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2005 Graphic Novel Sales in Comic Stores up 33%
Periodicals Up Only 4% Date: 1/16/2006 |
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With a strong finish in December, graphic novel sales finished out the year up a third in comic stores, according to our analysis of Diamond's sales to comic stores based on the monthly Top 100 Graphic Novel report. Since backlist sales have also been strong this year, that percentage may understate the actual growth. December graphic novel sales were up 29%; fourth quarter graphic novel sales, driven by a rockin' November, were up 44%. As was the case throughout the year, December comic sales were up by a much smaller percentage, a modest 6%. Fourth quarter comic sales were up 5%. And comic periodical sales were up only 4% for the year, which may be less than the average price increase. The combined total of comic and graphic novels sales in comic stores was up a respectable 8% for the year, better than the 5% increase in 2004 (see "Q4 Down, 2004 Up"). 2005 also differed from 2004 in that the 2004 increase was the same for periodicals and graphic novels, vs. the heavy weighting toward graphic novel increases in 2005. |
| Source: ICv2 |
