January Sales Up in Direct Market

ICv2.com has provided their dependable, lovely array of charts and concise articles regarding sales of comic book periodicals and graphic novels in North American comic book shops, this time for the month of January.

Overview
Analysis
Top 300 Comics
Top 100 Graphic Novel Chart

Even in a month when top comics dropped but overall comics gained -- in both units sold and dollars earned -- it's still interesting to look at the comics sales levels and how quickly they drop off.

How Many Comics Sell X Much?
(January '02, '03, '04, '05, '06)
More than 150,000 -- 3, 0, 0, 1, 1
More than 125,000 -- 4, 0, 1, 1, 1
More than 100,000 -- 7, 2, 5, 3, 3
More than 90,000 -- 9, 6, 8, 4, 4
More than 80,000 -- 9, 10, 12, 8, 6
More than 70,000 -- 14, 10, 13, 12, 15
More than 60,000 -- 15, 16, 15, 18, 21
More than 50,000 -- 17, 22, 23, 21, 27
More than 25,000 -- 79, 65, 76, 73, 75
More than 10,000 -- 153, 156, 138, 130, 148
More than 5,000 -- 189, 195, 170, 171, 185

Of course, I have no idea what any of that means.
 
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