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."

Sunday, October 21, 2012

TOP 100 - GRAPHIC NOVELS FROM SEPTEMBER 2012

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in September 2012

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
168.39JUL120553THANOS QUEST #1$7.99MAR
233.35MAY120270JUDAS COIN HC$22.99DC
323.33JUL120438WALKING DEAD HC VOL 08 (MR)$34.99IMA
4233.31MAY120011AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 03 PROMISE PART 3$10.99DAR
553.16MAY120278AQUAMAN HC VOL 01 THE TRENCH$22.99DC
6363.11JUL121137TOWER CHRONICLES GN VOL 01 GEISTHAWK$7.99LEG
7132.96JUN120470MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 01 SCIENCE BAD$14.99IMA
8142.86JUL120437THIEF OF THIEVES TP VOL 01$14.99IMA
9162.51JUN120243BATMAN ARKHAM CITY TP$16.99DC
1042.47JUN120242BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 03 KNIGHTSEND$29.99DC
11282.28JUN120239TEEN TITANS TP VOL 01 ITS OUR RIGHT TO FIGHT$14.99DC
12192.24JUN120718DR STRANGE PREM HC SEASON ONE$24.99MAR
13562.13JUL068351WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE$9.99IMA
14411.94JUN120708NEMESIS TP (MR)$14.99MAR
15241.91JUL120287STAR TREK TNG DOCTOR WHO ASSIMILATION TP VOL 01$17.99IDW
16421.90JUN120236BIRDS OF PREY TP VOL 01 TROUBLE IN MIND$14.99DC
17621.85JUN121344NARUTO TP VOL 58$9.99VIZ
18341.84JUN120280AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 03 (MR)$16.99DC
19351.78JUN120246GREEN LANTERN WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS TP$16.99DC
20211.76MAY120279GREEN LANTERN CORPS HC VOL 01 FEARSOME$22.99DC
21181.71MAY120322AMERICAN VAMPIRE HC VOL 04 (MR)$24.99DC
22571.62JUN121186SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 07$10.99RAN
23431.58JUN121130LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 05$14.99FAN
24471.57JUL120655WINTER SOLDIER TP VOL 01 LONGEST WINTER$15.99MAR
25271.57JUN120842CROSSED WISH YOU WERE HERE TP VOL 01 (MR)$19.99AVA
26441.55JUN120720DEADPOOL TP VOL 10 EVIL DEADPOOL$16.99MAR
27451.53JUL120672VENOM CIRCLE OF FOUR TP$19.99MAR
28481.39JUN120244BRIGHTEST DAY TP VOL 03$16.99DC
29391.38MAY120031STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE III EMPIRE LOST TP$19.99DAR
30331.38MAR120234BATMAN EARTH ONE HC$22.99DC
31631.36JUN120249PENGUIN PAIN AND PREJUDICE TP$14.99DC
32581.36MAY120066BERSERK TP VOL 36$14.99DAR
33541.33JUN120732UNCANNY X-MEN BY KIERON GILLEN TP VOL 01$16.99MAR
34651.31SEP088204WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG)$14.99IMA
35321.27JAN120300BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS$24.99DC
36461.25JUL120308TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING TP VOL 03 SHADOWS$17.99IDW
371041.25JUN121345BLEACH TP VOL 46$9.99VIZ
38151.24JUL120656SPIDER-MAN SPIDER-ISLAND TP$34.99MAR
391071.24JUN121346BLEACH TP VOL 47$9.99VIZ
40261.22JUL120638OZ HC DOROTHY AND WIZARD IN OZ$29.99MAR
41941.21JUN120726HULK SMASH AVENGERS TP$14.99MAR
42491.20JUL120642DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID PREM HC VOL 03$19.99MAR
43741.18JUN120237FURY OF FIRESTORM NUCLEAR MEN TP VOL 01 GOD PARTICLE$14.99DC
44761.18JUN120238LEGION LOST TP VOL 01 RUN FROM TOMORROW$14.99DC
451001.18JUL120650X-MEN WAR MACHINES TP$14.99MAR
46751.17APR120487WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD (MR)$14.99IMA
47401.16MAY120313WORLD OF WARCRAFT PEARL OF PANDARIA HC$24.99DC
48951.16JUN120725JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY TP VOL 02 FEAR ITSELF FALLOUT$15.99MAR
49721.14JUN120730ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY NICK SPENCER TP VOL 01$15.99MAR
50781.13JUL120666FEAR ITSELF TP SECRET AVENGERS$19.99MAR
