Top 50 Small Press Comics and Graphic Novels: June 2016

Mark Waid and Veronica Fish's Archie #9 from Archie Comics was June's best-selling small press comic book. In total, Archie Comics had two titles in the top ten. Valiant Entertainment had four titles in the top ten, led by 4001 AD #2 at #2. Benitez Productions' Lady Mechanika: Lost Boys of West Abbey #2 ranked #3. Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Providence #9 from Avatar Press ranked #4. Eric Powell's Hillbilly #1 from Albatross Funnybooks ranked #6. Rounding out the top ten, Black Mask Comics' 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank #2 ranked #10. Valiant Entertainment's Harbinger Volume 2: Renegades was June's best-selling small press graphic novel. Valiant had four titles in the month's top ten overall.

Archie Comics had two titles in the top ten, led by Jughead Volume 1 at #5. Terry Moore's Rachel Rising Volume 7: Dust to Dust ranked #6 for the month. Titan Books' Minions Digest Volume 2 ranked #7. Yen Press' Space Dandy Volume 1 ranked #9. Finally, Garth Ennis' War Stories Volume 4 from Avatar Press ranked #10.

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS COMICS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2016

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2016

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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.