We already knew that the funnies industry , help along by a steady stream of related smash hit moving-picture show , had go into a bit of a raw golden agebut matter just keep look up . According to unexampled reports , the last time risible account book sales were this high was right smart back in December 1997 .
Comics - industry writer and numeral - cruncher John Jackson Miller , who writes the Comichron blog , announces that “ dollar order of comics and in writing novels in June were at their high level in more than 20 years , $ 58.59 million in a five - week month . ” ( The only available system for find sale , The Washington Post points out , is fallible , since it tracks orders by retail merchant rather than factual sales to readers . Still , it ’s hard to argue with “ high point ” and the demand that incriminate . )
Two books in especial sold a quarter million copies in June , Miller report : Marvel ’s Civil War II # 1 and DC ’s Batman # 1 , both of which are apparently tied to hugely successful superhero flick franchises . The Post also observe that while comic books are more link into popular polish than ever before , they ’re also more approachable , too , thanks to digital platforms likecomiXology . And the popularity of the literary genre has also lured in talents who might not have otherwise considered it — like the Post ’s example , National Book Award winner Ta - Nehisi Coates , whose take on Black Panther was adjoin with widespread acclamation .
Will it all last ? Well , that remains to be seen . However , it ’s progressively exculpated that it ’s a pretty safe time to bea comics fan — or to become one for the first time .
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