 |
| APOCALYPTIGIRL AN ARIA FOR THE END TIMES TP |
| SAGA TP VOL 02 |
| SPACE DUMPLINS GN VOL 01 |
| LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 08 |
| SAGA TP VOL 03 |
| DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS |
| RICK & MORTY TP VOL 01 |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 05 ALL THESE SECRETS |
| DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 01 REAGAN YOUTH |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01 THE PROMISE |
| SANDMAN OVERTURE DELUXE ED HC |
| WATCHMEN TP |
| DAYTRIPPER TP |
| MEANWHILE IN SAN FRANCISCO THE CITY IN ITS OWN WORDS |
| NIMONA GN |
| SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES NEW ED |
| THE INCAL HC NEW PTG |
| WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT |
| AWKWARD GN |
| WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 02 FANDEMONIUM |
| KAIJUMAX TP VOL 01 |
| MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL |
| TREES TP VOL 01 |
| CIVIL WAR TP |
| INJECTION TP VOL 01 |
| PREACHER TP BOOK 01 |
| PRETTY DEADLY TP VOL 01 |
| SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01 |
| TOKYO GHOST TP VOL 01 ATOMIC GARDEN |
| WALKING DEAD TP VOL 25 NO TURNING BACK |
| BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 01 OUT BONEVILLE NEW PTG |
| RAT QUEENS TP VOL 03 DEMONS |
| Y THE LAST MAN TP BOOK 01 |
| DARK NIGHT A TRUE BATMAN STORY HC |
| DESCENDER TP VOL 02 |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 04 WHO WANTS WAR |
| LOW TP VOL 01 THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE |
| LUMBERJANES TP VOL 01 |
| SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 02 TWO WORLDS ONE COP |
| SOMETHING NEW TALES FROM MAKESHIFT BRIDE GN |
| STAR WARS TP VOL 01 SKYWALKER STRIKES |
| THIS ONE SUMMER GN |
| AMULET SC VOL 07 FIRELIGHT |
| BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC |
| GIANT DAYS TP VOL 01 |
| LUMBERJANES TP VOL 03 |
| NOD AWAY GN |
| SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 03 THREE THE HARD WAY |
| THROUGH THE WOODS GN |
| Y THE LAST MAN TP BOOK 02 |
| AMULET SC VOL 01 STONEKEEPER NEW PTG |
| ARCHIE TP VOL 01 |
| BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 01 HOW TO FALL FOREVER |
| CAT PERSON |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 03 THERE IS NO US |
| SECRET HERO SOCIETY HC VOL 01 STUDY HALL OF JUSTICE |
| ZAP COMIX #16 |
| BEE AND PUPPYCAT TP VOL 01 |
| BLACK MAGICK TP VOL 01 AWAKENING PART ONE |
| DARTH VADER & FRIENDS HC |
| HARK A VAGRANT HC |
| HARROW COUNTY TP VOL 02 TWICE TOLD |
| HELLBOY IN MEXICO TP |
| IN REAL LIFE GN |
| LUMBERJANES TP VOL 02 |
| MEGG & MOGG IN AMSTERDAM AND OTHER STORIES HC |
| MS MARVEL TP VOL 04 LAST DAYS |
| SAGA DLX ED HC VOL 01 |
| SAGA TP VOL 06 |
| STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 02 SHADOWS AND SECRETS |
| 5000 KM PER SECOND HC |
| AKIRA KODANSHA ED GN VOL 01 |
| AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 12 SMOKE & SHADOW PART 3 |
| DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 02 KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE |
| DELILAH DIRK & KINGS SHILLING GN |
| EAST OF WEST TP VOL 02 WE ARE ALL ONE |
| MS MARVEL TP VOL 02 GENERATION WHY |
| POP GUN WAR GN VOL 01 GIFT |
| RAT QUEENS TP VOL 01 SASS & SORCERY |
| RAT QUEENS TP VOL 02 FAR REACHING TENTACLES OF NRYGOTH |
| RELISH MY LIFE IN KITCHEN GN |
| SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE NEW ED |
| SANDMAN TP VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS NEW ED |
| STAR WARS TP VOL 02 SHOWDOWN ON THE SMUGGLERS MOON |
| STEP ASIDE POPS HARK A VAGRANT COLLECTION HC |
| SUPERMUTANT MAGIC ACADEMY GN |
| SYLLABUS NOTES FROM ACCIDENTAL PROFESSOR SC |
| UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL TP VOL 01 SQUIRREL POWER |
| WE CAN NEVER GO HOME TP |
| WRENCHIES GN |
| AKA JESSICA JONES TP VOL 01 ALIAS |
| ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 18 |
| BABY SITTERS CLUB COLOR ED GN VOL 01 KRISTYS GREAT IDEA |
| DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 03 THE SNAKE PIT |
| FADE OUT TP VOL 03 |
| INVADER ZIM TP VOL 01 |
| NAMELESS CITY GN VOL 01 (OF 3) |
| NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS MMPB |
| PHONOGRAM TP VOL 03 IMMATERIAL GIRL |
| SMILE GN NEW PTG |
| STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 01 VADER |
| STAR WARS ORIGINAL TRILOGY GN HC |
| SUPERMAN RED SON TP NEW EDITION |
| TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET |
| UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL TP VOL 02 SQUIRRELYOU KNOW IT |
| WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME IF I WET THE BED GN |
| WORST BEHAVIOR NEW MEGG AND MOGG |
Always love to hear your thoughts!
-B
