October 2003 US Comic Book Sales

Fri Nov 14 23:42:30 CET 2003

Hi all!

Haven't posted here in a while. Here's some news:

Among Top 300 Comics:

231. Donald Duck and Friends #309  7,935
236. Mickey Mouse and Friends #258  7,560
243. Uncle Scrooge #323  7,127
257. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #638  6,353

Among Top 50 Graphic Novels:

17. Donald Duck Adventures #2  3,798

Well DDA2 is a little disappointing considering it's debut at number 6 in 
August. As for the other comics, not too bad really, steady, slightly rising 
sales(except for MMF).  Only problem is that it seems that the cheaper 32 page 
comics are appealing more or less to the same people who buy the 64 page  
"prestige" format. Doesn't seem like a lot of kids are buying them(since the sales 
numbers are so close. Being such a niche as it were, you know the overlap in 
buyers of the various titles is pretty large).

I don't really know what Gemstone could do to get more sales, except for more 
advertising and of course, more distribution outside of the comics shops.

Top 300 Comic Book Sales:
<A HREF="http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3873.html">http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3873.html</A>

Top 50 Graphic Novel Sales:
<A HREF="http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3875.html">http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/3875.html</A>

Derek Smith

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