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, May 11, 2012

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR APRIL 2012

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2012

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
149.44JUL068351WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE$9.99IMA
226.86SEP088204-MWALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (MR)$14.99IMA
355.38NOV082245WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS$14.99IMA
434.48OCT110285FLEX MENTALLO MAN OF MUSCLE MYSTERY DLX HC (MR)$22.99DC
5124.27FEB120425CHEW TP VOL 05 MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW (MR)$12.99IMA
6173.55JAN120331CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER TP (MR)$14.99DC
7163.51SEP088206-MWALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (MR)$14.99IMA
8183.42OCT110502WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 WE FIND OURSELVES (MR)$14.99IMA
9213.15SEP088205-MWALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE (MR)$14.99IMA
10223.11SEP088207-MWALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE (MR)$14.99IMA
11272.89NOV082242WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR)$14.99IMA
12282.81SEP088208-MWALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE (MR)$14.99IMA
1372.75DEC110291BATMAN INCORPORATED DELUXE HC VOL 01$29.99DC
14292.66JUN090332WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME$14.99IMA
15302.53FEB082136WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER (MR)$14.99IMA
16322.44APR110444WALKING DEAD TP VOL 14 NO WAY OUT (MR)$14.99IMA
17352.33OCT090390WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS (MR)$14.99IMA
18382.31APR100438WALKING DEAD TP VOL 12 LIFE AMONG THEM$14.99IMA
19132.21JAN120730DAREDEVIL SEASON ONE PREM HC$24.99MAR
20412.21SEP100413WALKING DEAD TP VOL 13 TOO FAR GONE (MR)$14.99IMA
21402.14FEB120650AVENGERS VS X-MEN ITS COMING TP$19.99MAR
2292.13JAN120303BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 01$29.99DC
23311.99JAN120075ABE SAPIEN TP VOL 02 DEVIL DOES NOT JEST$17.99DAR
24501.90FEB120467STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE TP VOL 01 (MR)$14.99IMA
25331.89FEB120670WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY JASON AARON PREM HC VOL 01$19.99MAR
26491.79FEB120684ULTIMATE COMICS X ORIGINS TP$19.99MAR
27641.79JAN120753SPIDER-MAN RETURN OF ANTI-VENOM TP$15.99MAR
28251.79FEB120457SEVERED HC (MR)$24.99IMA
29371.79FEB120683ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 DOSM$19.99MAR
30191.75JAN120304BATMAN NO MANS LAND TP VOL 02$29.99DC
31241.73DEC111207HARVEY PEKAR CLEVELAND HC$21.99TOP
32881.70JAN121283BLEACH TP VOL 39$9.99VIZ
33421.67DEC110074DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS TP VOL 01$18.99DAR
34621.63JAN120305BATMAN VENOM TP NEW EDITION$14.99DC
35481.46JAN120099STAR WARS INVASION TP VOL 03 REVELATIONS$18.99DAR
3661.46SEP110279TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ULT COLL HC VOL 02$49.99IDW
37581.45DEC110063MASS EFFECT TP VOL 03 INVASION$16.99DAR
38361.43DEC110318BLACK ORCHID DELUXE EDITION HC (MR)$24.99DC
391071.38FEB120677RED HULK HULK OF ARABIA TP$14.99MAR
40831.38JAN120832ARCHIE MEETS KISS TP$12.99ARC
41541.38JAN120307GOTHAM CENTRAL TP BOOK 04 CORRIGAN$19.99DC
42561.36FEB120686PUNISHERMAX FRANK TP$19.99MAR
43551.35OCT110255SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE SPECTRE TP VOL 01$19.99DC
44571.35JAN120306BATMAN GOTHAM SHALL BE JUDGED TP$19.99DC
45971.34FEB120688X-MEN LEGACY LOST LEGIONS TP$16.99MAR
461061.33FEB120687X-FACTOR TP VOL 13 HARD LABOR$15.99MAR
