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, July 9, 2012

TOP 100 COMICS JUNE 2012




TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
12146.40APR120575-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #6$3.99MAR
21143.21APR120569-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #5$3.99MAR
33100.00APR120193-MBATMAN #10$3.99DC
4497.56APR120161-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #10$3.99DC
5582.54APR120137-MBEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN #1 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
6679.95APR120149-MBEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #1 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
7779.04APR120143-MBEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #1 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
8877.76APR120155-MBEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL #1 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
9972.58APR120603-MSPIDER-MEN #1$3.99MAR
101072.57APR120567-MAVX VS #3$3.99MAR
111163.96APR120197-MDETECTIVE COMICS #10$3.99DC
121563.45APR120665-MASTONISHING X-MEN #51$3.99MAR
131261.99APR120181-MACTION COMICS #10$3.99DC
142161.89APR120211-MGREEN LANTERN #10$2.99DC
152456.54APR120189-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #2$2.99DC
162555.02APR120200-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #10$2.99DC
171454.14APR120588UNCANNY X-MEN #13$3.99MAR
181752.88APR120581AVENGERS #27$3.99MAR
192352.46APR120166-MEARTH 2 #2 [*]$2.99DC
201352.42APR120606-MSPIDER-MEN #2$3.99MAR
211652.04APR120589UNCANNY X-MEN #14$3.99MAR
222751.35APR120202BATMAN AND ROBIN #10$2.99DC
232049.84APR120590NEW AVENGERS #27$3.99MAR
241949.77APR120591WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #12$3.99MAR
251848.12APR120609-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #687$3.99MAR
263046.37FEB128208-MHIT-GIRL #1 (MR)$2.99MAR
272245.67APR120615-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #688$3.99MAR
283245.51APR120170-MAQUAMAN #10$2.99DC
293145.35APR120185-MSUPERMAN #10$2.99DC
303442.77APR120563WALKING DEAD #99 (MR)$2.99IMA
313642.74APR120176-MFLASH #10$2.99DC
322639.59APR120592-MSECRET AVENGERS #28$3.99MAR
334238.83APR120209NIGHTWING #10$2.99DC
344537.74APR120585-MX-MEN LEGACY #268$2.99MAR
352836.48APR120669UNCANNY X-FORCE #26$3.99MAR
364636.46APR120235-MTEEN TITANS #10$2.99DC
374936.26APR120172-MWONDER WOMAN #10$2.99DC
385036.12APR120206BATGIRL #10$2.99DC
395236.02APR120587X-MEN LEGACY #269$2.99MAR
404035.59APR120168-MWORLDS FINEST #2 [*]$2.99DC
415334.25APR120214GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10$2.99DC
425534.09APR120215-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #10$2.99DC
435633.67APR120652-MDAREDEVIL #14$2.99MAR
442933.40APR120315-MMARS ATTACKS #1$3.99IDW
453333.03APR120594-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #4$3.99MAR
463532.66APR120600ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #11$3.99MAR
476031.58APR120555SAGA #4 (MR)$2.99IMA
486131.49APR120203-MBATWOMAN #10$2.99DC
493731.07APR120639-MINCREDIBLE HULK #9$3.99MAR
506431.05APR120642-MFANTASTIC FOUR #607$2.99MAR
513830.60APR120612AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #8$3.99MAR
526530.35APR120597-MDARK AVENGERS #175$2.99MAR
533930.29APR120624-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #13$3.99MAR
544129.26APR120641INCREDIBLE HULK #10$3.99MAR
556729.18APR120217RED LANTERNS #10$2.99DC
564328.93APR120675-MX-MEN #30$3.99MAR
576828.70APR120221SWAMP THING #10$2.99DC
586928.52APR120208CATWOMAN #10$2.99DC
597028.44APR120210RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #10$2.99DC
604727.47APR120677X-MEN #31$3.99MAR
615126.98APR120670-MWOLVERINE #308$3.99MAR
627126.86APR120220ANIMAL MAN #10$2.99DC
637226.57APR120599DARK AVENGERS #176$2.99MAR
647326.30APR120644-MFF #19$2.99MAR
657526.13APR120582-MAVENGERS ACADEMY #31$2.99MAR
665425.85APR120631-MMIGHTY THOR #15$3.99MAR
677625.57APR120188SUPERGIRL #10$2.99DC
687725.52APR120219JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #10$2.99DC
695724.99APR120646INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #518$3.99MAR
705824.96APR120647INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #519$3.99MAR
717924.75APR120584AVENGERS ACADEMY #32$2.99MAR
724824.65APR121252-MHARBINGER #1 $3.99VAL
735924.41APR120633MIGHTY THOR #16$3.99MAR
748024.24APR120230SUICIDE SQUAD #10$2.99DC
758224.07APR120187SUPERBOY #10$2.99DC
768423.81APR120165JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #10$2.99DC
776223.68APR120601ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #12$3.99MAR
788823.67APR120626-MWINTER SOLDIER #6$2.99MAR
798623.58APR120617SCARLET SPIDER #6$2.99MAR
809023.39APR120663-MAGE OF APOCALYPSE #4$2.99MAR
816323.13APR120409-MSPAWN #220$3.99IMA
824423.06APR120629-MMIGHTY THOR ANNUAL #1$4.99MAR
839322.66APR120678DEADPOOL #56$2.99MAR
846622.38APR120602-MULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #13$3.99MAR
859622.25APR120628WINTER SOLDIER #7$2.99MAR
869722.03APR120618-MVENOM #19$2.99MAR
879921.85APR120207BIRDS OF PREY #10$2.99DC
888521.51APR120233RAVAGERS #2 [*]$2.99DC
8910121.39APR120018-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #10$2.99DAR
908721.15APR120218DIAL H #2 [*]$2.99DC
9110419.78APR120179GREEN ARROW #10$2.99DC
927419.45APR120232ALL STAR WESTERN #10$3.99DC
9310719.08APR120672-MX-FACTOR #237$2.99MAR
947818.47APR120240BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #5$3.99DC
9511018.12APR120674X-FACTOR #238$2.99MAR
968318.10APR120648DEFENDERS #7$3.99MAR
9711117.91APR120655PUNISHER #12$2.99MAR
9810917.90APR120241BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #3$2.99DC
999117.25APR120239SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #2$3.99DC
10011517.18APR120637HULK #53$2.99MAR
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