January Comic Book Sales F...

Diamond Comic Distributor sales figures for the month of January have been released and the data shows Marvel Comics winning the Retail Dollar race by the narrowest of margins with a 35.17% share over arch rival DC Comics’ 33.55% share. DC Comics turned the tables on Marvel though and took...

C.B. Daily Jan 23rd

TCAF 2012 guests annouced, Miracleman and Marvel, DC fighting hunger, The Inifinite finite at issue four, and more.

C.B. Daily Jan 19th

A new Popeye comic, CBLDF advisory, a look at Parker, new X-O Manowar, DC April '12 solicits, DC logo announcement and more!

Diamond Hires Chris Powell

Diamond Comic Distributors, the sole distributor of comic books to the specialty comic market, last week hired Chris Powell as Executive Director of Business Development for the comic book specialty market. Chris Powell comes to Diamond from Lone Star Comics of Arlington, Texas. At Lone Star...

C.B. Daily Jan 17th

Top Canadian sellers, a Spirit TV movie, automated book scanning, and a new webcomics portal from Stephanie Buscema and J. Bone.

C.B. Daily Jan 13th

C.B. Daily Jan 13th: New DC titles, Conan interview, The Shadow and more.

Comic Sales Data for 2011

So the 2011 yearly totals are in and I thought I’d pass along some data. Marvel was both the unit share winner for the year and the dollar value winner. I’ve included the top 10 publishers below. Publisher Fantagraphics finished 14th with a 0.53% dollar share and a 0.11% unit share (they...

C.B. Daily Jan 12th

Millar and Quitely's new book, Prince Valiant colour comparisons, free comics to veterans, and more.

C.B. Daily Jan 11th

Simonson on Avengers, Cooke does The Shade, Toronto Comicon details, Faith Erin Hicks profiled, Frazetta comedy movie posters and more.

C.B. Daily Jan 10th

Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you get the wheat. I'm sticking with Chaff Smasher' perhaps someone can create an image for me.

Marvel is Tops!

Marvel Comics climbed its way back to the top of the comic book heap. The House of Ideas led the market in December, narrowly edging DC Entertainment in both the Retail Dollar (34.43% for Marvel vs. 33.74% for DC) and Unit Share (39.05% vs. 37.72%) categories. The comic book landscape looks a...

C.B. Daily Jan 9th

Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you get the wheat. Wheat-tastic.

New Parker In May!

Courtesy of Chris Ryall’s blog we get news that Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke will be available this May. Plus check out the promo art...

C.B. Daily Jan 6th

Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you only get the wheat. Should I have a catchy superhero name like Wheatman or Chaff Smasher?

C.B. Daily Jan 5th

Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you only get the wheat.

Comic Culture Jan 3rd

Happy New Year everyone! This week’s show is Comic Culture’s New Year’s Special. Join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they discuss the year that was 2011. The guys also tackle new and exciting stuff due out in 2012, Ghost Rider copyright news and even some superhero new...

The Dark Knight Rises Trai...

The new Dark Knight Rises trailer has hit the internet after debuting in theatres last week.  Plus the new...

R.I.P. Joe Simon

It’s a shame to lose someone who has given so much to comics and received so little in return. Kyle Baker, of course, sums it up very...

New DC Absolutes

DC Comics has announced via their blog, where all their news comes from, two new Absolute editions for next year. Coming in September 2012, ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR will collect the story of Sinestro’s bid for totalitarian control of the galaxy – giving the...

G.I. Joe Retaliation Trail...

With bated breath, I like many G.I. Joe fans, waited anxiously for the premiere of the new G.I. Joe movie trailer last night. After seeing it all I can say is… Wow!!! This trailer has everything a G.I. Joe fan needs in a movie.  I know there are many Rise Of Cobra haters out there. ...