472401.32FEB120673MU AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES COMIC READER TP #1$3.99MAR
48721.32FEB121207HIGH SCHOOL OF DEAD GN VOL 06 (MR)$13.99HAC
4911.28NOV110597-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02$99.99MAR
502511.26FEB120674MU AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES COMIC READER TP #2$3.99MAR
51601.24JAN120343SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING TP BOOK 01 (MR)$19.99DC
52951.23FEB121204BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 09$11.99HAC
531041.23DEC110082OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 41$12.99DAR
54651.20JAN120315SHOWCASE PRESENTS ALL STAR SQUADRON TP VOL 01$19.99DC
5581.19MAR092419WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR)$59.99IMA
56661.19JAN120313SUPERMAN SECRETS OF THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE TP$19.99DC
57681.17DEC110296SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE LOSERS TP VOL 01$19.99DC
581191.15JAN120721AVENGERS HAWKEYE SOLO TP$16.99MAR
59701.15FEB120681DARK TOWER TP BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL$19.99MAR
601121.14JAN120845SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TP VOL 05$11.99ARC
61871.12FEB120685WOLVERINE WOLVERINE'S REVENGE TP$16.99MAR
62521.12FEB120693X-MEN DARK PHOENIX SAGA TP$24.99MAR
631231.11FEB120679DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE BIG BREAK TP$16.99MAR
641151.10DEC110084GANTZ TP VOL 22$12.99DAR
65141.10DEC110322100 BULLETS HC BOOK 02 (MR)$49.99DC
66731.09JAN120314TEEN TITANS PRIME OF LIFE TP$19.99DC
67151.09DEC110283LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT JIM APARO HC$49.99DC
68441.06NOV110204I VAMPIRE TP$29.99DC
69801.05FEB120696ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 08$19.99MAR
70461.04JAN120309HITMAN TP VOL 06 FOR TOMORROW$29.99DC
71901.04JAN120926SIMPSONS CONFIDENTIAL TP$15.99BON
721461.03JAN121284ROSARIO VAMPIRE SEASON II TP VOL 08$9.99VIZ
73711.03DEC111153SIXTH GUN TP VOL 03$19.99ONI
741001.00FEB120668X-MEN WAR MACHINES PREM HC$19.99MAR
75841.00FEB120669PUNISHERMAX HOMELESS PREM HC$19.99MAR
76110.98NOV110599-MMMW CAPTAIN AMERICA HC VOL 06$59.99MAR
77390.98JUL108204-MWALKING DEAD HC VOL 02 (MR)$34.99IMA
781020.97JAN120094FEAR AGENT TP VOL 06$16.99DAR
79810.97FEB120663FEAR ITSELF WOLVERINE NEW MUTANTS PREM HC$24.99MAR
801560.97JAN121282BAKUMAN TP VOL 10$9.99VIZ
811590.97FEB120678SIX GUNS TP$14.99MAR
821030.96FEB120662ASTONISHING X-MEN EXALTED PREM HC$19.99MAR
831050.94NOV070226BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC$17.99DC
841270.91JAN120322GEARS OF WAR TP BOOK 02$14.99DC
851660.89JAN121281BLUE EXORCIST GN VOL 07$9.99VIZ
86780.87MAY090178BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP$24.99DC
871340.86FEB120690DARKHAWK CLASSIC TP VOL 01$24.99MAR
88770.86FEB120666FEAR ITSELF UNCANNY X-FORCE DEEP PREM HC$24.99MAR
891140.84FEB120448INFINITE HORIZON TP$17.99IMA
90100.84DEC110292NEW TEEN TITANS OMNIBUS HC VOL 02$75.00DC
91860.84DEC110314SHOOTERS HC (MR)$22.99DC
92470.83JUL108203-MWALKING DEAD HC VOL 01 (MR)$34.99IMA
93940.83FEB121219GRIMM FAIRY TALES DIFFERENT SEASONS TP VOL 02$17.99ZEN
94610.82OCT110250STORMWATCH HC VOL 01$29.99DC
95960.80DEC111155COURTNEY CRUMRIN SPEC ED HC VOL 01$19.99ONI
961490.78JAN121286NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 20$12.99VIZ
97690.78JAN120310JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS TP VOL 02$29.99DC
981440.78NOV118095-MBATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP$19.99DC
99670.78FEB121003JERUSALEM CHRONICLES FROM THE HOLY CITY HC (MR)$24.95DRA
1001130.77FEB058406-MWATCHMEN TP$19.99DC

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