With 2013 firmly behind us, there’s still some sales statistics that will be creeping in that will be interesting to see. The latest comes from comics industry group ICv2 site, which breaks down the top thousand graphic novels sold during 2013 by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the calendar year. This doesn’t include the big chain stores or sites like Amazon and so forth, but it’s interesting to see what’s getting out there in terms of the direct market and specialty stores. The top twenty aren’t too much of a surprise as there’s a lot of Walking Dead in there, obviously some Batman that does well and the strong sellers with the first two volumes of Saga that’s really impressive.
For the manga minded, the first title shows up at 91 with Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds.
Click here to see the full 1000 titles.
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TOP 1000 GRAPHIC NOVELS — 2013 |
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Rank |
$ Rank |
Title |
Price |
Pub |
1 |
4 |
SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) |
$9.99 |
IMA |
2 |
2 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE |
$14.99 |
IMA |
3 |
3 |
SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) |
$14.99 |
IMA |
4 |
5 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 18 WHAT COMES AFTER |
$14.99 |
IMA |
5 |
7 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG) |
$14.99 |
IMA |
6 |
12 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 19 MARCH TO WAR |
$14.99 |
IMA |
7 |
14 |
HAWKEYE TP VOL 01 MY LIFE AS WEAPON NOW |
$16.99 |
MAR |
8 |
13 |
BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) |
$16.99 |
DC |
9 |
15 |
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC |
$17.99 |
DC |
10 |
20 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS |
$14.99 |
IMA |
11 |
24 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 17 SOMETHING TO FEAR (MR) |
$14.99 |
IMA |
12 |
21 |
ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 01 |
$14.99 |
BOO |
13 |
30 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE |
$14.99 |
IMA |
14 |
10 |
BATMAN HC VOL 03 DEATH OF THE FAMILY (N52) |
$24.99 |
DC |
15 |
27 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 01 ORIGIN (N52) |
$16.99 |
DC |
16 |
11 |
BATMAN HC VOL 02 THE CITY OF OWLS (N52) |
$24.99 |
DC |
17 |
17 |
BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP |
$24.99 |
DC |
18 |
34 |
ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 02 |
$14.99 |
BOO |
19 |
43 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (MR) |
$14.99 |
IMA |
20 |
29 |
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP |
$19.99 |
DC |