Comics: The Meaning

com-ics (kom'iks)n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.

"If Comics' spectacularly varied past is any indication, comics' future will be virtually impossible to predict using the standards of the present.... Those of you who make comics for a living - or would like to someday, probably know that keeping up with all the advances in today's comics is a full-time job. However much we may try to understand the world of comics around us, a part of that world will always lie in shadow - a mystery.... As it is, it should be kept in mind at all times that this world is only one of many possible worlds!
Our attempts to define comics are an on-going process which won't end anytime soon. A new generation will no doubt reject whatever this one finally decides to accept and try once more to reinvent comics. And so they should. Here's to the great debate."

Excerpts and paraphrased from the amazing Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art."

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

TOP 100 COMICS - NOVEMBER 2011

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKSBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in November 2011
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
1 1 105.11 SEP110095-M JUSTICE LEAGUE #3 $3.99 DC
2 4 100.00 SEP110120-M BATMAN #3 $2.99 DC
3 3 89.33 SEP110114-M ACTION COMICS #3 $3.99 DC
4 7 81.23 SEP110137-M GREEN LANTERN #3 $2.99 DC
5 9 75.08 SEP110496-M POINT ONE #1 $5.99 MAR
6 5 74.28 SEP110536-M AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #1 $3.99 MAR
7 6 72.80 SEP110591-M UNCANNY X-MEN #1 $3.99 MAR
8 8 66.28 SEP110124 DETECTIVE COMICS #3 [*] $2.99 DC
9 11 59.89 SEP110102-M FLASH #3 $2.99 DC
10 15 55.21 SEP110589-M WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #2 $3.99 MAR
11 26 53.08 SEP110507-M INCREDIBLE HULK #2 $3.99 MAR
12 12 51.82 SEP110125 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #3 [*] $2.99 DC
13 13 51.49 SEP110117 SUPERMAN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
14 14 51.45 SEP110127 BATMAN AND ROBIN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
15 2 48.89 SEP110551-M FANTASTIC FOUR #600 $7.99 MAR
16 10 48.01 SEP110595-M UNCANNY X-MEN #2 $3.99 MAR
17 51 43.46 SEP110101 WONDER WOMAN #3 $2.99 DC
18 24 41.71 SEP110133 BATGIRL #3 [*] $2.99 DC
19 25 41.21 SEP110100 AQUAMAN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
20 54 41.06 SEP110132 BATWOMAN #3 $2.99 DC
21 57 40.24 SEP110162 TEEN TITANS #3 $2.99 DC
22 16 40.11 SEP110497-M FEAR ITSELF #7.1 $3.99 MAR
23 60 39.59 SEP110141 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #3 $2.99 DC
24 29 38.98 SEP110140 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #3 [*] $2.99 DC
25 18 38.42 SEP110499-M FEAR ITSELF #7.2 $3.99 MAR
26 56 38.28 SEP110503-M FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #2 $2.99 MAR
27 17 38.23 SEP110542-M AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #674 $3.99 MAR
28 30 38.21 SEP110135 NIGHTWING #3 [*] $2.99 DC
29 19 37.86 SEP110541 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #673 $3.99 MAR
30 20 37.50 SEP110506 AVENGERS #19 $3.99 MAR
31 21 36.36 SEP110501-M FEAR ITSELF #7.3 $3.99 MAR
32 31 36.26 SEP110142 RED LANTERNS #3 [*] $2.99 DC
33 22 36.07 SEP110533 NEW AVENGERS #18 $3.99 MAR
34 23 35.87 AUG110616-M CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 $3.99 MAR
35 36 35.72 AUG118087-M KICK-ASS 2 #5 (MR) $2.99 MAR
36 65 34.64 SEP110146 SWAMP THING #3 $2.99 DC
37 27 34.15 SEP110520 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #4 $3.99 MAR
38 28 33.76 SEP110614 UNCANNY X-FORCE #17 $3.99 MAR
39 47 32.75 SEP110556-M FF #12 $2.99 MAR
40 34 32.44 SEP110099 JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #3 [*] $2.99 DC
