March 2015 Sales Discussion

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:52:47 pm

And so it begins...

Retail:
MARVEL COMICS 38.82%
DC COMICS 23.01%
IMAGE COMICS 11.39%
IDW PUBLISHING 6.51%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.90%
BOOM! STUDIOS 2.41%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.37%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.83%
TITAN COMICS 1.01%
VIZ MEDIA 0.98%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 7.76%

Unit:
MARVEL COMICS 41.53%
DC COMICS 26.13%
IMAGE COMICS 12.98%
IDW PUBLISHING 5.16%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.07%
BOOM! STUDIOS 2.44%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.99%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0.99%
TITAN COMICS 0.77%
AVATAR PRESS INC 0.69%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 4.24%

Phoenix8008 · Post by **Phoenix8008** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:01:42 pm

Already? Fine. Let me get us started, m'kay?

*throat clearing noises followed by a long inhaling breath*

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and some gloom for good measure.

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:04:02 pm

If I had 1% of the comic industry, I'd be pretty happy. I'd also be pretty determined, as there is lots of room for growth. Exciting times for a start up.

bygranddesign · Post by **bygranddesign** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:56:56 pm

i give valiant 6 months

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:01:47 pm

nycjadie wrote:If I had 1% of the comic industry, I'd be pretty happy. I'd also be pretty determined, as there is lots of room for growth. Exciting times for a start up.

ilzuccone · Post by **ilzuccone** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:11:59 pm

bygranddesign wrote:i give valiant 6 months

+1000

Bone-A-Fach-ee · Post by **Bone-A-Fach-ee** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:00:55 pm

Wow, look at Image and IDW just completely stealing market share from DC. Marvel's still doing fine, but this seems like 2 solid months of DC just crumbling, no?
I know this is Valiant talk (and very glad they remain in the Top 10 Unit Shares), but overall market thoughts, anyone?

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:19:41 pm

Bone-A-Fach-ee wrote:Wow, look at Image and IDW just completely stealing market share from DC. Marvel's still doing fine, but this seems like 2 solid months of DC just crumbling, no?
I know this is Valiant talk (and very glad they remain in the Top 10 Unit Shares), but overall market thoughts, anyone?

DC is suffering. The post coital glow of the New 52 has long since worn off. Convergence will be a brief bump which I'm sure they hope will last them until they start pumping out Justice League movies.

IDW has been killing it in sales lately. Unfortunately I can't name one book they publish outside of GI Joe, Transformers and TMNT.

TheFerg714 · Post by **TheFerg714** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 1:12:33 am

I was really hoping for a big jump in sales with all of these Valiant Next books, but it's just not happening... I really hate the whole industry sometimes.

bygranddesign wrote:i give valiant 6 months

Wow, that's pessimistic.

Aomalle27 · Post by **Aomalle27** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:15:11 am

BugsySig wrote:
Bone-A-Fach-ee wrote:Wow, look at Image and IDW just completely stealing market share from DC. Marvel's still doing fine, but this seems like 2 solid months of DC just crumbling, no?
I know this is Valiant talk (and very glad they remain in the Top 10 Unit Shares), but overall market thoughts, anyone?
DC is suffering. The post coital glow of the New 52 has long since worn off. Convergence will be a brief bump which I'm sure they hope will last them until they start pumping out Justice League movies.

IDW has been killing it in sales lately. Unfortunately I can't name one book they publish outside of GI Joe, Transformers and TMNT.

Three words.... My Little Pony. I'm always amazed but three or four MLP books end up in the top 300 in sales every month (usually at least 2 in the top 100) Who knew there were so many Bronies out there?! They (IDW) also license Judge Dredd; three books there; JD, JD classics, and Anderson Psi Division.

Wonder what Convergence will mean for DC? 40 books ? wow thats gotta hurt a wallet...Although most are 2 part minis I believe; still a big owww to the leather.

bygranddesign · Post by **bygranddesign** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 11:15:56 am

TheFerg714 wrote:
bygranddesign wrote:i give valiant 6 months
Wow, that's pessimistic.

