This chart of the ICv2 "Top 10 Genre Properties" reflects sales in all channels for Summer 2012.  The "Top 10" chart is based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.




Top 10 Genre Graphic Novel Properties – Summer 2012

Rank

Title

Publisher

1

The Walking Dead

Image Comics

2

Fables

Vertigo/DC

3

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Top Shelf Productions

4

Locke & Key

IDW Publishing

5

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Dark Horse Comics

6

Chew

Image Comics

7

Sandman

Vertigo/DC

8

Parker

IDW Publishing

9

Star Wars

Dark Horse Comics

10

Dark Tower

Marvel Comics

 

Note: Includes all channels

 


For more information on the graphic novel market for Summer 2012, see "Comic Retailers Cautiously Ecstatic."
 
For more information on the release of the ICv2's Internal Correspondence #80, and information on how to get the ICv2's Internal Correspondence, see "ICv2 Releases 'Internal Correspondence' #80."