2024 North American comic sales are up by 4% over 2023, thanks to a boost in comic shop revenue.
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2023 comic sales down 7% from last year
ICv2 has released its 2023 comic sales report. Overall, sales are down from last year, reflecting post-pandemic-peak changes in spending.
2023 bookstore graphic novel sales: Viz and Scholastic are still the “Big Two”
Comic retailer Brian Hibbs has released his 2023 look at book channel graphic novel sales. Sales are strong, if slightly down from last year.
2022 comic sales up 4% from 2021; graphic novels drive all of the year’s growth
In October, ICv2 released its report on 2022 comic sales. As usual, graphic novel revenue vastly outpaced that of single-issue comics.
2022 bookstore graphic novel sales: Viz, Scholastic made up nearly 43% of all sales
Brian Hibbs’ 2022 bookstore graphic novel sales report shows it’s once again a strong year for the top two publishers, Viz and Scholastic.
2021 comic sales hit record high; graphic novel sales up 76%
Comichron and ICv2 released their annual comic sales report. 2021 comic sales hit record highs, especially graphic novels.
2021 bookstore graphic novel sales: Viz, Scholastic are still the “Big Two”
A look at 2021 bookstore graphic novel sales shows Scholastic and Viz, not DC and Marvel, still dominate comics outside the direct market.
2020 bookstore graphic novel sales: Scholastic, Viz make up 40% of sales
As usual, Scholastic and Viz dominated 2020 bookstore graphic novel sales. But how did the book channel space overall fare?
2020 comic sales up in a tough year, thanks to graphic novels
Comichron and ICv2’s 2020 comic sales report states that sales boomed during the pandemic, thanks to graphic novels and book channels.
2019 comic sales up thanks to strong graphic novel growth
The websites ICv2 and Comichron have released their annual joint report on North American comic sales. … 2019 comic sales up thanks to strong graphic novel growthRead more