Comic Book Purchases are on the Uprise
A year or two ago, I had a debate with a friend of mine about the recent surge in comic book movies. I argued that it was causing a mainstream acceptance of super-heroes and that as an effect of this, would cause an uprise in comic book buying (something needed for the comic book industry, since it hit bad times in the 90s). Well, it looks like my prediction is coming true, though not at a super drastic rate: Comic book fans, industry revel in surging popularity:
Maryland-based Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. is the largest comic book wholesale retailer in the world. Last year, the company sold more than 94 million comics to stores worldwide, a 5 percent increase from 2004 and a continuation of steady growth in the last five years, said Elissa Lynch, Diamond public relations associate.
Of course many of the comic book readers are subscribers, so it’s hard to say whether or not there has been an increase in that area. And on top of that, the article doesn’t specify if there has been any increase in independent comic book publisher sales.
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