Top 50 Small Press Comics and Graphic Novels: February 2017

Archie Comics' Archie #17 was February's best-selling small press comic book, and one of the publisher's three books in the top ten. Also among the top ten were Josie and the Pussycats #4 at #6 and Jughead #13 at #7.

Aftershock's Animosity #5 ranked #2.

Valiant Entertainment had five titles among the top ten — Harbinger Renegade #4 ranked #3, Divinity III: Stalinverse #3 ranked #4, Divinity III: Shadowman #1 ranked #5, Savage #4 ranked #8, and Faith#8 ranked #9.

Rounding out the top ten, Bongo Comics' Simpsons Comics #237 ranked #10.

Valiant Entertainment's Britannia was February's best-selling small press graphic novel. Also in the top ten for Valiant was Ninjak Volume 5: The Fist and the Steel at #7.

Vertical Comics' Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom ranked #2.

Archie Comics had two titles in the top ten — Jughead Volume 2 at #3 and Archie 1000-Page Comics Compendium at #10.

Kodansha Comics had three titles in the top ten — Ghost in the Shell Deluxe Edition Volume 1 ranked #4, Ghost in the Shell Deluxe Edition Volume 2 ranked #5, and Ghost in the Shell Deluxe Edition Volume 1.5 ranked #6.

Avatar Press' Crossed Plus 100 Volume 3 ranked #8.

Finally, Drawn & Quarterly's Wilson ranked #9.

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS COMICS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in February 2017

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in February 2017

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Item codes followed by -M indicate multiple covers and skus at the standard SRP.

How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world.  Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title — with a value of 100 — because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.