Each month, Diamond Comic Distributors announces their top sellers, via press release, in the realm of comic books and more. This can give readers an idea of what folks are gravitating towards. What's working? What isn't? Let's take a look at the best of the best for April 2015.
Marvel took top spot, but they dropped 4% from last month. DC jumped up 7% and Image dropped a little, but pretty much continues to hover around 10% for dollar and unit share.
As always, check out these sweet pie charts.
STAR WARS #4 took the top spot, followed by two issues of CONVERGENCE. Overall, DC took 6 out of the 10 top spots in April.
THE WALKING DEAD returns to the top spot of the top trades list and overall, grabs four spots out of the ten. BOOM! Studios takes the ten spot with the first volume of LUMBERJANES as well.
How many books did these companies ship out in April? The answer is below.
Finally, here's some more numbers comparing the dollars and units percentages for different months and years.
How do they calculate this information? It all starts at the comic book shop.
Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world. The account base includes brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, Internet merchants, and other specialty stores.
Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during January to December 2013, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.
What are your thoughts on all these numbers? What's your predictions for this month?