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."

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

TOP 100 - COMICS MAY 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in May 2012

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11132.48MAR120534-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #4$3.99MAR
22130.53MAR120530-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #3$3.99MAR
33100.00MAR120184-MBATMAN #9$3.99DC
4497.57MAR120159-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #9$3.99DC
5575.33MAR120188BATMAN ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
6673.41MAR120528-MAVX VS #2$3.99MAR
71071.68MAR120149-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #1$2.99DC
8771.33MAR120189-MDETECTIVE COMICS #9$3.99DC
9965.97MAR120176-MACTION COMICS #9$3.99DC
101365.08MAR120204-MGREEN LANTERN #9$2.99DC
11864.02MAR120145-MEARTH 2 #1 [*]$3.99DC
121861.04MAR120193-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #9$2.99DC
132156.44MAR120196BATMAN AND ROBIN #9$2.99DC
141151.46MAR120539UNCANNY X-MEN #12$3.99MAR
151250.33MAR120538AVENGERS #26$3.99MAR
161448.24MAR120541WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #11$3.99MAR
171547.79MAR120542NEW AVENGERS #26$3.99MAR
181647.29MAR120540WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
192746.66MAR120168-MFLASH #9$2.99DC
202346.49MAR120147-MWORLDS FINEST #1 [*]$2.99DC
212846.23MAR120180-MSUPERMAN #9$2.99DC
222945.61MAR120203NIGHTWING #9$2.99DC
233044.97MAR120166-MAQUAMAN #9$2.99DC
243143.62MAR120200BATGIRL #9$2.99DC
251943.34MAR120573-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686$3.99MAR
262043.18MAR120571-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685$3.99MAR
272543.04MAR120623-MASTONISHING X-MEN #50$3.99MAR
283639.92MAR120507WALKING DEAD #97 (MR)$2.99IMA
291737.78MAR120615-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #25$4.99MAR
304237.34MAR120229-MTEEN TITANS #9$2.99DC
314037.13MAR120508WALKING DEAD #98 (MR)$2.99IMA
322437.04MAR120543SECRET AVENGERS #27$3.99MAR
334336.94MAR120202CATWOMAN #9$2.99DC
344436.25MAR120201RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9$2.99DC
354536.22MAR120164-MWONDER WOMAN #9$2.99DC
364834.42MAR120210GREEN LANTERN CORPS #9$2.99DC
375134.38MAR120547X-MEN LEGACY #267$2.99MAR
385034.35MAR120208-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #9$2.99DC
392233.00MAR120228TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
405632.65MAR120197-MBATWOMAN #9$2.99DC
413232.60MAR120548AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3$3.99MAR
425932.09MAR120546X-MEN LEGACY #266$2.99MAR
432631.73MAR121222-MX-O MANOWAR #1$3.99VAL
443331.47MAR120560ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #10$3.99MAR
453431.26MAR120594-MINCREDIBLE HULK #8$3.99MAR
463531.11MAR120569AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #39$3.99MAR
476430.85MAR120199BIRDS OF PREY #9$2.99DC
485330.29MAR120153-MDIAL H #1 [*]$2.99DC
496629.65MAR120597FANTASTIC FOUR #606$2.99MAR
505529.57MAR120157-MRAVAGERS #1 [*]$2.99DC
516929.33MAR120596FANTASTIC FOUR #605.1$2.99MAR
526829.26MAR120213-MSWAMP THING #9$2.99DC
537029.15MAR120608DAREDEVIL #12$2.99MAR
546729.13MAR120211RED LANTERNS #9$2.99DC
557129.02MAR120609DAREDEVIL #13$2.99MAR
563828.98MAR120583CAPTAIN AMERICA #11$3.99MAR
575728.90MAR120499SAGA #3 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
583928.83MAR120584CAPTAIN AMERICA #12$3.99MAR
597228.58MAR120591INCREDIBLE HULK #7.1$2.99MAR
604128.24MAR120570AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #7$3.99MAR
614626.62MAR120619X-MEN #28$3.99MAR
627826.55MAR120195BATWING #9$2.99DC
637926.52MAR120215ANIMAL MAN #9$2.99DC
644726.36MAR120620X-MEN #29$3.99MAR
658026.10MAR120183SUPERGIRL #9$2.99DC
664925.91MAR120617WOLVERINE #306$3.99MAR
678125.88MAR120182SUPERBOY #9$2.99DC
688225.74MAR120212JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9$2.99DC
698325.67MAR120598FF #18$2.99MAR
705225.62MAR120618WOLVERINE #307$3.99MAR
718724.20MAR120225SUICIDE SQUAD #9$2.99DC
728524.19MAR120163JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9$2.99DC
735824.18MAR120588MIGHTY THOR #14$3.99MAR
748923.84MAR120626AGE OF APOCALYPSE #3$2.99MAR
753723.56MAR120216ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
766123.43MAR120590INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #517$3.99MAR
776023.34MAR120227ALL STAR WESTERN #9$3.99DC
786223.31MAR120589INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #516$3.99MAR
796323.29MAR120562ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #11$3.99MAR
806523.22MAR120561ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #10$3.99MAR
819222.98MAR120576SCARLET SPIDER #5$2.99MAR
829322.77MAR120587WINTER SOLDIER #5$2.99MAR
835422.56MAR120155-MGI COMBAT #1 [*]$3.99DC
849422.40MAR120565-MVENOM #17$2.99MAR
859622.02MAR120627DEADPOOL #54$2.99MAR
869721.89MAR120544AVENGERS ACADEMY #29$2.99MAR
879921.70MAR120545AVENGERS ACADEMY #30$2.99MAR
889821.56MAR120628DEADPOOL #55$2.99MAR
897321.42MAR120564ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #12$3.99MAR
907421.33MAR120563ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #11$3.99MAR
917521.25MAR120614WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND #5$3.99MAR
9210221.03MAR120567VENOM #18$2.99MAR
9310521.00MAR120633-MSECRET SERVICE #2 (MR)$2.99MAR
9410020.97MAR120045-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #9$2.99DAR
957620.32MAR120568AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OF EARTH #1$3.99MAR
967720.06MAR120235SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #1$3.99DC
9710820.04MAR120635-MSUPERCROOKS #3 (MR)$2.99MAR
9810720.03MAR120174GREEN ARROW #9$2.99DC
998418.96MAR120606DEFENDERS #6$3.99MAR
10011118.73MAR120237BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #2$2.99DC

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