Cyberspace Comics market report, reviews and more

May 3, 2012

Famous Fanmail #109 Jill Thompson

Filed under: Famous Fanmail — Doorman @ 6:09 am

You may not be surprised to learn that most people in the comic business grew up reading comic books. However, you might be interested in knowing what they were reading. Here’s a look at “Famous Fanmail”!

Jill Thompson is one of those indie creators that is also able to work for the mainstream comics companies. Indie comics fans probably know of her via her creator-owned Scary Godmother. Mainstream fans recognize name from her work on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, Grant Morrison’s Invisibles or Wonder Woman. She got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #246 (cover date: September 1982), giving high praise to John Byrne’s run.

Fantastic Four letters page with Jill Thompson

On Ebay: Fantastic Four | Jill Thompson
On AtomicAvenue: Fantastic Four

May 2, 2012

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #21 May 2012

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Doorman @ 3:54 pm

Here’s a look back at the previous month in online comic sales.

Number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section: 1,717,766 (+5.09% from last month; +11.57% from last year)
Number of those that are Cyberspace Comics listings: 8,601 (+1.24%; +22.78%)
My “market share” of comic listings on eBay: 0.50071% (-3.66%; +10.06%)

Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions: 94,629 (-47.18%; +12.81%)
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction: 5.51% (-49.73%; +1.10%)

My current eBay feedback (unique): 15,793
My current eBay feedback (total): 31,245
My positive eBay feedback score: 99.9%

Position Dollar Sales # of Current Listings
First Marvel Comics Marvel Comics (1,284 listings)
Second Marvel (Bronze Age) TPBs (1,198 listings)
Third Underground Bad Girls (809 listings)
Fourth Bad Girls (↑) Image Comics (637 listings)
Fifth Image Comics (↑) Underground (625 listings)

 
Ebay’s latest promotion has inflated the market pool yet again, leading to a 5% increase.

 
Number of listings on Atomic Avenue: 1,458,478 (-5.44%; +8.74%)
Number of those that are in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue: 46,182 (-0.55%; +55.89%)
My “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue: 3.1665% (+5.17%; +43.36%)
My estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders: 6.08% (+16.25%; -9.93%)

AtomicAvenue has begun to address the issue of sellers that are permanently on vacation. These abandoned storefronts have been removed from the market pool – which is why the number of listings have dropped by 5%.

 
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive: 85,503 (+0.64%)

May 1, 2012

Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #109

Filed under: Swiped: Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed! — Doorman @ 2:48 pm

After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there’s something about uncovering these “swipes” that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.

Every once in a while, we get reminded that Adam Hughes draws super-hero covers, too (instead of just super-heroines). This is one of those rare instances! :-p

Superman #264
Superman #264
June 1973
 
DC Comics Presents: Superman #1
DC Comics Presents: Superman #1
October 2004
Adam Hughes

On Ebay: Superman
On AtomicAvenue: Superman

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