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Comic Book Store Sales Up For 2019 So Far, Revealed at ECCC Retailer Breakfast

Last year, comic book sales in comic stores were down. The year before they were down as well. Every indication was that this trend was going to continue.

It's not.

As reported to Bleeding Cool from the Retailer Breakfast being held by Diamond Comic Distributors in Seattle right now, before Emerald City Comic Con opens, the word is that sales are up.

January and February sales of comic books and graphic novels compared to January and February sales in 2018 are up by 4.69%. Basically, for every $20 that comic store took in January and February 2018, in January and February 2019, they took $21. Both periods had nine New Comics Wednesdays, but February 2018 had an additional day of sales too…

There's still a long way to go. Comic stores are fighting a market turning digital, with more games, shows and movies – many based on the comics but providing new experiences. And price continues to be a barrier, and shop numbers have fallen. But despite all of that, direct market comic book retailers are managing to sell more comics.

Will this keep up for the rest of 2019? Here's hoping…

Oh, here's some of what retailers attending the meeting will be walking away with.

Comic Book Store Sales Up For 2019 So Far, Revealed at ECCC Retailer Breakfast

Fallen World Ashcan – Valiant Entertainment

Comic Book Store Sales Up For 2019 So Far, Revealed at ECCC Retailer Breakfast

Hellboy Seed of Destruction #1 25th anniversary variant

Comic Book Store Sales Up For 2019 So Far, Revealed at ECCC Retailer Breakfast Comic Book Store Sales Up For 2019 So Far, Revealed at ECCC Retailer Breakfast

Hellboy timeline (front and back)

Comic Book Store Sales Up For 2019 So Far, Revealed at ECCC Retailer Breakfast

Lazarus Risen #1, signed by Greg Rucka

 


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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