41 40 31.11 SEP110131 CATWOMAN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
42 42 30.80 SEP110145 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #3 [*] $2.99 DC
43 43 30.27 SEP110119 SUPERGIRL #3 [*] $2.99 DC
44 46 29.89 SEP110134 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #3 [*] $2.99 DC
45 48 29.32 SEP110147 ANIMAL MAN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
46 32 28.82 SEP110600-M X-MEN #20 $3.99 MAR
47 49 28.28 SEP110118 SUPERBOY #3 [*] $2.99 DC
48 50 27.96 SEP110106 GREEN ARROW #3 [*] $2.99 DC
49 55 27.80 SEP110604-M X-MEN LEGACY #259 $2.99 MAR
50 33 27.28 SEP110534-M SECRET AVENGERS #19 $3.99 MAR
51 35 26.96 SEP110515 MIGHTY THOR #8 $3.99 MAR
52 37 26.61 SEP110597-M WOLVERINE #18 $3.99 MAR
53 38 26.44 SEP110602 X-MEN #21 $3.99 MAR
54 39 26.27 SEP110524 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #3 $3.99 MAR
55 41 26.06 SEP110522-M ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #4 $3.99 MAR
56 92 26.00 SEP110152 STORMWATCH #3 $2.99 DC
57 61 25.39 SEP110603 X-MEN LEGACY #258 $2.99 MAR
58 62 25.37 SEP110560 DAREDEVIL #6 $2.99 MAR
59 45 25.25 SEP110509-M INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #510 $3.99 MAR
60 44 25.17 SEP110599 WOLVERINE #19 $3.99 MAR
61 58 24.37 SEP110128 BIRDS OF PREY #3 [*] $2.99 DC
62 59 24.34 SEP110157 SUICIDE SQUAD #3 [*] $2.99 DC
63 64 23.87 SEP110504 FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #3 $2.99 MAR
64 70 22.18 SEP110015-M BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #3 $2.99 DAR
65 53 21.68 SEP110612 ASTONISHING X-MEN #44 $3.99 MAR
66 74 21.53 SEP110544-M VENOM #9 $2.99 MAR
67 76 21.34 SEP110505 BATTLE SCARS #1 $2.99 MAR
68 75 21.07 SEP110487 WALKING DEAD #91 (MR) $2.99 IMA
69 66 20.97 SEP110111 SAVAGE HAWKMAN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
70 67 20.93 SEP110126 BATWING #3 [*] $2.99 DC
71 68 20.85 SEP110167 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #3 [*] $2.99 DC
72 69 20.67 SEP110151 DEMON KNIGHTS #3 [*] $2.99 DC
73 83 20.18 SEP110550 CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #624 $2.99 MAR
74 71 20.12 SEP110154 DEATHSTROKE #3 [*] $2.99 DC
75 52 19.54 SEP110161 ALL STAR WESTERN #3 [*] $3.99 DC
76 77 19.00 SEP110148 FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #3 [*] $2.99 DC
77 86 18.99 SEP110607-M NEW MUTANTS #33 $2.99 MAR
78 79 18.87 SEP110107 FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
79 87 18.79 SEP110136 HUNTRESS #2 $2.99 DC
80 80 18.61 SEP110166 LEGION LOST #3 [*] $2.99 DC
81 82 18.49 SEP110108 DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #3 [*] $2.99 DC
82 90 17.99 SEP110511-M JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #631 $2.99 MAR
83 63 17.92 SEP110558-M MOON KNIGHT #7 $3.99 MAR
84 84 17.76 SEP110153 GRIFTER #3 [*] $2.99 DC
85 85 17.57 SEP110150 RESURRECTION MAN #3 [*] $2.99 DC
86 93 17.39 SEP110620 DEADPOOL #46 $2.99 MAR
87 96 17.12 SEP110609 NEW MUTANTS #34 $2.99 MAR
88 99 16.82 SEP110561-M PUNISHER #5 $2.99 MAR
89 88 16.46 SEP110164 BLUE BEETLE #3 [*] $2.99 DC
90 89 16.37 SEP110165 HAWK AND DOVE #3 [*] $2.99 DC
91 102 16.29 SEP110570 HULK #44 $2.99 MAR
92 73 16.08 SEP110129-M BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #2 $3.99 DC
93 91 15.99 SEP110105 CAPTAIN ATOM #3 [*] $2.99 DC
94 107 15.72 SEP110616 X-FACTOR #227 $2.99 MAR
95 81 15.61 SEP110521 ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #4 $3.99 MAR
96 95 15.54 SEP110149 I VAMPIRE #3 [*] $2.99 DC
97 72 15.17 SEP110276-M TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #4 $3.99 IDW
98 109 15.09 SEP110618 X-23 #17 $2.99 MAR
99 98 15.07 SEP110112 MISTER TERRIFIC #3 [*] $2.99 DC
100 110 15.06 SEP110617 X-23 #16 $2.99 MAR
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