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."

Saturday, January 7, 2012

TOP 100 COMICS - DECEMBER 2011

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in December 2011
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11106.33OCT110159-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #4$3.99DC
23100.00OCT110184-MBATMAN #4$2.99DC
3284.35OCT110178-MACTION COMICS #4$3.99DC
4577.89OCT110202-MGREEN LANTERN #4$2.99DC
5469.80OCT110606-MAVENGERS X-SANCTION #1$3.99MAR
6766.85OCT110188DETECTIVE COMICS #4 [*]$2.99DC
71264.26OCT110587-MDEFENDERS #1$3.99MAR
81157.81OCT110166-MFLASH #4$2.99DC
91052.94OCT110189BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #4 [*]$2.99DC
101351.49OCT110181SUPERMAN #4 [*]$2.99DC
111451.13OCT110192BATMAN AND ROBIN #4 [*]$2.99DC
12847.92OCT110671UNCANNY X-MEN #3$3.99MAR
13945.36OCT110628-MAVENGING SPIDER-MAN #2$3.99MAR
142243.70OCT110163AQUAMAN #4 [*]$2.99DC
152143.68OCT110672WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #3$3.99MAR
165343.11OCT110165WONDER WOMAN #4$2.99DC
171542.72OCT110597-MAVENGERS #20$3.99MAR
181641.36OCT110678-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #19$3.99MAR
195741.06OCT110228TEEN TITANS #4$2.99DC
201740.85OCT110630AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #675$3.99MAR
211840.57OCT110676-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #18$3.99MAR
221940.37OCT110631AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #676$3.99MAR
232640.35OCT110198BATGIRL #4 [*]$2.99DC
245839.84OCT110206GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #4$2.99DC
252039.55OCT110604NEW AVENGERS #19$3.99MAR
265939.44OCT110197BATWOMAN #4$2.99DC
272838.62OCT110200NIGHTWING #4 [*]$2.99DC
282938.47OCT110205GREEN LANTERN CORPS #4 [*]$2.99DC
293138.18OCT110648-MFANTASTIC FOUR #601$2.99MAR
302336.11OCT110620ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #5$3.99MAR
312435.69OCT110599-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #6$3.99MAR
322535.38SEP110546CAPTAIN AMERICA #5$3.99MAR
332734.72OCT110595INCREDIBLE HULK #3$3.99MAR
344233.93OCT110695-MKICK-ASS 2 #6 (MR)$2.99MAR
353433.82OCT110207RED LANTERNS #4 [*]$2.99DC
364333.61OCT110651-MFF #13$2.99MAR
376733.38OCT110211SWAMP THING #4$2.99DC
38632.18OCT110190BATMAN INCORPORATED LEVIATHAN STRIKES #1$6.99DC
394130.66OCT110196CATWOMAN #4 [*]$2.99DC
404430.11OCT110210JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #4 [*]$2.99DC
414529.79OCT110199RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #4 [*]$2.99DC
424629.72OCT110183SUPERGIRL #4 [*]$2.99DC
434729.64OCT110164JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #4 [*]$2.99DC
443029.24OCT110675X-MEN #22$3.99MAR
455429.02OCT110644-MDAREDEVIL #7$2.99MAR
464828.68OCT110212ANIMAL MAN #4 [*]$2.99DC
473228.56OCT110605SECRET AVENGERS #20$3.99MAR
483328.40OCT110594MIGHTY THOR #9$3.99MAR
495528.36OCT110674X-MEN LEGACY #260$2.99MAR
503528.12OCT110632-MCARNAGE USA #1$3.99MAR
513627.93OCT110685WOLVERINE #20$3.99MAR
523727.74OCT110625ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #4$3.99MAR
533827.21OCT110623ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #5$3.99MAR
545026.91OCT110182SUPERBOY #4 [*]$2.99DC
553926.46OCT110596INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #511$3.99MAR
564026.28OCT110626ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #5$3.99MAR
575624.97OCT110171GREEN ARROW #4 [*]$2.99DC
586323.54OCT110574WALKING DEAD #92 (MR)$2.99IMA
596523.54OCT110583FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #4$2.99MAR
604923.47OCT110689ASTONISHING X-MEN #45$3.99MAR
616423.29OCT110018-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #4$2.99DAR
626023.24OCT110222SUICIDE SQUAD #4 [*]$2.99DC
636123.18OCT110193BIRDS OF PREY #4 [*]$2.99DC
6411523.16OCT110217STORMWATCH #4$2.99DC
655222.13AUG110613AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #8$3.99MAR
666822.02OCT110634VENOM #10$2.99MAR
676921.93OCT110584FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #5$2.99MAR
687121.42OCT110635VENOM #11$2.99MAR
697221.42OCT110636CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #625$2.99MAR
705119.74OCT110226ALL STAR WESTERN #4 [*]$3.99DC
717919.37OCT110669DEADPOOL #47$2.99MAR
728219.11OCT110683-MNEW MUTANTS #35$2.99MAR
738119.03OCT110670DEADPOOL #48$2.99MAR
747319.01OCT110175SAVAGE HAWKMAN #4 [*]$2.99DC
757418.91OCT110216DEMON KNIGHTS #4 [*]$2.99DC
768318.85OCT110201HUNTRESS #3$2.99DC
777518.72OCT110233LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #4 [*]$2.99DC
786218.41OCT110643MOON KNIGHT #8$3.99MAR
798918.06OCT110592JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #632$2.99MAR
807717.98OCT110191BATWING #4 [*]$2.99DC
819017.92OCT110646PUNISHER #6$2.99MAR
827817.74OCT110220DEATHSTROKE #4 [*]$2.99DC
839317.69OCT110682X-FACTOR #229$2.99MAR
849717.54OCT110681X-FACTOR #228$2.99MAR
859817.40OCT110653HULK #45$2.99MAR
866617.26OCT110194-MBATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #3$3.99DC
878017.23OCT110170FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #4 [*]$2.99DC
8810017.17OCT110654HULK #46$2.99MAR
8910316.76OCT110593AVENGERS ACADEMY #23$2.99MAR
908516.69OCT110213FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #4 [*]$2.99DC
9110716.44OCT110687X-23 #18$2.99MAR
928616.41OCT110172DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #4 [*]$2.99DC
9310816.22OCT110582BATTLE SCARS #2$2.99MAR
948816.16OCT110232LEGION LOST #4 [*]$2.99DC
959215.96FEB110773-MLADY MECHANIKA #3$2.99ASP
9611215.96OCT110688X-23 #19$2.99MAR
9711415.82OCT110667THUNDERBOLTS #167$2.99MAR
9878515.61JUN110611-MULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #4$3.99MAR
999915.51OCT110215RESURRECTION MAN #4 [*]$2.99DC
10010215.13OCT110219GRIFTER #4 [*]$2.99DC
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