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Diamond Distribution have just supplied Hypergeek with a full run down of their January 2010 Direct Market sales figures.
If you are not familiar with how Diamond’s sales figures, here’s how they are calculated:
Data for Diamond’s sales charts—which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts—are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 4:54 pm
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As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top Publishers, Top 500 Comics, and Top 500 TPBs & GNs for the Entire Year of 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for independently published titles in 2009.
There is some debate over what comics count as indy. Some people claim that it’s an [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 1:52 am
Filed under Featured, Indy Comics, Sales Figures · Tagged Alan Moore, Andy Owens, Archie #600, Archie Comics, Brad Meltzer, Brian K. Vaughan, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Buffy Season Eight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #21, Charlie Adlard, Darick Robertson, Dark Horse, Dynamite Entertainment, Eric Wight, Garth Ennis, Haunt #1, Image Comics, Image United #1, Indy Comics, Jeph Loeb, Joss Whedon, Karl Moline, Kevin O'Neill, Oni Press, Robert Kirkman, sales charts, Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe, Season 8, The Boys, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910, The Walking Dead, Todd Mc Farlane, Tony Moore, Top Indy Comics, Top indy GNs, Top Indy TPBs, Top Shelf, Vol. 4
As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top 20 Publishers, Top 300 Comics, and Top 300 TPBs & GNs for December 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for independently published titles in December 2009.
There is some debate over what comics count as indy. Some people claim that it’s an [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Filed under Featured, Indy Comics, Sales Figures · Tagged Amory Wars Volume 2: The Second Stage Turbine Blade, Archie #604, Astounding Wolfman #42, Boom Studios, Brian Churilla, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow (one shot), Claudio Sanchez, Coheed and Cambria, Dark Horse, Diamond Distribution, Edvin Biukovic, Eric Powell, Fillbach Brothers, Fred Blanchard, Grant Morrison, Haunt #3, Hellboy: Bride of Hell (one shot), Henry Gilroy, Image Comics, Image United #2, Incorruptible #1, Indy Comics, Invincible #69, Irredeemable Vol 2, Jan Duursema, Jeremy Barlow, Joe Brusha, John Ostrander, Lucas Marangonn, Mark Waid, Mike Baron, Olivier Vatine, Omar Fancia, Peter Krause, Phil Hester, Pilot Season: Murderer, Ralph Tedesco, Ramón Pérez, Raven Gregory, Robert Kirkman, sales charts, Scott Hepburn, Spawn Origins Volume 3, Star Wars Legacy #43, Star Wars Legacy #48, Star Wars: Legacy Volume 7 - Storms, Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Slaves of the Republic, Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Colossus of Destiny, Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Tales from Wonderland Volume 2, The Anchor #3, The Boys #37, The Goon Volume 6: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #68, Timothy Zahn, Tony Moore, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye, Walking Dead #65
Today’s guest review is from my good friend, Mo Ali. Mo is a British artist, poet, and Pushcart Prize-nominated author – whose work you may have seen recently on Accent UK’s Western anthology (see here), amongst many other things. Mo has also written non-fiction articles and reviews for publications such as Fractal Matter magazine. To [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Filed under Creator Owned, Featured, Guest Review, Indy Comics, Small Press, Small Press Reviews · Tagged Garry McLaughlin, Indy Comics, Jamie McMorrow, Reviews, Small Press, The Abortion
FTL #4 is a 35-page, full colour anthology comic (pdf only), brought to you by UK based independent publisher, Orang Utan Comics. The anthology is edited and designed by Oran Utan co-founder Ian Sharman, and features a gorgeous fully-painted cover by the amazing Tanzanian artist Azim Akberali.
As this is an anthology title, I have done [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 1:45 am
Filed under Featured, Indy Comics, Reviews, Small Press, Small Press Reviews · Tagged Azim Akberali, Boadicca: Queen of the Icemi, Chris Morrill, FTL #4, Greg Novak, Ian Sharman, Indy Comics, J.C. Grande, Josh Mathis, Josh Wagner, Leeahnd Goldberg, M. Hudson, Megan E. Cittadino, Michael Secal, Orang Utan Studios, Peter Rogers, Reviews, Salvus, small press Comics, Steve Saunders, The 5th Outlaw, Venessa Beckman, Witchfinder: Curse of the Poppet
Archaia Entertainment & Rodenberry Productions have provided Hypergeek with a seven-page preview of Days Missing #5. The final issue of this amazing series sees the return of issue one’s creative team of Phil Hester and Frazer Irving.
The book hits stores tomorrow (Wednesday, December 9th), and I should have a review up soon!
Written by Phil Hester
Art [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Filed under Indy Comics, Previews, Small Press, Small Press Previews, Weekly Previews · Tagged Archaia Entertainment, Days Missing #5, First Looks, Frazer Irving, Indy Comics, Phil Hester, Previews, Rodenberry Productions, Small Press
The Small Press Spotlight is a semi-regular feature on Hypergeek where I dedicate an article to all the excellent small press and indie publishers out there, as well as self-publishing artists. This is accomplished in the form of company/creator profiles, highlights of key works, reviews of the company/individual’s latest releases, and general articles about the [...]
Posted by Edward Kaye on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Filed under Columns, Featured, Indy Comics, Small Press Spotlight · Tagged Comics Monkey, Indy Comic Book Week, Indy Comics, Indyplanet, small press Comics, Small Press Spotlight