Cold Cut Comics Distribution

Sales Statistics

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Cold Cut Distribution is the industry's leading reorder distributor for small press and independent comic books and trade paperbacks. While other distributors may focus on only the newest and hottest comic book series and publishers, we attempt to carry a full line of all available books from over 200 different suppliers, keeping as broad a range of books in stock and available at all times.

Our sales reflect ongoing reorder sales at stores across the country. Sales on a title like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac continue to be incredibly strong despite the fact that the series ended almost a five years ago, and sales on series like Finder build as the title continues publication, bringing on new fans every issue. Note that these sales statistics reflect actual books shipped from Cold Cut to retailers.

Check out the monthly sales reports below, or find out what our various statistics mean.

Sales Statistics

March 2002

The Meaning Of Our Charts

All charts take into account only actual shipped product which was ordered in that month; orders which went unfilled are not counted, regardless of whether they went unfilled due to the book going out of print or Cold Cut being out of stock. Also, the charts cover orders placed in a given month (or months), regardless of when they shipped.

The charts we compile regularly include:

• Top 50 (or Top 100) Individual Issues

  This is self-explanatory. The top individual issues (or TPBs, or other stock items) ranked by unit sales of the items.

  This chart is useful to determine which individual issues are most likely to sell in a given shop, but is less important than the other charts, since sales on any given issue of a series may fluctuate in any given month (just because Lenore #2 sold higher than #1 in a given month does not mean a store should stock #2 without #1).

• Top Non-Adult Series

  These are calculated by adding up the unit quantities of all issues, TPBs, HCs, T-shirts, etc, relating to a single non-adult (non-X-rated) series. All items, whether they are T-shirts or comics, count as a single unit.

  This chart is the most useful chart we calculate. It indicates which series are most popular on an ongoing, reorder basis. The total number of items sold relating to a given series reflects that series reorder potential and continuing popularity more than any other indicator.

• Top Adult Series

  These are the same as the "Non-Adult" statistics above, except separated for adult comics.

• Top TPBs

  Trade paperbacks, ranked by unit sales.

• Top T-Shirts

  T-Shirts, ranked by unit sales.

From time to time, we may compile and present other statistics; these will be described when they appear.

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Last update: April 23, 2002