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, April 8, 2013

TOP 100 - COMICS FROM MARCH 2013

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 2013
QTY
RANK		DOLLAR
RANK		INDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11153.24JAN130642-MGUARDIANS OF GALAXY #1$3.99MAR
22126.88JAN130627-MAGE OF ULTRON #1$3.99MAR
33100.00JAN130234-MBATMAN #18$3.99DC 
4585.33JAN130653-MWOLVERINE #1$3.99MAR
5479.32JAN130634-MAGE OF ULTRON #2$3.99MAR
6674.33JAN130205-MJUSTICE LEAGUE #18$3.99DC 
7772.77JAN130637-MAGE OF ULTRON #3$3.99MAR
8868.33JAN130712-MSUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #5$3.99MAR
9966.53JAN130195-MJUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #2$3.99DC 
101065.99JAN130674-MALL NEW X-MEN #8$3.99MAR
111162.81JAN130714SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #6$3.99MAR
121262.23JAN130641SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #6AU$3.99MAR
131362.20JAN130672-MUNCANNY X-MEN #3$3.99MAR
141461.19DEC120620-MUNCANNY AVENGERS #5$3.99MAR
151559.97JAN130662-MAVENGERS #8$3.99MAR
161659.25JAN130676ALL NEW X-MEN #9$3.99MAR
171756.77JAN130661AVENGERS #7$3.99MAR
181955.29JAN130242-MDETECTIVE COMICS #18$3.99DC 
192250.62JAN130253-MGREEN LANTERN #18$2.99DC 
202350.48JAN130233BATMAN AND ROBIN #18$2.99DC 
212448.90JAN130615WALKING DEAD #108 (MR)$2.99IMA
222047.25JAN130664-MNEW AVENGERS #4$3.99MAR
233046.46JAN130229-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #9$2.99DC 
241844.87JAN130221-MACTION COMICS #18$4.99DC 
253841.41JAN130699-MDEADPOOL #6$2.99MAR
262139.86JAN130680-MINDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #5$3.99MAR
274339.36JAN130240-MBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #18$2.99DC 
284538.68JAN130209-MAQUAMAN #18$2.99DC 
292537.51JAN130697-MUNCANNY X-FORCE #3$3.99MAR
304637.48JAN130245BATGIRL #18$2.99DC 
312636.61JAN130682THOR GOD OF THUNDER #6$3.99MAR
322936.48JAN130677-MSAVAGE WOLVERINE #3$3.99MAR
334736.28JAN130605SAGA #11 (MR)$2.99IMA
344836.02DEC120256-MSUPERMAN #17$2.99DC 
352835.91JAN130468-MEAST OF WEST #1 [*]$3.50IMA
362735.67JAN130683-MCAPTAIN AMERICA #5$3.99MAR
375034.98JAN130225-MSUPERMAN #18$2.99DC 
385134.97JAN130251NIGHTWING #18$2.99DC 
393134.17DEC120165-MBEFORE WATCHMEN RORSCHACH #4 (MR)$3.99DC 
403733.88JAN130705-MNOVA #2$3.99MAR
413533.66JAN130668-MSECRET AVENGERS #2$3.99MAR
425433.51JAN130218-MEARTH 2 #10$2.99DC 
433333.18JAN130640FANTASTIC FOUR #5AU$3.99MAR
445333.01JAN130113STAR WARS #3$2.99DAR
453432.40JAN130693-MCABLE AND X-FORCE #5$3.99MAR
465732.06JAN130256-MGREEN LANTERN CORPS #18$2.99DC 
473631.94JAN130687IRON MAN #7$3.99MAR
483931.11JAN130695-MCABLE AND X-FORCE #6$3.99MAR
495830.89JAN130689-MFANTASTIC FOUR #5$2.99MAR
506130.50JAN130280-MTEEN TITANS #18$2.99DC 
516030.48JAN130258-MGREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #18$2.99DC 
524030.47JAN130749WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #26$3.99MAR
534130.43JAN130750WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #27$3.99MAR
546230.21JAN130211-MFLASH #18$2.99DC 
553230.13DEC120398-MMY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #4$3.99IDW
564229.79DEC120171-MBEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #6 (MR)$3.99DC 
576428.50JAN130710THUNDERBOLTS #6$2.99MAR
586527.96JAN130711-MTHUNDERBOLTS #7$2.99MAR
597327.90JAN130670-MYOUNG AVENGERS #3$2.99MAR
606627.85JAN130213-MWONDER WOMAN #18$2.99DC 
616827.36JAN130252RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #18$2.99DC 
627027.24JAN130262-MCONSTANTINE #1$2.99DC 
634927.01DEC120666-MA PLUS X #5$3.99MAR
647127.00JAN130730DAREDEVIL #24$2.99MAR
654426.36JAN130386-MMY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #5$3.99IDW
665225.59JAN130721ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #21$3.99MAR
677425.58JAN130741DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED #3$2.99MAR
687525.53JAN130260-MRED LANTERNS #18$2.99DC 
697825.15JAN138169-MBATMAN INCORPORATED #8$2.99DC 
707725.09JAN130691-MFF #5$2.99MAR
715524.97JAN130709A PLUS X #6$3.99MAR
725624.20JAN130744-MX-TERMINATION #1$3.99MAR
738024.09JAN130248CATWOMAN #18$2.99DC 
745922.96JAN130715AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #18$3.99MAR
758322.93JAN130659-MAVENGERS ARENA #6$2.99MAR
768422.76JAN130246-MBATWOMAN #18$2.99DC 
778622.28JAN130268SWAMP THING #18$2.99DC 
7820622.23JAN130867-MSHRUGGED VOL 2 #1$1.00ASP
796321.42JAN130725-MULTIMATE COMICS WOLVERINE #1$3.99MAR
808721.20JAN130707X-MEN LEGACY #7$2.99MAR
818920.82JAN130267ANIMAL MAN #18$2.99DC 
829020.65JAN130220WORLDS FINEST #10$2.99DC 
836720.62JAN130666-MAVENGERS ASSEMBLE #13$3.99MAR
849420.48JAN130703-MFEARLESS DEFENDERS #2$2.99MAR
859220.43JAN130708X-MEN LEGACY #8$2.99MAR
869320.36JAN130199-MGREEN ARROW #18$2.99DC 
879120.34JAN130228SUPERGIRL #18$2.99DC 
887220.08JAN130745-MASTONISHING X-MEN #60$3.99MAR
897619.08JAN130728-MDAREDEVIL END OF DAYS #6$3.99MAR
909818.61JAN130264JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #18$2.99DC 
916918.47JAN130388-MMY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #2 RAINBOW DASH$3.99IDW
927918.47JAN130727ULTIMATE COMICS WOLVERINE #2$3.99MAR
939918.45JAN130238-MTALON #6$2.99DC 
9410018.30JAN130278SUICIDE SQUAD #18$2.99DC 
9510217.73JAN130227SUPERBOY #18$2.99DC 
9610317.39JAN130078HELLBOY IN HELL #4$2.99DAR
9710717.17JAN130717SCARLET SPIDER #15$2.99MAR
9810617.14JAN130476-MSEX #1 (MR)$2.99IMA
998517.00JAN130722ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #22$3.99MAR
10011116.33JAN130718VENOM #32
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