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, November 12, 2012

TOP 100 - COMICS FROM OCTOBER 2012

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2012

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11204.80AUG120550-MUNCANNY AVENGERS #1$3.99MAR
22115.61JUL120535-MAVENGERS VS X-MEN #12$4.99MAR
33100.00AUG120180-MBATMAN #13$3.99DC
4479.40AUG120146-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #13$3.99DC
5671.08AUG120562-MA PLUS X #1$3.99MAR
61061.91AUG120199-MGREEN LANTERN #13$2.99DC
7751.51AUG120184-MDETECTIVE COMICS #13$3.99DC
8850.77JUL120526-MAVX VS #6$3.99MAR
92250.15AUG120472-MWALKING DEAD #103 (MR)$2.99IMA
10949.41AUG120569-MAVX CONSEQUENCES #1$3.99MAR
11546.93AUG120546-MMARVEL NOW POINT ONE #1$5.99MAR
121145.34AUG120164-MACTION COMICS #13$3.99DC
131244.49AUG120670-MUNCANNY X-MEN #20$3.99MAR
142944.01AUG120187-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #13$2.99DC
153142.55AUG120189BATMAN AND ROBIN #13$2.99DC
161442.34AUG120571-MAVX CONSEQUENCES #2$3.99MAR
171542.14AUG120582-MAVENGERS #31$3.99MAR
183241.49AUG120160-MEARTH 2 #5$2.99DC
193341.06JUN120173-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #4$2.99DC
201740.39AUG120573-MAVX CONSEQUENCES #3$3.99MAR
211839.97JUL120543UNCANNY X-MEN #19$3.99MAR
221939.46AUG120575-MAVX CONSEQUENCES #4$3.99MAR
232039.23AUG120600AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #695$3.99MAR
242139.07AUG120601AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #696$3.99MAR
251638.10AUG120129-MBEFORE WATCHMEN RORSCHACH #2 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
262437.90AUG120584AVENGERS #32$3.99MAR
273836.85AUG120150-MAQUAMAN #13$2.99DC
282636.04AUG120585NEW AVENGERS #31$3.99MAR
292535.92AUG120137-MBEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN #4 (MR)$3.99DC
302735.29AUG120674WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #18$3.99MAR
314435.17AUG120169-MSUPERMAN #13$2.99DC
322334.73AUG120133-MBEFORE WATCHMEN DR MANHATTAN #2 (MR) [*]$3.99DC
334734.24AUG120203-MGREEN LANTERN CORPS #13$2.99DC
341334.04AUG120168ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
353633.82AUG120173-MTALON #1 [*]$2.99DC
365133.76AUG120190BATGIRL #13$2.99DC
372833.72AUG120675WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #19$3.99MAR
384933.67AUG120157-MFLASH #13$2.99DC
394833.67AUG120473WALKING DEAD MICHONNE SPECIAL (MR)$2.99IMA
405332.70AUG120205-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #13$2.99DC
415731.81AUG120197NIGHTWING #13$2.99DC
426530.56AUG120631-MFANTASTIC FOUR #611$2.99MAR
433429.71AUG120682UNCANNY X-FORCE #32$3.99MAR
446729.49AUG120152-MWONDER WOMAN #13$2.99DC
453528.93AUG120237-MLEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #1$3.99DC
466828.86AUG120207-MRED LANTERNS #13$2.99DC
473727.72AUG120596-MMINIMUM CARNAGE ALPHA #1$3.99MAR
487027.69AUG120230-MTEEN TITANS #13$2.99DC
497127.60AUG120688-MHIT-GIRL #4 (MR)$2.99MAR
503927.59AUG120637-MDAREDEVIL END OF DAYS #1$3.99MAR
514227.11AUG120613-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #19$3.99MAR
527227.07AUG120196CATWOMAN #13$2.99DC
534326.75AUG120607ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #16$3.99MAR
543026.31AUG120191BATGIRL ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
557426.11AUG120680-MX-MEN LEGACY #275$2.99MAR
564526.00AUG120664-MWOLVERINE #315$3.99MAR
577625.84AUG120608ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #16.1$2.99MAR
584625.84AUG120611-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #18$3.99MAR
595025.29AUG120683-MWOLVERINE MAX #1 (MR)$3.99MAR
607725.16AUG120193-MBATWOMAN #13$2.99DC
617825.10AUG120636DAREDEVIL #19$2.99MAR
625224.94AUG120625-MINVINCIBLE IRON MAN #527$3.99MAR
635424.58AUG120589AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #8$3.99MAR
645524.34AUG120620-MINCREDIBLE HULK #15$3.99MAR
658224.32AUG120218SWAMP THING #13$2.99DC
668124.24AUG120162-MWORLDS FINEST #5$2.99DC
675624.23AUG120622-MINVINCIBLE IRON MAN #526$3.99MAR
688323.88AUG120198RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #13$2.99DC
698523.87AUG120592HAWKEYE #3$2.99MAR
705923.83AUG120587SECRET AVENGERS #32$3.99MAR
715823.82AUG120617-MMIGHTY THOR #22$3.99MAR
726223.30AUG120615-MMIGHTY THOR #21$3.99MAR
736123.27AUG120663WOLVERINE #314$3.99MAR
748723.13AUG120217ANIMAL MAN #13$2.99DC
756323.10AUG120588SECRET AVENGERS #33$3.99MAR
766622.19AUG120595AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #13$3.99MAR
774121.77AUG120219SWAMP THING ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
789221.60AUG120579-MA-BABIES VS X-BABIES #1$2.99MAR
799421.43AUG120598SCARLET SPIDER #10$2.99MAR
809521.38AUG120599VENOM #26$2.99MAR
816921.31AUG120666X-MEN #37$3.99MAR
8211520.99AUG120628-MRED SHE-HULK #58$2.99MAR
839620.80AUG120634-MFF #23$2.99MAR
849020.24AUG120209-MPHANTOM STRANGER #1 [*]$2.99DC
859920.23AUG120213JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #13$2.99DC
8610119.86AUG120172SUPERGIRL #13$2.99DC
877319.81AUG120606ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #17$3.99MAR
887519.59AUG120668ASTONISHING X-MEN #55$3.99MAR
8910219.59AUG120677DEADPOOL #63$2.99MAR
9010319.48AUG120676DEADPOOL #62$2.99MAR
9110519.30AUG120645-MCAPTAIN MARVEL #5$2.99MAR
9210618.76AUG120673GAMBIT #4$2.99MAR
938018.71AUG120604-MULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN #1$3.99MAR
946018.65AUG120594AVENGING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1$4.99MAR
957918.64AUG120593MARVEL UNIVERSE VS AVENGERS #1$3.99MAR
9610718.64AUG120229SUICIDE SQUAD #13$2.99DC
976418.37AUG120214JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
9810918.21AUG120642PUNISHER WAR ZONE #1$2.99MAR
998417.87AUG120602ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #17$3.99MAR
10011217.85AUG120515HAPPY #2$2.99IMA

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