513591.11AUG120838NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD DAY O/T UNDEAD GN (MR)$2.99AVA
52551.10NOV118095BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP$19.99DC
531291.09JUN120737MARVELS AVENGERS TP BLACK WIDOW STRIKES$12.99MAR
54811.08NOV082245WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS$14.99IMA
551281.07JUL120651CAPTAIN AMERICA AND HAWKEYE TP$12.99MAR
5671.06APR120321DAVE STEVENS STORIES & COVERS HC$49.99IDW
57681.05JUL120646UNCANNY X-MEN BY KIERON GILLEN PREM HC VOL 03 AVX$19.99MAR
58881.04JUN120728STAND TP VOL 04 HARDCASES$19.99MAR
59871.03JUN120240VOODOO TP VOL 01 WHAT LIES BENEATH$14.99DC
60701.03NOV070226BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC$17.99DC
61771.03JUL120653PUNISHER BY GREG RUCKA TP VOL 02$16.99MAR
62901.02JUN120254SUPERMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 10$14.99DC
63931.01JUN120245FLASH TP VOL 02 THE ROAD TO FLASHPOINT$14.99DC
64961.00JUL121308YOTSUBA & ! GN VOL 11$11.99HAC
65661.00JUL120645WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY JASON AARON PREM HC VOL 03 AVX$19.99MAR
66670.97JUN120283SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING TP BOOK 02 (MR)$19.99DC
67690.95JUN121372GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 12$15.99ZEN
68370.95MAY120048BTVS SEASON 8 LIBRARY HC VOL 02 WOLVES AT GATE$29.99DAR
691250.95JUN120745THUNDERBOLTS TP LIKE LIGHTNING$16.99MAR
701160.94JUL120776SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TP VOL 06$11.99ARC
71510.94MAY090178BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP$24.99DC
72200.92APR120684INCOGNITO CLASSIFIED EDITION HC (MR)$44.99MAR
73860.92JUN120255SUPERMAN THE BLACK RING TP VOL 02$16.99DC
741390.92JUN121342ONE PIECE TP VOL 64$9.99VIZ
75710.91MAY120033CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN TP VOL 03$18.99DAR
7610.89JUN120398JOE KUBERT TARZAN OF THE APES ARTIST ED HC (NET)$75.00IDW
77300.88MAY120032STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE SAGA HC$34.99DAR
781110.88JUN120250GREEN ARROW LONGBOW HUNTERS TP NEW ED$14.99DC
79990.86JUN120742AVENGERS CELESTIAL QUEST TP$24.99MAR
80850.86APR121228ALIEN ILLUSTRATED STORY TP$14.95RAN
8190.86APR120690-MMMW IRON FIST HC VOL 02$69.99MAR
821120.86SEP088205WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE$14.99IMA
83910.85STAR08102SQUEE TP$15.95SLA
841010.85JUN120733WOLVERINE TP GOODBYE CHINATOWN$16.99MAR
851470.84JUN120808KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA ARCHIVES TP VOL 03$9.99ARC
861030.83JUL120668FEAR ITSELF TP UNCANNY X-MEN$16.99MAR
871180.82JUN120269FRINGE BEYOND THE FRINGE TP$14.99DC
881680.82JUN120461GLORY TP VOL 01 THE ONCE & FUTURE DESTROYER (MR)$9.99IMA
89640.82JUL110251BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP$24.99DC
90820.82JUN120248SHOWCASE PRESENTS AMETHSYT TP VOL 01$19.99DC
91790.81MAY120065CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS TP VOL 04$19.99DAR
92220.81MAY120326100 BULLETS HC BOOK 03 (MR)$49.99DC
931460.80SEP110039AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1$10.99DAR
9480.80APR120688-MMMW ATLAS ERA TALES OF SUSPENSE HC VOL 04$74.99MAR
95840.80JUN120247LOBO PORTRAIT OF A BASTICH TP NEW PTG$19.99DC
96500.78JAN120303BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 01$29.99DC
971520.78MAY120064OREIMO TP VOL 01$10.99DAR
98920.77JUL120641SPIDER-MAN LIZARD PREM HC NO TURNING BACK$19.99MAR
991150.76JUN120270PRINCE OF CATS TP (MR)$16.99DC
100120.75MAR092419WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR)$59.99IMA

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