01-31-2005, 02:00 PM
What my source does show is the direct sales for comic books, which is where most comic book sales happen. It doesn't track newsstand sales or subscription sales.
I guess it shows that the manga market and comic book market are still seperate entities at this time. Not many people would think to go to the mall to buy most comic book titles.
I've cut way back on my current titles that I get at the comic shop. The titles I'm still getting are Strangers In Paradise, Ultimate Spiderman, Books of Magic, Promethia, Concrete and anything that Neil Gaiman or Scott McCloud happen to write. Oh yeah, I'm also getting Samurai Executioner... it's my only manga title I'm currently picking up. I was getting Shonen Jump for a little while there but dropped it due to finances (I know, it's the cheapest title out there per page but I just wasn't getting enough value from it... I found I was only really looking forward to Hikaro No Go and the rest of the titles kind of bored me).
And I know bunches of hot women that read comic books too... as well as watch anime and read manga. I guess I've been lucky with the number of intelligent women I've met in my life who share hobbies with myself.
I guess it shows that the manga market and comic book market are still seperate entities at this time. Not many people would think to go to the mall to buy most comic book titles.
I've cut way back on my current titles that I get at the comic shop. The titles I'm still getting are Strangers In Paradise, Ultimate Spiderman, Books of Magic, Promethia, Concrete and anything that Neil Gaiman or Scott McCloud happen to write. Oh yeah, I'm also getting Samurai Executioner... it's my only manga title I'm currently picking up. I was getting Shonen Jump for a little while there but dropped it due to finances (I know, it's the cheapest title out there per page but I just wasn't getting enough value from it... I found I was only really looking forward to Hikaro No Go and the rest of the titles kind of bored me).
And I know bunches of hot women that read comic books too... as well as watch anime and read manga. I guess I've been lucky with the number of intelligent women I've met in my life who share hobbies with myself.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.