I just noticed this, but Johanna posted the numbers here:

http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/03/09/archie-sales-figures-for-2011/

I doubt that the Jughead Double Digest will be going anywhere...even though it is on the low end of the digest sales, it's ranked #5 overall...but I could see the B&V Friends title disappearing...

Jughead has never really sold as well as Archie or the girls' book- I'm actually surprised it outsells "B&V Friends". He's not the flagship (like Archie) and his books have very few pretty girls or even an girl-related stuff at all (Archie's key audience for the most part), so it makes sense. It's really around kind of as an "Artifact" of the old days, as there's ALWAYS been a Jughead comic- it'd be kind of sad to lose it (and maybe embarassing to lose another title). Plus he's obviously Fernando Ruiz' favourite main character (either that, or he drew a really short straw, since he always draws Jug!), and the favourite of several other writers & artists as well- creatively, Jughead is probably the most-fulfilling book to work on.

I'd certainly hate to see his books go.

Those sales figures certainly don't make me optimistic regarding the Archie comics long term.

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Quote from: Steveinthecity on May 07, 2012, 11:39:05 PM

Those sales figures certainly don't make me optimistic regarding the Archie comics long term.

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Thanks for the link. I like the idea of anthology books and the 50's theme is a cool direction to start out with. I will keep my eyes open for when this comes available.

At first I was expecting Iron Ghost to be a continuation of the Shadow-type character from a few years back. The splash page looks good btw.

i don't want archie comics to be extinct or something

btw, what are the sales figures of other comics? like dc and marvel? and i think in my place tpbs are more in demand especially the married life compilation

i don't want archie comics to be extinct or something

btw, what are the sales figures of other comics? like dc and marvel? and i think in my place tpbs are more in demand especially the married life compilation

I can't post the list because I'm having trouble with formatting. Anyway, as a reference using April sales there were 68 separate books that sold 30,000 or more. The top four sold between 103,000 and 158,000 copies. Through Diamond Sonic sold 8800 copies.   Let me know if you need info on a specific title.

Quote from: karice on May 08, 2012, 10:56:08 PM

i don't want archie comics to be extinct or something

btw, what are the sales figures of other comics? like dc and marvel? and i think in my place tpbs are more in demand especially the married life compilation

I can't post the list because I'm having trouble with formatting. Anyway, as a reference using April sales there were 68 separate books that sold 30,000 or more. The top four sold between 103,000 and 158,000 copies. Through Diamond Sonic sold 8800 copies.   Let me know if you need info on a specific title.

oh im confused, so how much copies is archie selling per month? 0_0 specifically, archie comics