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, September 12, 2012

TOP 100 - COMICS FOR AUGUST 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11139.21JUN120592-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #9$3.99MAR
22135.35JUN120599-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
34100.00JUN120177-MBATMAN #12$3.99DC
4596.44JUN120142-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #12$3.99DC
5372.71JUN120622-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692$5.99MAR
6668.24JUN120129-MBEFORE WATCHMEN RORSCHACH #1 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
71062.58JUN120590-MAVX VS #5$3.99MAR
8961.94JUN120134-MBEFORE WATCHMEN DR MANHATTAN #1 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
91961.63JUN120196-MGREEN LANTERN #12$2.99DC
101160.68JUN120181-MDETECTIVE COMICS #12$3.99DC
111256.85JUN120164-MACTION COMICS #12$3.99DC
12754.01JUN120199GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
132653.81JUN120148-MEARTH 2 #4$2.99DC
142753.56JUN120185-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #12$2.99DC
152553.27MAY120220-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #3$2.99DC
162951.09JUN120187BATMAN AND ROBIN #12$2.99DC
17849.96JUN120184DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
181349.22JUN120605AVENGERS #29$3.99MAR
193548.87JUN120152-MAQUAMAN #12$2.99DC
201448.78JUN120607UNCANNY X-MEN #17$3.99MAR
211548.52JUN120620-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #691$3.99MAR
221647.63JUN120121-MBEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL #2 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
231747.46JUN120606NEW AVENGERS #29$3.99MAR
242046.66JUN120608WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #15$3.99MAR
251846.32JUN120125-MBEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #2 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
262145.68JUN120139-MBEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN #3 (MR)$3.99DC
273244.03JUN120677-MFIRST X-MEN #1$3.99MAR
282443.29JUN120616-MSPIDER-MEN #4$3.99MAR
293842.58JUN120168-MSUPERMAN #12$2.99DC
304041.34JUN120158-MFLASH #12$2.99DC
312841.30JUN120578-MWALKING DEAD #101 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
324437.91JUN120194NIGHTWING #12$2.99DC
333036.06JUN120691UNCANNY X-FORCE #29$3.99MAR
343135.86JUN120692UNCANNY X-FORCE #30$3.99MAR
355135.60JUN120154-MWONDER WOMAN #12$2.99DC
362235.48JUN120170SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
372335.29JUN120160FLASH ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
385334.97JUN120191BATGIRL #12$2.99DC
395434.19JUN120221-MTEEN TITANS #12$2.99DC
403334.05JUN120633-MULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #13$3.99MAR
413433.86JUN120693-MWOLVERINE #311$3.99MAR
426233.49JUN120659-MHAWKEYE #1$2.99MAR
435633.36JUN120200GREEN LANTERN CORPS #12$2.99DC
445933.12JUN120201-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #12$2.99DC
453632.76JUN120695-MWOLVERINE #312$3.99MAR
466132.40JUN120569SAGA #6 (MR)$2.99IMA
476532.27JUN120681-MGAMBIT #1$2.99MAR
486431.64JUN120150-MWORLDS FINEST #4$2.99DC
494130.53JUN120612SECRET AVENGERS #30$3.99MAR
506730.46JUN120656DAREDEVIL #17$2.99MAR
516630.39JUN120188-MBATWOMAN #12$2.99DC
526830.18JUN120655DAREDEVIL #16$2.99MAR
536929.71MAY120710X-MEN LEGACY #271$2.99MAR
547129.64JUN120675X-MEN LEGACY #272$2.99MAR
554229.43JUN120643INCREDIBLE HULK #12$3.99MAR
567229.30JUN120207SWAMP THING #12$2.99DC
577329.14JUN120657FANTASTIC FOUR #609$2.99MAR
584328.85JUN120611AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #6$3.99MAR
594528.26JUN120644-MMIGHTY THOR #18$3.99MAR
604628.07JUN120637CAPTAIN AMERICA #16$3.99MAR
617428.00JUN120203RED LANTERNS #12$2.99DC
627727.58JUN120206ANIMAL MAN #12$2.99DC
634727.57JUN120614AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #10$3.99MAR
647627.50JUN120195RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #12$2.99DC
657827.24JUN120193CATWOMAN #12$2.99DC
664826.99JUN120615AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #11$3.99MAR
674926.90JUN120689X-MEN #33$3.99MAR
685226.63JUN120690X-MEN #34$3.99MAR
693725.85JUN120665-MDAREDEVIL ANNUAL #1$4.99MAR
708125.82JUN120683GAMBIT #2$2.99MAR
715525.76JUN120684ASTONISHING X-MEN #53$3.99MAR
723925.52JUN120667-MWOLVERINE ANNUAL #1$4.99MAR
735725.20JUN120652INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #523$3.99MAR
745825.12JUN120651INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #522$3.99MAR
758225.04JUN120700DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE #1$2.99MAR
768324.55JUN120205JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #12$2.99DC
778424.29JUN120172SUPERGIRL #12$2.99DC
786324.20JUN120635ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #14$3.99MAR
798624.13JUN120658FF #21$2.99MAR
808723.08JUN120701DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE #2$2.99MAR
818922.76JUN120699DEADPOOL #59$2.99MAR
829122.72JUN120703DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE #4$2.99MAR
839222.71JUN120702DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE #3$2.99MAR
8410122.70JUN120653CAPTAIN MARVEL #2$2.99MAR
859422.60JUN120216SUICIDE SQUAD #12$2.99DC
869522.56JUN120146JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #12$2.99DC
877022.23JUN120636ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #15$3.99MAR
889722.11JUN120619SCARLET SPIDER #8$2.99MAR
899922.08JUN120654CAPTAIN MARVEL #3$2.99MAR
909821.97JUN120171SUPERBOY #12$2.99DC
9110321.44JUN120631-MVENOM #23$2.99MAR
925021.38JUN120147JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
9310421.34JUN120629-MVENOM #22$2.99MAR
9410721.27JUN120624PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN #156.1$2.99MAR
9510521.23JUN120192BIRDS OF PREY #12$2.99DC
9610821.22JUN120609AVENGERS ACADEMY #34$2.99MAR
9710221.21JUN120010-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #12$2.99DAR
9811021.06JUN120610AVENGERS ACADEMY #35$2.99MAR
9911120.96JUN120640WINTER SOLDIER #9$2.99MAR
10011220.67JUN120625SENSATIONSAL SPIDER-MAN #33.1$2.99MAR
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