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