Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at Image Comics' sales figures.
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Saga takes a tumble!
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by Dave Carter Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures. Just a reminder that I’m not doing this as a permanent gig; just filling in until Heidi finds someone to take on the indy month-to-month chart. Please refer to last month’s column for a preamble and explanation […]
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Debuting today at NYCC, here’s the first trailer for Cinemax’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta’s Outcast. Outside of The Knick, there’s not a lot drawing my eyes over to that network, but perhaps this can change that.
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Robert Kirkman‘s media conquest continues. Today, Cinemax debuted the first trailer for Outcast, a new TV series based off the Image comics series with the same name. This is Kirkman’s second TV adaptation following The Walking Dead.
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After The Walking Dead became a massive hit for AMC, it was only a matter of time before another network came calling for Robert Kirkman. This time around it’ll be Cinemax, as Variety reports that the premium channel just picked up his and Paul Azaceta‘s Image series Outcast for a full series order.
Patrick Fugit (Gone Girl, Almost Famous) stars in this 10 episode series centered on a young man who sets off to find answers as to why he’s been possessed by demons since he was a child. Philip Glenister co-stars as the evangelist who assists him.
The initial pilot has already been filmed and was directed by Adam Wingard, who you may know best as the filmmaker behind last year’s The Guest (a really fun film) and 2013’s You’re Next. The pilot’s script was written by Kirkman.
There’s no word on when the series will see an air date, but given the timing and the status of the pilot, it’s quite possible that it debuts as early as the Fall of this year.
Will this be enough to get you to subscribe to Cinemax if you haven’t already?
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OUTCAST #1, the new book by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta has been a huge success, we’re told with orders surpassing The Walking Dead #128 with a print run of 86,000 copies. Even more impressive? The book shipped without ANY variants.
However it still shows up on the Diamond chart at #11 because 10% of the orders were subtracted because it shipped returnable.
There haven’t BEEN any returns, but that’s how Diamond runs the numbers, and even though the second printing was enormous, and there are more than 4000 copies on backorder, it still gets the returnability discount from Diamond.
Which, to be fair, is how they do things. It’s just that in this case it isn’t representative of how the book actually sold.
Personal to Chris Rice: nota bene
As for the book itself, it was a pretty groovy double sized first issue with a strong new lead character and some tasty art by Azaceta.
What did y’all think?
Aloha Hawaiian Dick looks great and deserves to sell more copies; I am very impressed by both story and art, I also buy every issue of Low and Outcast. This company is doing things right: every title is its own universe and independent concept.
I hope that comic readers will support Image titles, they are fresh and interesting. (and I don’t work for them, ha ha) Bravo.
Look at how many creators fled Marvel and DC to do their own thing at Image. Are fanboys really just interested in capes and tights, or quality work by creators who love what they do?
Considering that good chunk of them are selling below DC/Marvel cancellation levels I’d think that people are reading DC/Marvel for creators AND characters,
Skottie, most of these numbers are even worse than DC and Marvel. It’s admirable you’re always on these every month championing creator owned books but you’ve never said anything more than “Buy creator books!” Which ones in particular do you think everyone should be buying?
Seems to be mostly about charcater than creators; Recently Ted McKeever (who hasn’t done work for the Big 2 in years) announced he was levaing comics, becuase his heart is not into it. How many will follow suit?
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/06/08/the-current-state-of-the-comic-book-industry-is-the-lowest-ted-mckeever-talks-to-bleeding-cool-about-quitting/
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Seems to be mostly about characters than creators; Recently Ted McKeever (who hasn’t done work for the Big 2 in years) announced he was leaving comics, because his heart was not into it anymore. How many will follow suit?
“Skottie, most of these numbers are even worse than DC and Marvel.”
Which means . . . what? The creators are actually making more money from these numbers at Image than the page rate at Marvel or DC. Scott Snyder famously said he makes multiples on Wytches than what he earns from writing Batman.
If you’re so concerned about lower Image numbers, then fucking buy their books and help out.
We have to remember that mine gold for creator-owned books are in the trades,a lot of books that are performing poorly on this chart are doing very fine on Amazon e etc.
I read quite a bunch of Image Waking Dead, Invincilbe, Nailbitter, Citizen Jack, Huck + tons others.. Not all people pick up a comic based on who did it. I dont think I have ever picked up a comic based solely on creative team. I will though not pick up a series based on writer or artist when they have a track record of not releasing books before moving onto other projects. Tony Harris how many projects got abandoned by him. Anything Bryan Hitch Image title Real Heroes. Any non Marvel Rob Liefeld title if you get 2 issues it is a shock. If the book grabs me will read it but honestly could care less about creative team
Gra^hic Inida (kind of a revival of the late Virgin Comics) is also an editor with very nice products, at an amazing price (everything is $3 with often more than 20p per story). Grant Morrisson’s 18 Days is amazing and Chakra and Devi aslo look interesting. But I don’t think any of their title ever make it to the Top300 :(sc