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."

Friday, March 15, 2013

TOP 100 - COMICS FROM FEBRUARY 2013

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in February 2013

QTY
RANK
DOLLAR
RANK
INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11204.22DEC120183-MJUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1$3.99DC 
22117.77DEC120608-MUNCANNY X-MEN #1$3.99MAR
33100.00DEC120264-MBATMAN #17$3.99DC 
4469.88DEC120174-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #17$3.99DC 
5667.57DEC120662-MSUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #3$3.99MAR
6763.64DEC120664-MSUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #4$3.99MAR
7862.79DEC120613-MUNCANNY X-MEN #2$3.99MAR
8958.09NOV120657-MUNCANNY AVENGERS #4$3.99MAR
91056.96DEC120274-MDETECTIVE COMICS #17$3.99DC 
101456.59DEC120624-MSECRET AVENGERS #1$3.99MAR
111156.56DEC120668-MALL NEW X-MEN #7$3.99MAR
121256.32DEC120632-MAVENGERS #6$3.99MAR
131354.72DEC120629-MAVENGERS #5$3.99MAR
141553.66DEC120602-MNOVA #1$3.99MAR
151653.32DEC120597-MGUARDIANS OF GALAXY #0.1$3.99MAR
161747.86DEC120622-MNEW AVENGERS #3$3.99MAR
172247.16DEC120285-MGREEN LANTERN #17$2.99DC 
182643.64DEC120277BATGIRL #17$2.99DC 
192742.19DEC120592WALKING DEAD #107 (MR)$2.99IMA
202941.22DEC120284NIGHTWING #17$2.99DC 
213240.47DEC120273BATMAN AND ROBIN #17$2.99DC 
223538.87DEC120178-MAQUAMAN #17$2.99DC 
232138.66DEC120672-MSAVAGE WOLVERINE #2$3.99MAR
243738.03DEC120675-MDEADPOOL #5$2.99MAR
251837.95DEC120252-MACTION COMICS #17$3.99DC 
261937.64DEC120677-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #2$3.99MAR
272037.31DEC120644-MINDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #4$3.99MAR
283837.16DEC120271-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #17$2.99DC 
294036.77DEC120260-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #8$2.99DC 
304435.63DEC120615-MFEARLESS DEFENDERS #1$2.99MAR
312335.25DEC120660-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #4$3.99MAR
324135.22DEC120283RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #17$2.99DC 
332434.42DEC120648-MTHOR GOD OF THUNDER #5$3.99MAR
344234.08DEC128004-MWALKING DEAD THE GOVERNOR SPECIAL (MR)$2.99IMA
35532.75NOV128135-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700$7.99MAR
364532.11DEC120585SAGA #10 (MR)$2.99IMA
374631.99DEC120249-MEARTH 2 #9$2.99DC 
383030.66DEC120600-MIRON MAN #6$3.99MAR
393130.60DEC120670-MCABLE AND X-FORCE #4$3.99MAR
405130.57DEC120048STAR WARS #2$2.99DAR
413329.90DEC120708-MWOLVERINE AND X-MEN #25$3.99MAR
424929.86DEC120650-MFANTASTIC FOUR #4$2.99MAR
435029.53DEC120288-MGREEN LANTERN CORPS #17$2.99DC 
443429.46NOV120150-MBEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #5 (MR)$3.99DC 
452828.92NOV120354-MMY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #3$3.99IDW
465928.91DEC120640-MYOUNG AVENGERS #2$2.99MAR
475328.73DEC120656-MTHUNDERBOLTS #4$2.99MAR
483628.72DEC120162-MBEFORE WATCHMEN DR MANHATTAN #4 (MR)$3.99DC 
495428.49DEC120242-MFLASH #17$2.99DC 
505628.06DEC120290-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #17$2.99DC 
515727.65DEC120658-MTHUNDERBOLTS #5$2.99MAR
522526.26SEP120673-MHIT-GIRL #5 (MR)$4.99MAR
536026.01DEC120310-MTEEN TITANS #17$2.99DC 
546225.95DEC120244-MWONDER WOMAN #17$2.99DC 
556324.67DEC120689DAREDEVIL #23$2.99MAR
566424.49DEC120693HAWKEYE #8$2.99MAR
577023.92DEC120180-MGREEN ARROW #17$2.99DC 
586623.79DEC120711DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED #2$2.99MAR
596523.78DEC120292-MRED LANTERNS #17$2.99DC 
606723.77DEC120652-MFF #4$2.99MAR
614723.53DEC120687ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #20$3.99MAR
624322.85DEC120395-MMY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #1 TWILIGHT SPARKLE$3.99IDW
637122.31DEC120636-MAVENGERS ARENA #4$2.99MAR
6419322.06DEC120840-MLEGEND O/T SHADOWCLAN #1$1.00ASP
657221.60DEC120638-MAVENGERS ARENA #5$2.99MAR
665221.56DEC120718-MX-MEN #41$3.99MAR
675521.33NOV120715-MSECRET AVENGERS #37$3.99MAR
687421.26DEC120278-MBATWOMAN #17$2.99DC 
697620.90DEC120297SWAMP THING #17$2.99DC 
707720.62DEC120674X-MEN LEGACY #6$2.99MAR
715820.43DEC120683AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #17$3.99MAR
727920.04DEC120280CATWOMAN #17$2.99DC 
738020.01DEC120259SUPERGIRL #17$2.99DC 
746119.56DEC120634-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #12$3.99MAR
758419.53DEC120296ANIMAL MAN #17$2.99DC 
768618.80DEC120251WORLDS FINEST #9$2.99DC 
778818.58DEC120268-MTALON #5$2.99DC 
789917.95DEC120240-MJUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICAS VIBE #1$2.99DC 
794817.94NOV120702AVENGERS ASSEMBLE ANNUAL #1$4.99MAR
809717.93DEC120238-MKATANA #1$2.99DC 
816817.77DEC120690-MDAREDEVIL END OF DAYS #5$3.99MAR
829017.76DEC120258SUPERBOY #17$2.99DC 
838917.68OCT120468-MHAPPY #4 (MR)$2.99IMA
849217.50DEC120306SUICIDE SQUAD #17$2.99DC 
859417.15DEC120299JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #17$2.99DC 
869517.08DEC120654-MMORBIUS LIVING VAMPIRE #2$2.99MAR
8710016.18DEC120680SCARLET SPIDER #14$2.99MAR
887316.06DEC120710ASTONISHING X-MEN #59$3.99MAR
8910115.82DEC120076HELLBOY IN HELL #3$2.99DAR
907515.80DEC120684ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #21$3.99MAR
9110415.56DEC120679VENOM #31$2.99MAR
9211015.15DEC120694PUNISHER WAR ZONE #5$2.99MAR
9311115.12DEC120681-MALPHA BIG TIME #1$2.99MAR
9410614.95DEC120069-MBTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #18$2.99DAR
956914.91DEC120942-MADVENTURE TIME #13$3.99BOO
968114.90DEC120685ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #22$3.99MAR
9711314.73DEC120695-MWINTER SOLDIER #15$2.99MAR
988214.73DEC120686ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #23$3.99MAR
9911214.67DEC120282BIRDS OF PREY #17$2.99DC 
1008314.65NOV120757WOLVERINE MAX #4 (MR)$3.99MAR

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