It was a joke

People have been saying Valiant wouldn't last 6 months since the relaunch - so just making fun of those people

What I really believe is that Dinesh and company have a rough outline of the next 10 years planned out - and i'm going to enjoy the ride

ilzuccone · Post by **ilzuccone** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:55:13 pm

bygranddesign wrote:
TheFerg714 wrote:
bygranddesign wrote:i give valiant 6 months
Wow, that's pessimistic.
It was a joke

People have been saying Valiant wouldn't last 6 months since the relaunch - so just making fun of those people

What I really believe is that Dinesh and company have a rough outline of the next 10 years planned out - and i'm going to enjoy the ride

ha yeah! you will see a lot of doom and gloom jokes in the sales thread.

hunter_peterson · Post by **hunter_peterson** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:27:19 pm

ilzuccone wrote:
bygranddesign wrote:
TheFerg714 wrote:
bygranddesign wrote:i give valiant 6 months
Wow, that's pessimistic.
It was a joke

People have been saying Valiant wouldn't last 6 months since the relaunch - so just making fun of those people

What I really believe is that Dinesh and company have a rough outline of the next 10 years planned out - and i'm going to enjoy the ride
ha yeah! you will see a lot of doom and gloom jokes in the sales thread.

Seriously, you'd think we were all Doombots if you only read sales threads...

Bone-A-Fach-ee · Post by **Bone-A-Fach-ee** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:40:18 am

Is anyone going to do a sales comparison from last month to this month? Would log ego see how the books did after all the movie money news came out...

jeremycoe · Post by **jeremycoe** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:56:07 am

Bone-A-Fach-ee wrote:Is anyone going to do a sales comparison from last month to this month? Would log ego see how the books did after all the movie money news came out...

Orders for March were due in January. Movie news probably won't have any effect until the books that come out in May.

Bone-A-Fach-ee · Post by **Bone-A-Fach-ee** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:10:45 am

jeremycoe wrote:
Bone-A-Fach-ee wrote:Is anyone going to do a sales comparison from last month to this month? Would log ego see how the books did after all the movie money news came out...
Orders for March were due in January. Movie news probably won't have any effect until the books that come out in May.

Regardless, doesn't someone always do a month by month comparison? I forget who it is?

Ninjak was #97 this month!

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:46:59 am

97 Ninjak #1 24,351
196 Divinity #2 9,384
210 The Valiant #4 8,795
232 X-O Manowar #5 7,265
234 Imperium #2 7,202
259 Ivar Timewalker #3 6,409
281 Unity #16 5,548
325 Quantum & Woody Must Die #3 4,460

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:20:19 am

Divinity could be the sleeper with numbers that low.

In 10 years, people will pay big money for these Quantum books. The print Run is ridiculously low. So is Unity now. If that is the Valiant Avengers book, then it will be good to get these books.

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:26:29 pm

I think we can finally deduce that people are tired of Quantum & Woody. Either that or everyone buys the arcs in trade. Please make it stop now.

ilzuccone · Post by **ilzuccone** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:29:04 pm

BugsySig wrote:I think we can finally deduce that people are tired of Quantum & Woody. Either that or everyone buys the arcs in trade. Please make it stop now.

i'm a q and w fan. but this run is not grabbing my attention.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:56:57 pm

ilzuccone wrote:
BugsySig wrote:I think we can finally deduce that people are tired of Quantum & Woody. Either that or everyone buys the arcs in trade. Please make it stop now.
i'm a q and w fan. but this run is not grabbing my attention.

Probably never a better name for a book than Quantum & Woody Must Die.

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:19:05 pm

depluto wrote:
ilzuccone wrote:
BugsySig wrote:I think we can finally deduce that people are tired of Quantum & Woody. Either that or everyone buys the arcs in trade. Please make it stop now.
i'm a q and w fan. but this run is not grabbing my attention.
Probably never a better name for a book than Quantum & Woody Must Die.

I have to agree. I'm not a Quantum & Woody fan, either. Especially at the expense of missing out on other VEI characters.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:51:30 pm

BugsySig wrote:I think we can finally deduce that people are tired of Quantum & Woody. Either that or everyone buys the arcs in trade. Please make it stop now.

+1

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:53:30 pm

I've talked to one or two LCS's that have said Q&W is their best selling Valiant book.

James Asmus is too funny.

mateo107 · Post by **mateo107** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:31:15 pm

nycjadie wrote:Divinity could be the sleeper with numbers that low.

keep in mind Divinity #1 is going into 4th printing and #2 into 2nd printing.

also, it should be X-O Manowar #34, not #5

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