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, August 10, 2012

TOP 50 - GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR JULY 2012

TOP 50 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in July 2012
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM CODEVENDOR
1BATMAN EARTH ONE HC$22.99MAR120234DC
2FABLES TP VOL 17 INHERIT THE WIND (MR)$14.99APR120282DC
3RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE SCORE$24.99FEB120313IDW
4BTVS SEASON 9 TP FREEFALL$17.99APR120017DAR
5INVINCIBLE TP VOL 16 FAMILY TIES$16.99MAY120553IMA
6BATMAN & ROBIN HC VOL 01 BORN TO KILL$24.99MAR120241DC
7LOCKE & KEY HC VOL 05 CLOCKWORKS$24.99APR120391IDW
8SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 01 KICKED IN THE TEETH$14.99APR120250DC
9SCALPED TP VOL 09 KNUCKLE UP (MR)$14.99APR120293DC
10WILD CHILDREN ONE SHOT (MR)$7.99MAY120522IMA
11DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID TP VOL 01$15.99MAY120763MAR
12BATGIRL HC VOL 01 THE DARKEST REFLECTION$22.99MAR120242DC
13WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE$9.99JUL068351IMA
14WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD (MR)$14.99APR120487IMA
15BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP$19.99NOV118095DC
16BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP VOL 01$29.99JAN120303DC
17NARUTO TP VOL 57$9.99APR121262VIZ
18UNDERWATER WELDER GN$19.95JAN128076TOP
19ANT-MAN SEASON ONE PREM HC$24.99APR120701MAR
20DEMON KNIGHTS TP VOL 01 SEVEN AGAINST THE DARK$14.99APR120247DC
21BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC$14.99OCT060163DC
22BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 02 KNIGHTQUEST$29.99FEB120266DC
23FF BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP VOL 02$19.99MAY120764MAR
24TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING TP VOL 02$17.99MAY120413IDW
25BATWING TP VOL 01 THE LOST KINGDOM$14.99APR120246DC
26CREEPY PRESENTS RICHARD CORBEN HC$29.99MAR120047DAR
27BATMAN DARK VICTORY TP$19.99MAR058151DC
28ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP$14.99MAY120768MAR
29BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP$24.99JUL110251DC
30BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS$24.99JAN120300DC
31X-23 TP VOL 02 CHAOS THEORY$16.99APR120725MAR
32WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US $14.99SEP088204IMA
33BLEACH TP VOL 43$9.99APR121264VIZ
34WONDER WOMAN THE TWELVE LABORS TP$14.99APR120259DC
35BLEACH TP VOL 42$9.99APR121263VIZ
36GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS TP VOL 01$14.99APR120252DC
37SHOWCASE PRESENTS SHOWCASE TP VOL 01$19.99MAR120257DC
38CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY TP LIFE OF BUCKY BARNES$14.99MAY120761MAR
39INCORRUPTIBLE TP VOL 07$16.99MAY120949BOO
40RED HULK TP HAUNTED$16.99MAY120775MAR
41HELLBOY LIBRARY HC VOL 05 DARKNESS CALLS WILD HUNT$49.99MAR120042DAR
42GRIFTER TP VOL 01 MOST WANTED$16.99APR120248DC
43CASANOVA TP VOL 03 AVARITIA (MR)$14.99MAY120733MAR
44WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS$14.99NOV082245IMA
45X-MEN STEVE ROGERS ESCAPE FROM NEGATIVE ZONE TP$14.99MAY120759MAR
46JLA TP VOL 02$24.99APR120256DC
47LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009 (MR)$9.95APR121232TOP
48SHOWCASE PRESENTS RIP HUNTER TIME MASTER TP VOL 01$19.99APR120257DC
49THOR DEVIANTS SAGA TP$16.99MAY120774MAR
50WOLVERINE AND X-MEN PREM HC ALPHA AND OMEGA$24.99MAY120757MAR
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