Comments on: Marvel month-to-month sales: October 2007 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Canadian ativan. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-3655219 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:31:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-3655219 <strong>Ativan....</strong> Information on ativan. Ativan side effects. Ativan.... Ativan….

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]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-620960 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:09:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-620960 Joe Quesada hasn't done anything for the comic industry. Civil War was bad. I'm know it sold 400,000 copies and such. But it was poorly put together and seemed to be done at a rushed pace despite constantly being delayed. Do you see new, younger readers wanting to read Brand New Day or the New Avengers? I don't. There dark, dreary artwork combined with an incomprehensible retcon of the previous years stories. The unmasking was one of the worst things I've ever seen, but they could of AT LEAST ran with it, forgot about the twenty other CW tie-ins and done a story about SPider-man and people he's known over the year and more about them. I don't care about magical Spider-man people and them doing another generic story where Aunt May is sick again. Despite the 'House of M' (also unispiring) (Uncanny/Vol.2) X-men Joe Quesada hasn’t done anything for the comic industry. Civil War was bad. I’m know it sold 400,000 copies and such. But it was poorly put together and seemed to be done at a rushed pace despite constantly being delayed.

Do you see new, younger readers wanting to read Brand New Day or the New Avengers? I don’t. There dark, dreary artwork combined with an incomprehensible retcon of the previous years stories. The unmasking was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen, but they could of AT LEAST ran with it, forgot about the twenty other CW tie-ins and done a story about SPider-man and people he’s known over the year and more about them. I don’t care about magical Spider-man people and them doing another generic story where Aunt May is sick again.

Despite the ‘House of M’ (also unispiring) (Uncanny/Vol.2) X-men

]]> by: Wraith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-589258 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:26:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-589258 Thank's Marc for answering my question. Thank’s Marc for answering my question.

]]> by: Joe Lawler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-587356 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:52:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-587356 When is the DC list going up? When is the DC list going up?

]]> by: Marc-Oliver Frisch http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-586638 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:44:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-586638 "How did the late shipping of EXILES #89 to stores on the west coast cause the book to experience a sales boost?" As I recall, my theory at the time was that Diamond mistakenly added the late-shipping copies TWICE. It's the only one that made sense to me, at any rate. “How did the late shipping of EXILES #89 to stores on the west coast cause the book to experience a sales boost?”

As I recall, my theory at the time was that Diamond mistakenly added the late-shipping copies TWICE. It’s the only one that made sense to me, at any rate.

]]> by: AERose http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-585479 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:05:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-585479 "Btw, if it’s not to much trouble, can you please put up links to other SOO from other Marvel comics from this year?" I'd love to, but it was somewhat of a fluke that I even laid hands on this one. “Btw, if it’s not to much trouble, can you please put up links to other SOO from other Marvel comics from this year?”

I’d love to, but it was somewhat of a fluke that I even laid hands on this one.

]]> by: Joe Williams http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584566 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:25:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584566 Joe Q should fire Joe Q! Joe Q should fire Joe Q!

]]> by: Wraith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584464 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:44:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584464 I have a question for Paul O'Brien that relates to an older column. How did the late shipping of EXILES #89 to stores on the west coast cause the book to experience a sales boost? I have a question for Paul O’Brien that relates to an older column.

How did the late shipping of EXILES #89 to stores on the west coast cause the book to experience a sales boost?

]]> by: Wraith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584442 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:35:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584442 First of all, thanks for posting a link to the SOO from PWJ. Secondly, those sales numbers from the SOO (if I'm not mistaken) are from ALL sales outlets/venues COMBINED, not just the newstands. Btw, if it's not to much trouble, can you please put up links to other SOO from other Marvel comics from this year? First of all, thanks for posting a link to the SOO from PWJ.

Secondly, those sales numbers from the SOO (if I’m not mistaken) are from ALL sales outlets/venues COMBINED, not just the newstands.

Btw, if it’s not to much trouble, can you please put up links to other SOO from other Marvel comics from this year?

]]> by: AERose http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584237 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:24:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584237 http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2696/pwj13dcp0041yf4.jpg http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2696/pwj13dcp0041yf4.jpg

]]> by: AERose http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584236 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:23:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584236 <a href="http://imageshack.us" rel="nofollow"></a> The Statement of Ownership in question, for anyone curious.

The Statement of Ownership in question, for anyone curious.

]]> by: AERose http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584161 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:50:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-584161 "Looks like I was right about the sales of the current market being MAINLY driven by gimmicks/stunts." The current direct pamphlet market, sure. Of course, then there's the direct trade market, the book store trade market, the emerging online market, and hell, some of these things still do get sold on news stands. (I downloaded the last issue of Punisher War Journal and happened to be able to read the Statement of Ownership on the last page -- apparently PWJ sells better of the stands than it does in the DM.) So yeah, you've got one sales channel pretty well pegged, but that doesn't change the fact that the jury's still out on the rest. “Looks like I was right about the sales of the current market being MAINLY driven by gimmicks/stunts.”

The current direct pamphlet market, sure. Of course, then there’s the direct trade market, the book store trade market, the emerging online market, and hell, some of these things still do get sold on news stands. (I downloaded the last issue of Punisher War Journal and happened to be able to read the Statement of Ownership on the last page — apparently PWJ sells better of the stands than it does in the DM.)

So yeah, you’ve got one sales channel pretty well pegged, but that doesn’t change the fact that the jury’s still out on the rest.

]]> by: Wraith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-583700 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:52:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-583700 Looks like I was right about the sales of the current market being MAINLY driven by gimmicks/stunts. I said it before, and I'll keep saying it until I'm blue in the face, the 90's are BACK. Looks like I was right about the sales of the current market being MAINLY driven by gimmicks/stunts. I said it before, and I’ll keep saying it until I’m blue in the face, the 90’s are BACK.

