9 Responses to “ Comix Experience Best Sellers: Books, first half of 2011 ”

1. Abhay Khosla on July 1st, 2011 at 4:57 pm said:

   Wow– how do you figure Asterios Polyp is still selling so well for you? That was, what, a 2009 book, and it’s your #3 book by dollars. It sort of jumps out that it’s still selling so well. Is it because of just the merits of the work (the way he did color appeals to casual shoppers), the reputation, or some more random factor (e.g. local university doing a class, a signing I’m forgetting, prime store real estate, etc)?

   And huh, it was your #3 book this time last year, too… I like POLYP though– I’m glad to hear people like it.

2. Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida on July 2nd, 2011 at 9:01 am said:

   What is “Comic Book Guide to Mission?”

3. Brian Hibbs on July 2nd, 2011 at 11:56 am said:

   You don’t know how to Google, Brian?

   How about this one:

   http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/28/the-comic-book-guide-to-the-mission/

   Local comics by local cartoonists — probably wouldn’t sell very well outside of San Francisco proper…

   Abhay: When I get “I’m looking for a good GN, and I have no idea what I want”, ASTERIOS is one of my top picks, if they don’t want straight Genre stuff.

   -B

4. Brian Hibbs on July 2nd, 2011 at 11:57 am said:

   And no one commented that WALKING DEAD v14 is #2, despite only having been out for TWO WEEKS?

   -B

5. Blue Tyson on July 2nd, 2011 at 9:05 pm said:

   If Walking Dead’s sales continue to increase, it isn’t very surprising that is one that is popular enough for people to be keen to get, no.

6. svenj on July 3rd, 2011 at 7:57 am said:

   “And no one commented that WALKING DEAD v14 is #2, despite only having been out for TWO WEEKS?”

   –who knew this was a quiz? Thanks, Teach!

   “You don’t know how to Google, Brian?”

   –wow. i’ll assume this is NOT how you respond to unwanted (but legitimate) queries from customers in your store.

7. Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida on July 4th, 2011 at 9:51 am said:

   “You don’t know how to Google, Brian?”

   Heh. If I googled it, you wouldn’t have a chance to explain it and give it a quick plug now, would you?

   “–wow. i’ll assume this is NOT how you respond to unwanted (but legitimate) queries from customers in your store.”

   :) While Brian and I aren’t exactly buddies, we do run into each other in various places online and respect each other enough that a poke here and there isn’t really an insult.

8. Brian Hibbs on July 4th, 2011 at 10:17 am said:

   Svenj: Brian Jacoby isn’t a customer — he’s a fellow retailer. So, no, that’s not how I respond to customers in the store.

   -B

9. Tym Stevens on September 1st, 2011 at 6:57 pm said:

   Wow, I love that the STARSTRUCK Deluxe Edition is all the way up at #29 on the dollars sales list!

   I thoroughly enjoyed Joe McCulloch’s great piece on STARSTRUCK here at The Savage Critic a few years ago. Brian, you might get a kick out of this article I wrote connecting the series to all kinds of hip culture:

   http://tymstevens.blogspot.com/2009/10/big-bang-of-starstruck-roots-and_08.html

   Keep The Comix Experience alive and tilting!

   -Tym, San Fran

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