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."

Monday, April 9, 2012

TOP 100 - COMICS FOR MARCH 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11159.48JAN120625-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #1$3.99MAR
23105.58JAN120622-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #0$3.99MAR
32103.37JAN120210-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #7$3.99DC
44100.00JAN120236-MBATMAN #7$2.99DC
5679.18JAN120638-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #1$3.99MAR
6572.07JAN120228-MACTION COMICS #7$3.99DC
7770.82JAN120253-MGREEN LANTERN #7$2.99DC
8870.56JAN120240-MDETECTIVE COMICS #7$2.99DC
91059.10JAN120242-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #7$2.99DC
102052.27JAN120232-MSUPERMAN #7$2.99DC
112251.00JAN120219-MFLASH #7$2.99DC
122348.94JAN120215-MAQUAMAN #7$2.99DC
131948.04JAN120245BATMAN AND ROBIN #7 [*]$2.99DC
14945.19JAN120695UNCANNY X-MEN #8$3.99MAR
151244.85JAN120658-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #682$3.99MAR
161344.72JAN120696UNCANNY X-MEN #9$3.99MAR
172644.29JAN120690-MAGE OF APOCALYPSE #1$2.99MAR
181743.70JAN120633-MAVENGERS X-SANCTION #4$3.99MAR
191442.82JAN120698WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #7$3.99MAR
201641.01JAN120642AVENGERS #24$3.99MAR
212940.94JAN120643AVENGERS #24.1$2.99MAR
221540.93JAN120657AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #681$3.99MAR
231840.58JAN120644NEW AVENGERS #23$3.99MAR
243040.35JAN120278-MTEEN TITANS #7$2.99DC
253140.28JAN120217-MWONDER WOMAN #7$2.99DC
262138.36JAN120701UNCANNY X-FORCE #23$3.99MAR
273838.01JAN120257-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #7$2.99DC
284036.79JAN120247-MBATWOMAN #7$2.99DC
292436.33JAN120647-MULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8$3.99MAR
303335.86JAN120249BATGIRL #7 [*]$2.99DC
313435.67JAN120252NIGHTWING #7 [*]$2.99DC
321135.49DEC110692-MKICK-ASS 2 #7 (MR)$4.99MAR
333634.40JAN120256GREEN LANTERN CORPS #7 [*]$2.99DC
342733.07JAN120671FANTASTIC FOUR #604$3.99MAR
352532.68JAN120664CAPTAIN AMERICA #9$3.99MAR
362832.09JAN120656AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #5$3.99MAR
373231.81JAN120669INCREDIBLE HULK #6$3.99MAR
384831.61JAN120260-MSWAMP THING #7$2.99DC
395529.93JAN120672DAREDEVIL #10$2.99MAR
404429.55JAN120485SAGA #1 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
414629.41JAN120259RED LANTERNS #7 [*]$2.99DC
423529.21JAN120699WOLVERINE #302$3.99MAR
435829.16JAN120670FF #16$2.99MAR
443728.55JAN120700WOLVERINE #303$3.99MAR
456028.26JAN120703X-MEN LEGACY #263$2.99MAR
466528.22JAN120704X-MEN LEGACY #264$2.99MAR
473928.13JAN120702X-MEN #26$3.99MAR
485127.98JAN120251CATWOMAN #7 [*]$2.99DC
496227.41JAN120663WINTER SOLDIER #3$2.99MAR
505327.29JAN120250RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #7 [*]$2.99DC
516427.22JAN120714-MSUPERCROOKS #1 (MR)$2.99MAR
524226.83JAN120693-MASTONISHING X-MEN #48$3.99MAR
534126.66JAN120667MIGHTY THOR #12$3.99MAR
546326.62JAN120608WALKING DEAD #95 (MR)$2.99IMA
555626.17JAN120235SUPERGIRL #7 [*]$2.99DC
565726.04JAN120265ANIMAL MAN #7 [*]$2.99DC
577025.60JAN120662SCARLET SPIDER #3$2.99MAR
585925.49JAN120262JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #7 [*]$2.99DC
594325.29JAN120649ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #8$3.99MAR
608824.94JAN120327-MFAIREST #1 (MR)$2.99DC
616124.92JAN120214JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #7 [*]$2.99DC
624524.69JAN120697WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #3$3.99MAR
634724.67JAN120675INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #514$3.99MAR
644923.61JAN120650ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #9$3.99MAR
655023.38JAN120682-MDEFENDERS #4$3.99MAR
666723.35JAN120234SUPERBOY #7 [*]$2.99DC
676823.25JAN120273SUICIDE SQUAD #7 [*]$2.99DC
685223.16NOV110503AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #9$3.99MAR
697522.70JAN120660VENOM #14$2.99MAR
707222.69JAN120081-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #7$2.99DAR
715422.53JAN120661CARNAGE USA #4$3.99MAR
727821.97JAN120712DEADPOOL #52$2.99MAR
737320.62JAN120246BIRDS OF PREY #7 [*]$2.99DC
747420.49JAN120224GREEN ARROW #7 [*]$2.99DC
758119.53JAN120673CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #628$2.99MAR
768419.14JAN120269-MSTORMWATCH #7$2.99DC
778518.71JAN120709X-FACTOR #233$2.99MAR
788618.55JAN120684FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #10$2.99MAR
796918.50JAN120290BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #2$3.99DC
808718.22JAN120685FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #11$2.99MAR
816617.91JAN120277ALL STAR WESTERN #7 [*]$3.99DC
828917.52JAN120674PUNISHER #9$2.99MAR
839217.13JAN120646AVENGERS ACADEMY #27$2.99MAR
849417.02JAN120294HUNTRESS #6$2.99DC
8510016.97JAN120665JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #635$2.99MAR
867616.94JAN120676MOON KNIGHT #11$3.99MAR
879616.88JAN120668HULK #49$2.99MAR
889716.88JAN120708NEW MUTANTS #39$2.99MAR
897915.87JAN120584FATALE #3 (MR) [*]$3.50IMA
9010315.79JAN120707X-23 #21$2.99MAR
917115.76DEC110422MAGIC THE GATHERING #3$3.99IDW
9210415.56JAN120636MARVELS AVENGERS PRELUDE FURYS BIG WEEK #1$2.99MAR
939015.54JAN120268DEMON KNIGHTS #7 [*]$2.99DC
949115.47JAN120284LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #7 [*]$2.99DC
9511014.97JAN120681THUNDERBOLTS #171$2.99MAR
968014.89JAN120645SECRET AVENGERS #24$3.99MAR
979914.88JAN120244BATWING #7 [*]$2.99DC
987714.74JAN120421TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #8$3.99IDW
998214.39JAN120286-MBATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #6$3.99DC
1009514.22JAN120097STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI FORCE STORM #2$3.50DAR
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