UPDATE (Aug. 1, 2011): From having worked as a comics "insider" for 7 years, I can tell you that these estimated sales figures compiled by the industry news source ICv2.com are "ballpark" at best, but they're all we've got. So with that caveat, I'm extremely thrilled to see that the first issue of SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING did "estimated" sales of 51,928 copies!
The estimates are based on the sales charts released by Diamond (see below) and don't include any reorders or overseas sales, so what the heck, let's just round that number up to 52,000. Just for comparison's sake, Mighty Thor #3 did an "estimated" 48,114, Action Comics #902 did 41,960 and Astonishing X-Men #39 sold 37,127. So take that all for what it's worth, but shoot, it looks like pretty good news to me.
While #2 issues normally see a drop in sales, here's hoping that we at least hold our own in the July charts!
A big thanks to everyone involved on this series! See below for all of their names and all of the same tremendous gratitude applies! In multiples of 51,928!
ORIGINAL POST: So according to the sales charts released today by Diamond Comics Distributors, BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #1 was DC Comics' 6th-highest selling title in June. I'm not sure how many titles DC published in June, but there were 46 DC books in the top 100, according to Diamond. Out of all comics in June, SEARCH placed 16th. To put it in perspective, only the really heavy hitters sold better: Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, Green Lantern and the Marvel and DC "event books," Fear Itself and Flashpoint.
Neither DC nor Diamond release exact sales figures, but this ranking should put the sales number somewhere in the 50,000 ballpark. Not too shabby, when you think about it.
So, big, big thanks first of all to everyone who bought, read or otherwise supported the book!! Stick around for #2, when the story really gets revved up, in stores July 27.
And next, huge thank yous to penciler Marco Castiello, inker Vincenzo Acunzo, colorist Barb Ciardo, letterer Sal Cipriano and the cover artists Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes and Ulises Arreola -- and also to variant cover artist J.G. Jones, whose work I'm sure helped a lot with that sales number.
Of course, tremendous gratitude to DC's ace publicity staff who helped get the word out: Pamela Mullin, David Hyde and Austin Trunick.
But most of all thanks to DC's Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras, DCU Executive Editor Eddie Berganza and Editor Rex Ogle. And of course, Co-Publisher Dan DiDio! Amazing work from all!
Though to be honest, I suspect a little John Constantine magic may have had something to do with it as well.
The estimates are based on the sales charts released by Diamond (see below) and don't include any reorders or overseas sales, so what the heck, let's just round that number up to 52,000. Just for comparison's sake, Mighty Thor #3 did an "estimated" 48,114, Action Comics #902 did 41,960 and Astonishing X-Men #39 sold 37,127. So take that all for what it's worth, but shoot, it looks like pretty good news to me.
While #2 issues normally see a drop in sales, here's hoping that we at least hold our own in the July charts!
A big thanks to everyone involved on this series! See below for all of their names and all of the same tremendous gratitude applies! In multiples of 51,928!
ORIGINAL POST: So according to the sales charts released today by Diamond Comics Distributors, BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #1 was DC Comics' 6th-highest selling title in June. I'm not sure how many titles DC published in June, but there were 46 DC books in the top 100, according to Diamond. Out of all comics in June, SEARCH placed 16th. To put it in perspective, only the really heavy hitters sold better: Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, Green Lantern and the Marvel and DC "event books," Fear Itself and Flashpoint.
Neither DC nor Diamond release exact sales figures, but this ranking should put the sales number somewhere in the 50,000 ballpark. Not too shabby, when you think about it.
So, big, big thanks first of all to everyone who bought, read or otherwise supported the book!! Stick around for #2, when the story really gets revved up, in stores July 27.
And next, huge thank yous to penciler Marco Castiello, inker Vincenzo Acunzo, colorist Barb Ciardo, letterer Sal Cipriano and the cover artists Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes and Ulises Arreola -- and also to variant cover artist J.G. Jones, whose work I'm sure helped a lot with that sales number.
Of course, tremendous gratitude to DC's ace publicity staff who helped get the word out: Pamela Mullin, David Hyde and Austin Trunick.
But most of all thanks to DC's Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras, DCU Executive Editor Eddie Berganza and Editor Rex Ogle. And of course, Co-Publisher Dan DiDio! Amazing work from all!
Though to be honest, I suspect a little John Constantine magic may have had something to do with it as well.
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