Sales of comics and graphic novels to comic stores rose 9.04% in 2013, according to information released by Diamond Comic Distributors this week. Periodical sales led the category, with a 10.22% increase over 2012; graphic novels were not quite as strong at a 6.5% increase over 2012 sales.
Big Two shares declined, reinforcing a five year trend (see "
Big Two Comic Publishers Lose Share").
Image Comics dominated the bestseller charts, winning both the top comic and top graphic novel slots (see "
Image Had Top Comic and Graphic Novel of 2013").
