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, August 6, 2012

TOP 50 - COMICS FROM JULY 2012

TOP 50 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in July 2012
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM CODEVENDOR
1WALKING DEAD #100 (MR)$3.99MAY120469-MIMA
2AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7$3.99MAY120637-MMAR
3AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8$3.99MAY120643-MMAR
4BATMAN #11$3.99MAY120224-MDC
5JUSTICE LEAGUE #11$3.99MAY120192-MDC
6BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #1 (MR) [*]$3.99MAY120174-MDC
7AVX VS #4$3.99MAY120635-MMAR
8DETECTIVE COMICS #11$3.99MAY120228-MDC
9GREEN LANTERN #11$2.99MAY120242-MDC
10ACTION COMICS #11$3.99MAY120212-MDC
11BEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN #2 (MR) [*]$3.99MAY120180-MDC
12BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #11$2.99MAY120231-MDC
13EARTH 2 #3 [*]$2.99MAY120197-MDC
14UNCANNY X-MEN #15$3.99MAY120653MAR
15BATMAN AND ROBIN #11$2.99MAY120233DC
16UNCANNY X-MEN #16$3.99MAY120654MAR
17BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #2 (MR) [*]$3.99MAY120188-MDC
18AVENGERS #28$3.99MAY120649MAR
19NEW AVENGERS #28$3.99MAY120651MAR
20WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #13$3.99MAY120655MAR
21BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #2 (MR) [*]$3.99MAY120184-MDC
22WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #14$3.99MAY120656MAR
23WOLVERINE #310$3.99MAY128065-MMAR
24AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #689$3.99MAY120666-MMAR
25AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #690$3.99MAY120668-MMAR
26SPIDER-MEN #3$3.99MAY120671-MMAR
27AQUAMAN #11$2.99MAY120201-MDC
28SUPERMAN #11$2.99MAY120216-MDC
29FLASH #11$2.99MAY120207-MDC
30NIGHTWING #11$2.99MAY120240DC
31UNCANNY X-FORCE #28$3.99MAY120712MAR
32UNCANNY X-FORCE #27$3.99MAY120711MAR
33WONDER WOMAN #11$2.99MAY120203-MDC
34TEEN TITANS #11$2.99MAY120266-MDC
35HIT-GIRL #2 (MR)$2.99MAY120731-MMAR
36BATGIRL #11$2.99MAY120237DC
37X-MEN LEGACY #270$2.99MAY120652MAR
38GREEN LANTERN CORPS #11$2.99MAY120245DC
39GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #11$2.99MAY120246-MDC
40ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #12$3.99MAY120661MAR
41SECRET AVENGERS #29$3.99MAY120657MAR
42CAPTAIN MARVEL #1$2.99MAY120693-MMAR
43WORLDS FINEST #3 [*]$2.99MAY120199-MDC
44SAGA #5 (MR)$2.99MAY120624IMA
45BATWOMAN #11$2.99MAY120234-MDC
46AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #5$3.99MAY120658MAR
47DAREDEVIL #15$2.99MAY120696MAR
48FANTASTIC FOUR #608$2.99MAY120689MAR
49AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #9$3.99MAY120670MAR
50CAPTAIN AMERICA #14$3.99MAY120679MAR
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