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, September 9, 2013

TOP 100 - COMICS FOR AUGUST 2013

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 2013
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11160.51JUN130572-MINFINITY #1$4.99MAR
22106.31JUN130176-MSUPERMAN UNCHAINED #3$3.99DC 
33100.00JUN130199-MBATMAN #23$3.99DC 
4481.05JUN130154-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #23$3.99DC 
5573.13JUN130146-MJUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7$3.99DC 
6668.11JUN130193-MBATMAN SUPERMAN #3$3.99DC 
7761.32JUN130606SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #15$3.99MAR
8860.90JUN130607SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #16$3.99MAR
9958.25JUN130586-MAVENGERS #18$3.99MAR
101056.96JUN130641ALL NEW X-MEN #15$3.99MAR
111255.29JUN130642-MUNCANNY X-MEN #10$3.99MAR
122154.80JUN130569WALKING DEAD #113 (MR)$2.99IMA
131353.78JUN130585AVENGERS #17$3.99MAR
141451.24JUN130644UNCANNY X-MEN #11$3.99MAR
151551.04JUN130593UNCANNY AVENGERS #11$3.99MAR
161149.94JUN130151-MJUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #23 [*]$3.99DC 
171649.92JUN130645-MX-MEN #4$3.99MAR
181747.92JUN130204-MDETECTIVE COMICS #23$3.99DC 
191847.21JUN130589NEW AVENGERS #9$3.99MAR
202346.15JUN130218-MGREEN LANTERN #23$2.99DC 
212843.44JUN130209BATMAN AND NIGHTWING #23$2.99DC 
222943.18JUN130454SAGA #13 (MR)$2.99IMA
231942.37JUN130592THANOS RISING #5$3.99MAR
243839.07APR130705-MKICK-ASS 3 #2 (MR)$2.99MAR
254036.00JUN130657DEADPOOL #15$2.99MAR
264235.77JUN130656DEADPOOL #14$2.99MAR
274135.55JUN130207-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #23$2.99DC 
282235.40JUN130622THOR GOD OF THUNDER #11$3.99MAR
292535.04JUN130602HUNGER #2$3.99MAR
302434.99JUN130623THOR GOD OF THUNDER #12$3.99MAR
314334.42JUN130163-MAQUAMAN #23$2.99DC 
322634.06JUN130626-MINDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #12$3.99MAR
332033.38JUN130197-MBATMAN INCORPORATED SPECIAL #1$4.99DC 
342733.22JUN130186-MACTION COMICS #23$3.99DC 
354732.87JUN130189-MSUPERMAN #23$2.99DC 
365032.72JUN130658DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL #2$2.99MAR
373032.09JUN130608SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #2$3.99MAR
383131.87JUN130611-MSUPERIOR CARNAGE #2$3.99MAR
395131.85JUN130173-MEARTH 2 #15$2.99DC 
405231.60JUN130216NIGHTWING #23$2.99DC 
413231.06JUN130650-MWOLVERINE #8$3.99MAR
423330.69JUN130632CAPTAIN AMERICA #10$3.99MAR
435530.30JUN130169-MFLASH #23$2.99DC 
445430.25JUN130014STAR WARS #8 2013 ONGOING$2.99DAR
453430.00JUN130648WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #34$3.99MAR
463529.74JUN130621IRON MAN #14$3.99MAR
473629.67JUN130649WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #35$3.99MAR
485629.41JUN130210BATGIRL #23$2.99DC 
493728.94JUN130245-MBATMAN 66 #2$3.99DC 
505728.92JUN130600-MAVENGERS AI #2$2.99MAR
514628.34MAY130552EAST OF WEST #5$3.50IMA
525828.25JUN130221-MGREEN LANTERN CORPS #23$2.99DC 
533927.55JUN130655UNCANNY X-FORCE #10$3.99MAR
546127.48JUN130628DAREDEVIL #30$2.99MAR
556227.10JUN130171-MWONDER WOMAN #23$2.99DC 
566326.95JUN130159-MTRINITY OF SIN PANDORA #3$2.99DC 
576426.88JUN130223-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #23$2.99DC 
586626.75JUN130613-MSUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #2$2.99MAR
594425.83JUN130653CABLE AND X-FORCE #12$3.99MAR
604525.68JUN130603ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #26$3.99MAR
616925.47JUN130630FANTASTIC FOUR #11$2.99MAR
624825.04JUN130654CABLE AND X-FORCE #13$3.99MAR
634924.91JUN130617NOVA #7$3.99MAR
647024.75JUN130240-MTEEN TITANS #23$2.99DC 
657523.88JUN130591THUNDERBOLTS #14$2.99MAR
665323.86JUN130588AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #18$3.99MAR
677723.10JUN130225-MRED LANTERNS #23$2.99DC 
688022.48JUN130217RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #23$2.99DC 
697421.70JUN130425-MSIDEKICK #1 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
707621.56JUN130285TRILLIUM #1 (MR) [*]$2.99DC 
7122621.25JUN130782-MOVERTAKEN #1$1.00ASP
726021.23MAY130612SECRET AVENGERS #7$3.99MAR
738321.04JUN130161TRINITY OF SIN THE PHANTOM STRANGER #11$2.99DC 
748620.84JUN130599YOUNG AVENGERS #9$2.99MAR
759020.47JUN130631FF #11$2.99MAR
768820.45JUN130212-MBATWOMAN #23$2.99DC 
776520.39JUN130594SECRET AVENGERS #8$3.99MAR
789319.85JUN130165-MGREEN ARROW #23$2.99DC 
796719.67JUN130244INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #8$3.99DC 
809419.63JUN130162CONSTANTINE #6$2.99DC 
819719.60JUN130609SCARLET SPIDER #20$2.99MAR
828219.47JUN130548LAZARUS #3 (MR) [*]$2.99IMA
839819.30JUN130192SUPERGIRL #23$2.99DC 
845919.09JUN130378-MMY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #10$3.99IDW
8510018.92JUN130215CATWOMAN #23$2.99DC 
8610118.84JUN130175WORLDS FINEST #15$2.99DC 
8710218.58JUN130610SCARLET SPIDER #21$2.99MAR
8810418.34JUN130590CAPTAIN MARVEL #15$2.99MAR
897118.22JUN130252-MBATMAN BEYOND UNIVERSE #1$3.99DC 
907218.11JUN130595A PLUS X #11$3.99MAR
9110518.10JUN130597-MAVENGERS ARENA #14$2.99MAR
9210817.90JUN130596AVENGERS ARENA #13$2.99MAR
9310717.70JUN130238SWAMP THING #23$2.99DC 
9410917.29JUN130239SUICIDE SQUAD #23$2.99DC 
957917.16JUN130663ASTONISHING X-MEN #65$3.99MAR
9611017.12JUN130227-MLARFLEEZE #3$2.99DC 
978116.97JUN130664ASTONISHING X-MEN #66$3.99MAR
9811216.87JUN130231ANIMAL MAN #23$2.99DC 
9911316.84JUN130660X-MEN LEGACY #15$2.99MAR
1007316.27JUN130380-MMY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #7 CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS$3.99IDW
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