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, February 11, 2012

TOP 100 - COMICS FOR JANUARY 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11106.20NOV110104-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #5$3.99DC
23100.00NOV110133-MBATMAN #5$2.99DC
3280.53NOV110125-MACTION COMICS #5$3.99DC
4476.13NOV110138-MDETECTIVE COMICS #5$2.99DC
5575.01NOV110154-MGREEN LANTERN #5$2.99DC
61158.87NOV110140-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #5$2.99DC
71456.49NOV110129-MSUPERMAN #5$2.99DC
81854.88NOV110113-MFLASH #5$2.99DC
91550.20NOV110145BATMAN AND ROBIN #5 [*]$2.99DC
102449.88NOV110109-MAQUAMAN #5$2.99DC
11748.64NOV110564-MUNCANNY X-MEN #5$3.99MAR
12848.41NOV110563UNCANNY X-MEN #4$3.99MAR
13945.62NOV110560-MWOLVERINE AND X-MEN #4$3.99MAR
14644.97NOV110566-MWOLVERINE #300$4.99MAR
151044.89NOV110504-MAVENGERS X-SANCTION #2$3.99MAR
165244.16NOV110111-MWONDER WOMAN #5$2.99DC
171343.82NOV110527-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #677$3.99MAR
181642.00NOV110493-MAVENGERS #21$3.99MAR
195641.85NOV110183-MTEEN TITANS #5$2.99DC
201741.57NOV110531-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #678$3.99MAR
211940.93NOV110520-MSCARLET SPIDER #1$3.99MAR
222040.55NOV110495-MNEW AVENGERS #20$3.99MAR
232140.13NOV110525-MAVENGING SPIDER-MAN #3$3.99MAR
245940.08NOV110158-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #5$2.99DC
256039.79NOV110147-MBATWOMAN #5$2.99DC
262739.33NOV110149BATGIRL #5 [*]$2.99DC
272239.12NOV110576-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #20$3.99MAR
282838.65NOV110153NIGHTWING #5 [*]$2.99DC
293438.62NOV110575UNCANNY X-FORCE #19.1$2.99MAR
302338.19NOV110515-MULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #6$3.99MAR
313637.98NOV110589DEADPOOL #49$2.99MAR
322937.30NOV110157GREEN LANTERN CORPS #5 [*]$2.99DC
332535.98NOV110480-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #7$3.99MAR
341235.44NOV110507AVENGERS ANNUAL #1$4.99MAR
352635.16NOV110477-MINCREDIBLE HULK #4$3.99MAR
364134.59NOV110544-MFANTASTIC FOUR #602$2.99MAR
376833.57NOV110164-MSWAMP THING #5$2.99DC
384733.33NOV110529-MDAREDEVIL #8$2.99MAR
394432.65NOV110542-MFF #14$2.99MAR
403732.41NOV110160RED LANTERNS #5 [*]$2.99DC
413030.91NOV110562WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #1$3.99MAR
424230.37NOV110152CATWOMAN #5 [*]$2.99DC
433329.84NOV110487-MDEFENDERS #2$3.99MAR
443129.67NOV110570-MX-MEN #23$3.99MAR
454329.35NOV110150RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #5 [*]$2.99DC
463229.18NOV110497-MSECRET AVENGERS #21$3.99MAR
475428.80NOV110583-MX-MEN LEGACY #261$2.99MAR
483528.73NOV110484-MMIGHTY THOR #10$3.99MAR
494528.58NOV110132SUPERGIRL #5 [*]$2.99DC
505728.48OCT110674X-MEN LEGACY #260$2.99MAR
514828.38NOV110108JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #5 [*]$2.99DC
524928.27NOV110163JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #5 [*]$2.99DC
535127.98NOV110166ANIMAL MAN #5 [*]$2.99DC
546127.07NOV110499SECRET AVENGERS #21.1$2.99MAR
553826.94NOV110491-MINVINCIBLE IRON MAN #512$3.99MAR
563926.72NOV110518ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #6$3.99MAR
574026.04NOV110517ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #6$3.99MAR
585525.81NOV110131SUPERBOY #5 [*]$2.99DC
596424.21NOV110472WALKING DEAD #93 (MR)$2.99IMA
604623.86NOV110579ASTONISHING X-MEN #46$3.99MAR
615023.28NOV110524CARNAGE USA #2$3.99MAR
626223.17NOV110118GREEN ARROW #5 [*]$2.99DC
636623.10NOV110020-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #5$2.99DAR
646322.57NOV110175SUICIDE SQUAD #5 [*]$2.99DC
6510522.31NOV110171-MSTORMWATCH #5$2.99DC
666922.02NOV110533-MVENOM #12$2.99MAR
676521.86NOV110146BIRDS OF PREY #5 [*]$2.99DC
687321.18NOV110535CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #626$2.99MAR
697520.46NOV110474FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #6$2.99MAR
707620.05NOV110475FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #7$2.99MAR
717919.70NOV110586-MX-FACTOR #230$2.99MAR
7219819.32OCT110967LORD OF THE JUNGLE #1 (MR)$1.00DE
735818.76NOV110181ALL STAR WESTERN #5 [*]$3.99DC
748618.31NOV110578NEW MUTANTS #36$2.99MAR
758718.29NOV110482-MJOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #633$2.99MAR
768518.29NOV110151HUNTRESS #4$2.99DC
775317.92SEP110631SUPERIOR #7 (MR)$4.99MAR
787717.81NOV110170DEMON KNIGHTS #5 [*]$2.99DC
797817.67NOV110189LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5 [*]$2.99DC
808917.56NOV110546PUNISHER #7$2.99MAR
816717.53NOV110547MOON KNIGHT #9$3.99MAR
829017.41NOV110541HULK #47$2.99MAR
839516.75NOV110476AVENGERS ACADEMY #24$2.99MAR
848316.58NOV110144BATWING #5 [*]$2.99DC
858216.53NOV110122SAVAGE HAWKMAN #5 [*]$2.99DC
868416.46NOV110174DEATHSTROKE #5 [*]$2.99DC
8710015.89NOV110574X-23 #20$2.99MAR
887115.88NOV110142-MBATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #4$3.99DC
8910115.77NOV110551THUNDERBOLTS #168$2.99MAR
907415.72NOV110354-MFATALE #1 (MR) [*]$3.50IMA
919215.68NOV110167FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #5 [*]$2.99DC
9210215.57NOV110552THUNDERBOLTS #169$2.99MAR
939415.21NOV110119DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #5 [*]$2.99DC
949614.86NOV110188LEGION LOST #5 [*]$2.99DC
958014.80JUN110712-MBRILLIANT #2 (MR)$3.95MAR
969814.71NOV110117FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #5 [*]$2.99DC
977014.69NOV110287-MDANGER GIRL REVOLVER #1$3.99IDW
9811014.47NOV110585GENERATION HOPE #15$2.99MAR
9911214.41NOV110580MAGNETO NOT A HERO #3$2.99MAR
1007214.39NOV110315TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #6$3.99IDW
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