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Post by terryallenuk on Feb 7, 2024 6:29:17 GMT -5
Although sadly we don't get to see sales figures these days I've been keeping an eye on the Top 50 chart ICv2 put out. CtB hasn't appeared in the chart since #1. Jim mentions in his interviews that sales are increasing so this month , at least , that appears to be the case with #6 in at #46! Let's hope like Saga ,The Walking Dead ,used to do it continues.
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Post by salant on Feb 7, 2024 8:33:00 GMT -5
Although sadly we don't get to see sales figures these days I've been keeping an eye on the Top 50 chart ICv2 put out. CtB hasn't appeared in the chart since #1. Jim mentions in his interviews that sales are increasing so this month , at least , that appears to be the case with #6 in at #46! Let's hope like Saga ,The Walking Dead ,used to do it continues. I wonder how truly representation current sales charts are -- as compared to years past when we had a Top 100 list made from ALL pre-orders straight from the distributor? And these lists IIRC don't include back orders, multiple printings, and with the growth of the Digital market the lack of those numbers make any sales chart very inaccurate.
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Post by terryallenuk on Feb 7, 2024 9:10:03 GMT -5
Although sadly we don't get to see sales figures these days I've been keeping an eye on the Top 50 chart ICv2 put out. CtB hasn't appeared in the chart since #1. Jim mentions in his interviews that sales are increasing so this month , at least , that appears to be the case with #6 in at #46! Let's hope like Saga ,The Walking Dead ,used to do it continues. I wonder how truly representation current sales charts are -- as compared to years past when we had a Top 100 list made from ALL pre-orders straight from the distributor? And these lists IIRC don't include back orders, multiple printings, and with the growth of the Digital market the lack of those numbers make any sales chart very inaccurate. Yes it is really frustrating we don't get to see any sort of sales figures these days , at least pre-pandemic/distributor changes we had something to work with for hard copies , if not digital. I remember when Marvel were celebrating their Conan figures when they took over the licence , after the initial boost I used to compare the figures issue by issue to the Dark Horse numbers and they were always well behind the DH ones.
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Post by salant on Feb 7, 2024 19:05:44 GMT -5
I wonder how truly representation current sales charts are -- as compared to years past when we had a Top 100 list made from ALL pre-orders straight from the distributor? And these lists IIRC don't include back orders, multiple printings, and with the growth of the Digital market the lack of those numbers make any sales chart very inaccurate. Yes it is really frustrating we don't get to see any sort of sales figures these days , at least pre-pandemic/distributor changes we had something to work with for hard copies , if not digital. I remember when Marvel were celebrating their Conan figures when they took over the licence , after the initial boost I used to compare the figures issue by issue to the Dark Horse numbers and they were always well behind the DH ones. I see Jim Zub posted a link to the new Top 50 and CTB #6 is on it. More importantly, it's the only title there from a publisher that's not the Big 3. icv2.com/articles/markets/view/56177/top-50-comics-january-2024
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Post by jeffshanks on Mar 1, 2024 21:49:10 GMT -5
Which one is yours? The one about Jeff Shanks and the yarns by Titan? Yeah that's the one! It's an email I sent them many months back. Just saw this! Thanks for the plug, man!
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