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, October 8, 2012

TOP 100 - COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in September 2012
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11106.88JUL120528-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #11$3.99MAR
22100.00JUL120154-MBATMAN #0$3.99DC
3380.40JUL120123-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #0$3.99DC
4657.43JUL120173-MGREEN LANTERN #0$2.99DC
5453.69JUL120159-MDETECTIVE COMICS #0$3.99DC
6550.22JUL120142-MACTION COMICS #0$3.99DC
71446.58JUL120162-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #0$2.99DC
82044.17JUL120164BATMAN AND ROBIN #0$2.99DC
92144.14JUL120135-MEARTH 2 #0$2.99DC
102242.23JUL120150-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #0$2.99DC
112339.11JUL120127-MAQUAMAN #0$2.99DC
122438.64JUL120146-MSUPERMAN #0$2.99DC
13838.19JUL120542UNCANNY X-MEN #18$3.99MAR
14738.18JUL120556AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #693$3.99MAR
151037.44JUL120545AVENGERS #30$3.99MAR
16937.34JUL120557AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #694$3.99MAR
172836.34JUL120131-MFLASH #0$2.99DC
181136.24JUL120544NEW AVENGERS #30$3.99MAR
191235.68JUL120546WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #16$3.99MAR
201335.20JUL120110-MBEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #3 (MR)$3.99DC
211534.98JUL120547WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #17$3.99MAR
222634.31JUL120119-MTALON #0 [*]$2.99DC
231634.15JUL120107-MBEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #3 (MR)$3.99DC
242534.07JUL120522WALKING DEAD #102 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
251734.03JUL120113-MBEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL #3 (MR)$3.99DC
263233.92JUL120168NIGHTWING #0$2.99DC
271933.55JUL120560-MSPIDER-MEN #5$3.99MAR
281833.39JUL120116-MBEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #3 (MR)$3.99DC
293532.22JUL120167BATGIRL #0$2.99DC
303631.79JUL120129-MWONDER WOMAN #0$2.99DC
313930.22JUL120197-MTEEN TITANS #0$2.99DC
323830.22JUL120176GREEN LANTERN CORPS #0$2.99DC
334129.84JUL120177-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #0$2.99DC
342728.14JUL120611UNCANNY X-FORCE #31$3.99MAR
354527.32JUL120137-MWORLDS FINEST #0$2.99DC
364827.26JUL120625-MHIT-GIRL #3 (MR)$2.99MAR
375026.62JUL120165-MBATWOMAN #0$2.99DC
382926.16JUL120566ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #14$3.99MAR
393125.83JUN120142-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #12$3.99DC
403025.83JUL120567ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #15$3.99MAR
415825.63JUL120183SWAMP THING #0$2.99DC
426125.24JUL120172RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #0$2.99DC
433325.08JUL120619-MWOLVERINE #313$3.99MAR
446224.99JUL120171CATWOMAN #0$2.99DC
456324.86JUL120179RED LANTERNS #0$2.99DC
466424.46JUL120182ANIMAL MAN #0$2.99DC
473424.44JUL120551AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #7$3.99MAR
486523.75JUL120586DAREDEVIL #18$2.99MAR
495923.05JUL120120-MPHANTOM STRANGER #0 [*]$2.99DC
506723.01JUL120612X-MEN LEGACY #273$2.99MAR
513722.99JUL120548SECRET AVENGERS #31$3.99MAR
524022.65JUL120558AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #12$3.99MAR
536922.60JUL120589FANTASTIC FOUR #610$2.99MAR
547122.46JUL120613X-MEN LEGACY #274$2.99MAR
557222.01JUL120149SUPERGIRL #0$2.99DC
567421.90JUL120180JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #0$2.99DC
574221.89JUL120571CAPTAIN AMERICA #17$3.99MAR
584321.64JUL120577INCREDIBLE HULK #14$3.99MAR
594421.63JUL120576INCREDIBLE HULK #13$3.99MAR
608121.44JUL120588HAWKEYE #2$2.99MAR
617621.06JUL120382-MHAPPY #1$2.99IMA
624620.47JUL120617X-MEN #35$3.99MAR
634720.44JUL120618X-MEN #36$3.99MAR
647820.36JUL120192SUICIDE SQUAD #0$2.99DC
657920.34JUL120148SUPERBOY #0$2.99DC
664920.07JUL120605-MFIRST X-MEN #2$3.99MAR
677319.83JUL120122-MTEAM 7 #0 [*]$2.99DC
685119.79JUL120578INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #524$3.99MAR
695219.73JUL120579INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #525$3.99MAR
708019.53JUL120170BIRDS OF PREY #0$2.99DC
715319.50JUL120569ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #16$3.99MAR
725519.41JUL120568ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #15$3.99MAR
735419.35JUL120580MIGHTY THOR #19$3.99MAR
745619.31JUL120609ASTONISHING X-MEN #54$3.99MAR
755719.27JUL120581MIGHTY THOR #20$3.99MAR
768219.21JUL120563-MVENOM #24$2.99MAR
778319.06JUL120590FF #22$2.99MAR
788518.23JUL120603DEADPOOL #60$2.99MAR
798718.22JUL120608GAMBIT #3$2.99MAR
808618.15JUL120134GREEN ARROW #0$2.99DC
818818.11JUL120604DEADPOOL #61$2.99MAR
829117.34JUL120559SCARLET SPIDER #9$2.99MAR
836617.29JUL120570ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #16$3.99MAR
846017.22JUL120121-MSWORD OF SORCERY #0 [*]$3.99DC
859416.52JUL120046-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #13$2.99DAR
869716.49JUL120574WINTER SOLDIER #10$2.99MAR
877516.22JUL120194ALL STAR WESTERN #0$3.99DC
8810116.17JUL120575WINTER SOLDIER #11$2.99MAR
8910016.12JUL120565VENOM #25$2.99MAR
9010215.84JUL120585CAPTAIN MARVEL #4$2.99MAR
9110315.64JUN120698X-TREME X-MEN #3$2.99MAR
9210415.37JUL120181DIAL H #0$2.99DC
9310715.22JUL120554AVENGERS ACADEMY #36$2.99MAR
947015.20JUL121254-MX-O MANOWAR #5$3.99VAL
9510615.18JUL120549DARK AVENGERS #180$2.99MAR
9610915.09JUL120607AGE OF APOCALYPSE #7$2.99MAR
9711014.72JUL120550DARK AVENGERS #181$2.99MAR
9811114.71JUL120555AVENGERS ACADEMY #37$2.99MAR
9911414.43JUL120610X-TREME X-MEN #4$2.99MAR
10011514.33JUL120196RAVAGERS #0$2.99DC
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