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, February 20, 2013

TOP 100 COMICS: JANUARY 2013

Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2013
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11128.96NOV120633-MSUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1$3.99MAR
22100.00NOV120190-MBATMAN #16$3.99DC
3380.67NOV120161-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #16$3.99DC
4479.69NOV120625-MNEW AVENGERS #1$3.99MAR
5577.13NOV120641-MSUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #2$3.99MAR
6670.26NOV120643-MSAVAGE WOLVERINE #1$3.99MAR
7864.36OCT120587-MUNCANNY AVENGERS #3$3.99MAR
8763.25NOV120202-MDETECTIVE COMICS #16$3.99DC
9963.16NOV120663-MAVENGERS #3$3.99MAR
101059.06NOV120620-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #1$3.99MAR
111156.94NOV120667-MAVENGERS #4 $3.99MAR
121655.85NOV120198BATMAN AND ROBIN #16$2.99DC
131254.96NOV120661-MALL NEW X-MEN #6 $3.99MAR
141454.43NOV120631-MNEW AVENGERS #2$3.99MAR
151352.09NOV120659-MALL NEW X-MEN #5$3.99MAR
162049.95NOV120213-MGREEN LANTERN #16$2.99DC
172149.66NOV120205BATGIRL #16$2.99DC
182848.83NOV120649-MYOUNG AVENGERS #1$2.99MAR
192248.33NOV120585-MWALKING DEAD #106 (MR)$2.99IMA
202447.73NOV120211NIGHTWING #16$2.99DC
213043.67NOV120245-MTEEN TITANS #16$2.99DC
223142.59NOV120166-MAQUAMAN #16$2.99DC
231841.01NOV120677-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #3$3.99MAR
243340.86NOV120212RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #16$2.99DC
251940.73NOV120688-MINDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #3$3.99MAR
261740.19NOV120178-MACTION COMICS #16$3.99DC
273739.92NOV120200-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #16$2.99DC
283939.10NOV120683-MDEADPOOL #4$2.99MAR
291535.80NOV120199BATMAN AND ROBIN ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
302735.47NOV120673-MCABLE AND X-FORCE #3$3.99MAR
312534.88NOV120685-MIRON MAN #5$3.99MAR
324234.85NOV120174-MEARTH 2 #8$2.99DC
334334.69NOV120182-MSUPERMAN #16$2.99DC
344534.64NOV120681-MFANTASTIC FOUR #3$2.99MAR
352634.59NOV120698-MTHOR GOD OF THUNDER #4$3.99MAR
364434.50NOV120194-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #7$2.99DC
372932.96NOV120669-MA PLUS X #4$3.99MAR
384731.27NOV120578SAGA #9 (MR)$2.99IMA
394831.10NOV120218-MGREEN LANTERN CORPS #16$2.99DC
403430.64NOV120747WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #24$3.99MAR
415130.34NOV120696-MTHUNDERBOLTS #3$2.99MAR
424930.22NOV120159-MFLASH #16$2.99DC
433530.17NOV120156-MBEFORE WATCHMEN MINUTEMEN #6 (MR)$3.99DC
443630.13NOV120746WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #23$3.99MAR
455330.07NOV120653-MMORBIUS LIVING VAMPIRE #1$2.99MAR
465030.00NOV120221-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #16$2.99DC
473829.51NOV120153-MBEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #5 (MR)$3.99DC
484028.99DEC120158-MBEFORE WATCHMEN DOLLAR BILL #1 (MR)$3.99DC
492328.67NOV120220GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
505528.17NOV120679-MFF #3$2.99MAR
515427.48NOV120168-MWONDER WOMAN #16$2.99DC
524127.32NOV120425-MINVINCIBLE #100$3.99IMA
536727.18NOV120010STAR WARS #1$2.99DAR
546226.36NOV120675-MAVENGERS ARENA #3$2.99MAR
556026.19NOV120216-MRED LANTERNS #16$2.99DC
566325.82NOV120692-MX-MEN LEGACY #4$2.99MAR
576625.36NOV120725HAWKEYE #7$2.99MAR
586525.20NOV120752DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED #1$2.99MAR
593225.13NOV120223GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
606824.74NOV120732DAREDEVIL #22$2.99MAR
614624.68NOV120711ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #19$3.99MAR
626923.86NOV120694-MX-MEN LEGACY #5$2.99MAR
637123.37NOV120206-MBATWOMAN #16$2.99DC
647223.24NOV120208CATWOMAN #16$2.99DC
657422.11NOV120229SWAMP THING #16$2.99DC
665221.26NOV120700-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #11$3.99MAR
677721.18NOV120187-MTALON #4$2.99DC
688020.83NOV120176-MWORLDS FINEST #8$2.99DC
697920.80NOV120186SUPERGIRL #16$2.99DC
708220.78NOV120228ANIMAL MAN #16$2.99DC
715820.10NOV120714SECRET AVENGERS #36$3.99MAR
725720.09NOV120237-MTHRESHOLD #1$3.99DC
735919.90NOV120705AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #16$3.99MAR
746119.54NOV120753X-MEN #40$3.99MAR
756419.03NOV120730-MDAREDEVIL END OF DAYS #4$3.99MAR
768418.58NOV120184SUPERBOY #16$2.99DC
778618.54NOV120243SUICIDE SQUAD #16$2.99DC
788818.44NOV120230JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #16$2.99DC
798917.76NOV120709SCARLET SPIDER #13$2.99MAR
807017.55NOV120712ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #20$3.99MAR
817317.24NOV120755ASTONISHING X-MEN #58$3.99MAR
829216.89NOV120706VENOM #29$2.99MAR
839416.82NOV120707VENOM #30$2.99MAR
847516.49OCT120675WOLVERINE MAX #3 (MR)$3.99MAR
859816.35OCT120642PUNISHER WAR ZONE #3$2.99MAR
865616.24NOV120185SUPERBOY ANNUAL #1$4.99DC
877616.09NOV120713ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #21$3.99MAR
889915.91NOV120046-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #17$2.99DAR
8910215.89NOV120210BIRDS OF PREY #16$2.99DC
9010315.76NOV120728PUNISHER WAR ZONE #4$2.99MAR
9110515.67NOV120727WINTER SOLDIER #14$2.99MAR
928115.54NOV120256LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #4$3.99DC
9310815.43NOV120750-MX-FACTOR #250$2.99MAR
9410715.35NOV120748GAMBIT #8$2.99MAR
9511214.31NOV120690-MJOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #648$2.99MAR
968314.21NOV120289-MINJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #1$3.99DC
977813.98NOV120968ADVENTURE TIME #12$3.99BOO
988713.78OCT120667-MFIRST X-MEN #5$3.99MAR
9911613.64NOV120224-MPHANTOM STRANGER #4$2.99DC
10011513.63NOV120170GREEN ARROW #16$2.99DC
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