]]> by: hrdwrkngXsoldier http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-583221 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:04:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-583221 I see many people halting on a lot of initial releases and waiting for the trades to come out. I know that I buy both the current issue of AXM and the Trade, mostly because I store the issue and wait for the trade to read the story. (Waiting 4-6 months for an issue makes it hard to read/raises expectations, so I don't) But with the decline in a lot of the single issue sales it would be interesting to see how the Trade Paperback and other story collections are selling. I see many people halting on a lot of initial releases and waiting for the trades to come out. I know that I buy both the current issue of AXM and the Trade, mostly because I store the issue and wait for the trade to read the story. (Waiting 4-6 months for an issue makes it hard to read/raises expectations, so I don’t) But with the decline in a lot of the single issue sales it would be interesting to see how the Trade Paperback and other story collections are selling.

]]> by: Somebody http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-580719 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:46:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-580719 Re: Avengers Classic &#62; Even allowing for the fact that it’s part-reprint, I’m really struggling to imagine how this book is paying its way. It doesn’t seem like the sort of project that would do any better through other channels. It's meant to be defraying the cost of remastering Avengers Masterworks v1. While I wouldn't be surprised to see the backups disappear, this'll keep going for as long as it doesn't increase the cost of doing so. And, yes, coding problems in the Loners--&#62;Criminal area.... Marcus Lusk&#62; And look at those Marvel Adventures titles: Sales as low as 4,500. Yes, but they do most of their business elsewhere, as Paul O points out. Moreover, the material all gets about five lives - initial comic (DM &#38; elsewhere), Two-in-One reprints (DM &#38; elsewhere), Target oversized/stapled comics, Digests and, at the end of the line, oversized HCs. And a sixth has just been added in Marvel's Flashy rent-a-comic scheme. Re: Avengers Classic
> Even allowing for the fact that it’s part-reprint, I’m really struggling to imagine how this book is paying its way. It doesn’t seem like the sort of project that would do any better through other channels.

It’s meant to be defraying the cost of remastering Avengers Masterworks v1. While I wouldn’t be surprised to see the backups disappear, this’ll keep going for as long as it doesn’t increase the cost of doing so.

And, yes, coding problems in the Loners–>Criminal area….

Marcus Lusk> And look at those Marvel Adventures titles: Sales as low as 4,500.

Yes, but they do most of their business elsewhere, as Paul O points out. Moreover, the material all gets about five lives - initial comic (DM & elsewhere), Two-in-One reprints (DM & elsewhere), Target oversized/stapled comics, Digests and, at the end of the line, oversized HCs. And a sixth has just been added in Marvel’s Flashy rent-a-comic scheme.

]]> by: Michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-580640 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:08:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-580640 Your Loners info kinda got... messed up there, Paul. Your Loners info kinda got… messed up there, Paul.

]]> by: Jerry http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-579450 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:56:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-579450 Looks to me like Quesada the artist is causing more of Marvel's current issues than Quesada the EIC. Looks to me like Quesada the artist is causing more of Marvel’s current issues than Quesada the EIC.

]]> by: Mark Engblom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-578574 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:35:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-578574 <b>"I expect the doomsayers to be calling for Joe Quesada’s head any day now."</b> It may be time for both Marvel and DC to get some new blood for Editor In Chief. The Joey Q and Didio styles seem to be wearing out their welcome within their respective fan communities. “I expect the doomsayers to be calling for Joe Quesada’s head any day now.”

It may be time for both Marvel and DC to get some new blood for Editor In Chief. The Joey Q and Didio styles seem to be wearing out their welcome within their respective fan communities.

]]> by: jason http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-578424 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:39:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-578424 The Thunderbolts one shots and minis are going to dilute the main titles sales. They just aren't as good. The Thunderbolts one shots and minis are going to dilute the main titles sales. They just aren’t as good.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-577424 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:38:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-577424 I know that I decided that Omega would be a "wait for the trade" purchase. I just filled out my November order and I'm down to five Marvel books (although some were not solicited) to get. And one of those was a one-shot (the YA book written by Bru). It's getting to the point that if it's not by Bru or Fraction at Marvel, I'm not buying it. I know that I decided that Omega would be a “wait for the trade” purchase.

I just filled out my November order and I’m down to five Marvel books (although some were not solicited) to get. And one of those was a one-shot (the YA book written by Bru).

It’s getting to the point that if it’s not by Bru or Fraction at Marvel, I’m not buying it.

]]> by: AERose http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-577138 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:26:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-577138 Ha, like the DC chart about three months after OYL, zombies notwithstanding. If it isn't declining, it's late. I expect the doomsayers to be calling for Joe Quesada's head any day now. Ha, like the DC chart about three months after OYL, zombies notwithstanding. If it isn’t declining, it’s late.

I expect the doomsayers to be calling for Joe Quesada’s head any day now.

]]> by: Marcus Lusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-576955 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:19:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-576955 And look at those Marvel Adventures titles: Sales as low as 4,500. It's troubling to see so many mainline titles like IRON MAN, DAREDEVIL and even NEW X-MEN often barely cracking 50,000 copies. And SHANNA at 14,000! Apparently not even good old T&#38;A can assure sales these days. And look at those Marvel Adventures titles: Sales as low as 4,500.
It’s troubling to see so many mainline titles like IRON MAN, DAREDEVIL and even NEW X-MEN often barely cracking 50,000 copies.
And SHANNA at 14,000! Apparently not even good old T&A can assure sales these days.

]]> by: Bill Reed http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-576803 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:46:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/26/marvel-month-to-month-sales-october-2007/#comment-576803 Those Omega sales... Ouch. Those Omega sales… Ouch.

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