What no one wants to admit about comic book sales (BONE video essay)
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How did one guy completely upend the comic industry?
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*Sources*
Sales figures quoted are from Brian Hibbs’ Columns:
2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110809095703/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30752
2015
https://web.archive.org/web/20160810091013/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tilting-at-windmills-bookscan-2015-analysis
2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
2019 Comic Sales Data
https://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2019.html
*Credits*
Photos & Videos
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SR_Van_Nuys_Bar.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rum,_Manhattan,_Tequila_Old_Fashioned.jpg
https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll115/id/1055/rec/5
https://www.milehighcomics.com/sandiego/sdcc2004/thursday/leftcon.GIF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQIhRdjWPkE&t=94s
Edit: https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoReadComics
Intro Animation: Rádi
Everything Else: matttt
Bone COMPLETE in Black and White (my personal preference)
https://amzn.to/4iqCl8b
Scholastic Color Edition (Great Color, great size for kids, very cheap way to get started)
Volume 1 https://amzn.to/3ZO9DXP
Complete Set - https://amzn.to/4fjpn9A
Bone COMPLETE in color
https://amzn.to/49xVaSW
*Bone Oversized Hardcover Kickstarter*
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cartoonbooks/bone-deluxe-edition-part-one-the-valley
Comix Experience Book Club
https://www.comixexperience.com/graphic-novel-club
Space Boy Omnibus Volume 1
https://amzn.to/3ZrEBn3
(As an Amazon Affiliate I earn from qualifying purchases)
*Sources*
Sales figures quoted are from Brian Hibbs’ Columns:
2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110809095703/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30752
2015
https://web.archive.org/web/20160810091013/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tilting-at-windmills-bookscan-2015-analysis
2023
https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
2019 Comic Sales Data
https://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2019.html
*Credits*
Photos & Videos
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SR_Van_Nuys_Bar.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rum,_Manhattan,_Tequila_Old_Fashioned.jpg
https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll115/id/1055/rec/5
https://www.milehighcomics.com/sandiego/sdcc2004/thursday/leftcon.GIF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQIhRdjWPkE&t=94s
Edit: https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoReadComics
Intro Animation: Rádi
Everything Else: matttt