Top 50 Small Press Comics and Graphic Novels: August 2017

Benitez Production's Lady Mechanika: The Clockwork Assassin #2 was August's best-selling small press comic book.

Archie Comics had two titles in the top ten: Sabrina #8 at #2 and Archie #23 at #6.

Oni Press had four titles among the top ten: Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It #2 at #3, Invader Zim #22 at #4, Rick and Morty #29 at #5, and Dead of Winter #1 at #8.

Albatross Funnybooks had two titles in the top ten: Hillbilly #7 at #7 and Galaktikon #1 at #9.

Finally, Aftershock Comics' Babyteeth #3 ranked #10.

Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Providence Act III from Avatar Press was the month's best-selling small press graphic novel.

Kodansha Comics' Attack on Titan Volume 22 ranked #2.

Oni Press had three titles in the top ten: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life ranked #3, Invader Zim Volume 4 ranked #4, and Rick and Morty Volume 1 ranked #5.

Archie Comics' Archie Volume 4 ranked #6.

Natasha Alterici's Heathen Volume 1 from Vault Comics ranked #7.

Titan Books' Rick and Morty Official Coloring Book ranked #9.

Bantam Spectra's Mystery Knight ranked #9.

Finally, Abrams' Spongebob Comics Volume 3: Tales from the Haunted Pineapple ranked #10.

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

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 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.

Diamond Comic Distributors defines Small Presses as publishers outside the top-10 bestselling publishers over the previous six months. In offering these breakdowns of the best-selling small press comics and graphic novels, a spotlight is shown on these publishers, affording them recognition for their strong sales in a crowded marketplace. To help retailers contextualize the relationship between the Small Press sales rankings, each chart offers for each book the overall ranking for the month amongst all publishers.

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.