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."

Friday, March 9, 2012

TOP 100 - COMIC BOOKS FOR FEB. 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in February 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11105.38DEC110188-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #6$3.99DC
23100.00DEC110217-MBATMAN #6$2.99DC
3275.19DEC110209-MACTION COMICS #6$3.99DC
4473.50DEC110222-MDETECTIVE COMICS #6$2.99DC
5573.24DEC110239-MGREEN LANTERN #6$2.99DC
6860.05DEC110224-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #6$2.99DC
71654.21DEC110213-MSUPERMAN #6$2.99DC
82052.98DEC110197-MFLASH #6$2.99DC
92349.39DEC110193-MAQUAMAN #6$2.99DC
101349.12DEC110227BATMAN AND ROBIN #6 [*]$2.99DC
11646.58DEC110669UNCANNY X-MEN #6$3.99MAR
12746.08DEC110670UNCANNY X-MEN #7$3.99MAR
13943.43DEC110665WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #5$3.99MAR
141043.08DEC110666WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #6$3.99MAR
152842.18DEC110195-MWONDER WOMAN #6$2.99DC
161142.12DEC110610-MNEW AVENGERS #21$3.99MAR
171241.83DEC110616-MAVENGERS X-SANCTION #3$3.99MAR
182941.35DEC110267-MTEEN TITANS #6$2.99DC
191541.01DEC110604AVENGERS #22$3.99MAR
201440.92DEC110644AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679$3.99MAR
211740.65DEC110605AVENGERS #23$3.99MAR
221840.38DEC110646AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #680$3.99MAR
231939.88DEC110612NEW AVENGERS #22$3.99MAR
243539.65DEC110588-MWINTER SOLDIER #1$2.99MAR
252139.43DEC110672UNCANNY X-FORCE #21$3.99MAR
263639.41DEC110645AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679.1$2.99MAR
273739.17DEC110243-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #6$2.99DC
282238.66DEC110673UNCANNY X-FORCE #22$3.99MAR
294038.32DEC110229-MBATWOMAN #6$2.99DC
303037.24DEC110231BATGIRL #6 [*]$2.99DC
313137.16DEC110234NIGHTWING #6 [*]$2.99DC
323335.85DEC110242GREEN LANTERN CORPS #6 [*]$2.99DC
332435.51DEC110633-MAVENGING SPIDER-MAN #4$3.99MAR
342535.24DEC110626ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7$3.99MAR
352633.85DEC110601CAPTAIN AMERICA #8$3.99MAR
362733.29DEC110600INCREDIBLE HULK #5$3.99MAR
375133.02DEC110652FANTASTIC FOUR #603$2.99MAR
385432.10DEC110248-MSWAMP THING #6$2.99DC
395532.04DEC110592-MWINTER SOLDIER #2$2.99MAR
405831.59DEC110653-MFF #15$2.99MAR
413230.62DEC110613-MSECRET AVENGERS #22$3.99MAR
424930.44DEC110245RED LANTERNS #6 [*]$2.99DC
433429.94DEC110667WOLVERINE #301$3.99MAR
446429.50DEC110647DAREDEVIL #9$2.99MAR
455329.04DEC110233CATWOMAN #6 [*]$2.99DC
463828.91DEC110615SECRET AVENGERS #23$3.99MAR
473928.73DEC110684X-MEN #24$3.99MAR
484228.40DEC110685X-MEN #25$3.99MAR
496628.38DEC110680X-MEN LEGACY #262$2.99MAR
504128.33DEC110676-MDEADPOOL #50$3.99MAR
515927.95DEC110232RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #6 [*]$2.99DC
524327.30DEC110608MIGHTY THOR #11$3.99MAR
536027.13DEC110216SUPERGIRL #6 [*]$2.99DC
546226.98DEC110250ANIMAL MAN #6 [*]$2.99DC
556126.88DEC110247JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #6 [*]$2.99DC
564426.69DEC110668WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #2$3.99MAR
574526.36DEC110630-MULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #7$3.99MAR
587126.31DEC110632SCARLET SPIDER #2$2.99MAR
596526.30DEC110192JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #6 [*]$2.99DC
604626.12DEC110595-MDEFENDERS #3$3.99MAR
614725.82DEC110636-MVENOM #13$3.99MAR
624825.49DEC110607INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #513$3.99MAR
637225.19DEC110575WALKING DEAD #94 (MR)$2.99IMA
645025.19DEC110627-MULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #7$3.99MAR
657024.19DEC110215SUPERBOY #6 [*]$2.99DC
665623.99DEC110629ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #8$3.99MAR
675723.74DEC110688ASTONISHING X-MEN #47$3.99MAR
687523.26DEC110053-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #6$2.99DAR
695222.46OCT110356MAGIC THE GATHERING #1$3.99IDW
706322.01DEC110635CARNAGE USA #3$3.99MAR
717321.60DEC110260SUICIDE SQUAD #6 [*]$2.99DC
728021.42DEC110640VENOM #13.1$2.99MAR
737921.37DEC110679DEADPOOL #51$2.99MAR
747421.28DEC110228BIRDS OF PREY #6 [*]$2.99DC
758121.14DEC110641VENOM #13.2$2.99MAR
768221.12DEC110643VENOM #13.4$2.99MAR
777621.09DEC110203GREEN ARROW #6 [*]$2.99DC
788320.99DEC110642VENOM #13.3$2.99MAR
796720.70DEC110238BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #1$3.99DC
808420.45DEC110609CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #627$2.99MAR
818520.30DEC110256-MSTORMWATCH #6$2.99DC
828919.01DEC110599FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #9$2.99MAR
839018.99DEC110598FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #8$2.99MAR
849118.96DEC110674X-FACTOR #231$2.99MAR
859218.82DEC110675X-FACTOR #232$2.99MAR
866818.57NOV110308MAGIC THE GATHERING #2$3.99IDW
876918.34DEC110262ALL STAR WESTERN #6 [*]$3.99DC
889818.11DEC110686NEW MUTANTS #37$2.99MAR
8910017.64DEC110687NEW MUTANTS #38$2.99MAR
9010317.51DEC110648PUNISHER #8$2.99MAR
9110517.38DEC110606JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #634$2.99MAR
9210417.33DEC110237HUNTRESS #5$2.99DC
937717.12DEC110649MOON KNIGHT #10$3.99MAR
9410617.10DEC110602AVENGERS ACADEMY #25$2.99MAR
9510716.93DEC110655HULK #48$2.99MAR
9610916.84DEC110603AVENGERS ACADEMY #26$2.99MAR
979716.45DEC110255DEMON KNIGHTS #6 [*]$2.99DC
989616.41DEC110274LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #6 [*]$2.99DC
998816.01DEC110047-MCONAN THE BARBARIAN #1$3.50DAR
1009515.81DEC110551FATALE #2 [*] (MR)$3.50IMA
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