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."

Thursday, May 10, 2012

TOP 100 COMICS FOR APRIL 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11121.48FEB120534-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #2$3.99MAR
22100.00FEB120186-MBATMAN #8$3.99DC
3398.77FEB120160-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #8$3.99DC
4479.20FEB120531-MAVX VS #1$3.99MAR
5767.64FEB120204-MGREEN LANTERN #8$2.99DC
6567.36FEB120178-MACTION COMICS #8$3.99DC
7667.13FEB120190-MDETECTIVE COMICS #8$3.99DC
81656.88FEB120193-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #8$2.99DC
9853.50FEB120545-MUNCANNY X-MEN #11$3.99MAR
101050.28FEB120541-MAVENGERS #25$3.99MAR
111149.76FEB120547-MWOLVERINE AND X-MEN #9$3.99MAR
121249.41FEB120538-MNEW AVENGERS #24$3.99MAR
132349.38FEB120182-MSUPERMAN #8$2.99DC
142448.78FEB120169-MFLASH #8$2.99DC
15947.43FEB120540NEW AVENGERS #25$3.99MAR
162647.21FEB120165-MAQUAMAN #8$2.99DC
172145.94FEB120196BATMAN AND ROBIN #8 [*]$2.99DC
181345.29FEB120566-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683$3.99MAR
191443.99FEB120569-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #684$3.99MAR
201543.57FEB120618UNCANNY X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
211741.16FEB120622WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #8$3.99MAR
221840.60FEB120554-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #2$3.99MAR
233238.91FEB120230-MTEEN TITANS #8$2.99DC
242038.79FEB120625-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #24$3.99MAR
253438.63FEB120167-MWONDER WOMAN #8$2.99DC
262238.16FEB120543-MSECRET AVENGERS #26$3.99MAR
272536.32FEB120575-MAVENGING SPIDER-MAN #6$3.99MAR
283936.23FEB120209-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #8$2.99DC
293035.88FEB120203NIGHTWING #8 [*]$2.99DC
304235.31FEB120580-MDAREDEVIL #11$2.99MAR
311934.88FEB120897-MSHADOW #1$3.99DE
324334.72FEB120198-MBATWOMAN #8$2.99DC
333733.68FEB120200BATGIRL #8 [*]$2.99DC
342733.48FEB120557ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #9$3.99MAR
353832.79FEB120208GREEN LANTERN CORPS #8 [*]$2.99DC
364532.44FEB120592-MFANTASTIC FOUR #605$2.99MAR
372832.26FEB120596-MINCREDIBLE HULK #7$3.99MAR
382931.76FEB120584-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #10$3.99MAR
395430.25FEB120640-MSECRET SERVICE #1 (MR)$2.99MAR
405230.19FEB120212-MSWAMP THING #8$2.99DC
415330.06FEB120633-MAGE OF APOCALYPSE #2$2.99MAR
423129.45FEB120556SECRET AVENGERS #25$3.99MAR
435729.45FEB120608DAREDEVIL #10.1$2.99MAR
443328.97FEB120627-MWOLVERINE #304$3.99MAR
453528.67FEB120629-MWOLVERINE #305$3.99MAR
466028.58FEB120594-MFF #17$2.99MAR
475928.28FEB120527WALKING DEAD #96 (MR)$2.99IMA
484828.24FEB120519SAGA #2 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
493628.21FEB120623-MX-MEN #27$3.99MAR
504927.69FEB120211RED LANTERNS #8 [*]$2.99DC
516427.34FEB120621X-MEN LEGACY #265$2.99MAR
525526.68FEB120202CATWOMAN #8 [*]$2.99DC
534126.42FEB120589-MMIGHTY THOR #13$3.99MAR
544026.37FEB120598-MHULK #50$3.99MAR
555826.17FEB120201RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #8 [*]$2.99DC
566925.68FEB120588MIGHTY THOR #12.1$2.99MAR
577025.66FEB120586-MWINTER SOLDIER #4$2.99MAR
587125.34FEB120564-MSCARLET SPIDER #4$2.99MAR
596225.06FEB120217ANIMAL MAN #8 [*]$2.99DC
606324.84FEB120185SUPERGIRL #8 [*]$2.99DC
617424.82FEB120578-MPUNISHER #10$2.99MAR
624424.82FEB120612-MINVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515$3.99MAR
636624.13FEB120214JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #8 [*]$2.99DC
644723.99FEB120558ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #9$3.99MAR
654623.96FEB120619ASTONISHING X-MEN #49$3.99MAR
667623.87FEB120238BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #1$2.99DC
676723.27FEB120164JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #8 [*]$2.99DC
685023.02FEB120620WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #4$3.99MAR
695122.77FEB120559ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
707222.60FEB120225SUICIDE SQUAD #8 [*]$2.99DC
718122.51FEB120638-MSUPERCROOKS #2 (MR)$2.99MAR
727922.46FEB120637DEADPOOL #53$2.99MAR
738222.10FEB120573VENOM #15$2.99MAR
748022.07FEB120033-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #8$2.99DAR
757521.98FEB120184SUPERBOY #8 [*]$2.99DC
765621.94FEB120571CARNAGE USA #5$3.99MAR
778421.78FEB120574VENOM #16$2.99MAR
786121.36FEB120609-MDEFENDERS #5$3.99MAR
796520.66JAN120625-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #1$3.99MAR
8020019.86FEB120828FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES #1$1.00BOO
818319.75FEB120197BIRDS OF PREY #8 [*]$2.99DC
827719.41FEB120009-MSTAR WARS BLOOD TIES BOBA FETT IS DEAD #1$3.50DAR
839118.95FEB120583CAPTAIN AMERICA AND HAWKEYE #629$2.99MAR
848718.90FEB120174GREEN ARROW #8 [*]$2.99DC
857318.53FEB120237BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #3$3.99DC
869418.24FEB120635X-FACTOR #234$2.99MAR
879717.77FEB120220-MSTORMWATCH #8$2.99DC
889617.77FEB120607FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #12$2.99MAR
899817.61FEB120283FAIREST #2 (MR)$2.99DC
908817.46FEB120502FATALE #4 (MR)$3.50IMA
916817.26FEB120229ALL STAR WESTERN #8 [*]$3.99DC
9210017.10FEB120551AVENGERS ACADEMY #28$2.99MAR
9310216.34FEB120631NEW MUTANTS #40$2.99MAR
948616.22FEB120614MOON KNIGHT #12$3.99MAR
9510416.19FEB120591JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #636$2.99MAR
9610616.09FEB120632NEW MUTANTS #41$2.99MAR
9711014.88FEB120402AMERICAS GOT POWERS #1$2.99IMA
989014.85JAN120645SECRET AVENGERS #24$3.99MAR
9910114.79FEB120236LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #8 [*]$2.99DC
10011214.70FEB120616THUNDERBOLTS #172$2.99MAR
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