Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 20:45:00 -0500 From: [a--ta--c] at [texas.net] (Matthew L. High) Subject: INFO: Top Publishers May 1995 Here's a quick list of the top publishers for MAY 1995, by DOLLAR SHARE of the comics direct market, as reported by Capital City. This list includes all comics and comic-related items, such as toys, t-shirts, etc. Publisher Yr 92 Yr 93 Yr 94 1/95 2/95 3/95 4/95 5/95 Marvel 45.76 33.43 31.87 33.65 32.01 30.69 34.03 27.11 DC 19.34 19.00 19.35 17.28 18.39 17.19 19.20 21.10 Image 14.79 12.10 14.68 14.51 12.99 10.51 17.20 Dark Horse 5.55 3.36 5.35 5.29 5.98 7.60 5.90 6.72 Acclaim (Valiant) 4.11 9.35 5.25 3.27 3.96 5.28 4.76 4.91 Malibu (Marvel) 8.55 3.52 4.44 4.43 3.13 2.57 3.74 2.49 Wizard Press 1.51 1.76 1.73 2.00 1.59 1.60 1.57 1.32 Tekno Comix .20 1.14 .95 1.16 .88 1.29 Viz Comics .53 .42 1.07 .92 .86 1.66 .97 .99 Topps Comics .22 1.25 .73 1.23 .50 .87 1.23 .87 Maximum Comic Press .46 .36 .34 .13 .87 Chaos Comics .07 .45 .61 1.96 .91 .32 .86 Fantagraphics/Eros .66 .33 .60 .88 .70 .97 1.04 .77 Graphitti .17 .24 .57 .94 .46 .36 .24 .71 Harris Comics .06 .33 .58 .94 2.14 .85 1.05 .65 Comic Images .91 .51 .59 .39 .35 .41 .33 .59 Antarctic/Venus .09 .13 .44 .55 .73 .49 .76 .48 General Media .13 .41 .87 .48 Warp Graphics .16 .18 .47 .60 .63 .63 .46 Caliber .22 .21 .20 .39 .27 .43 .29 .44 London Night .05 .17 .41 .44 .58 .41 Gladstone .26 .23 .39 .36 .38 .36 .40 .38 Kitchen Sink .18 .58 .52 .31 .54 .18 .54 .29 Dynamic Forces .30 .24 .28 .15 .30 .27 .29 Verotik 1.22 .44 .28 Archie .30 .19 .31 .29 .26 .26 .24 .28 Sirius .10 .34 .42 .23 Wildstorm .07 .04 .33 .22 Bongo Comics .19 .51 .27 .51 .20 .48 .22 Rebel Studios .16 .06 .05 .18 .07 .07 .22 Entity (Express) .15 .33 .13 .30 .17 .29 .22 Russ Cochran .11 .19 .30 .22 .16 .15 .21 Brainstorm Comics .04 .06 .08 .05 .13 .13 .19 Hamilton Comics .07 .25 .23 .17 .14 .19 Planet Studios .14 .15 .19 .05 .21 .21 .17 Overstreet/Fan .34 .23 .26 1.03 .17 Warrior Publishing .54 .64 .27 .36 .22 .30 .17 AD Vision .09 .17 High Impact .26 .16 Avon Books .01 .16 Blackout Comics .14 .12 .20 .15 Taliesen Press .15 Cosmic Comics .16 .15 Century Publishing .20 .17 .17 .15 .13 Longmeadow Press .13 Academy/Acid Rain .15 .21 .13 .15 .12 NBM .11 .04 .10 .04 .11 .09 .15 .12 Comic Shop News .17 .14 .16 .15 .12 Heavy Metal .07 .10 .18 .06 .27 .51 .11 Legends and Lore .06 .08 .10 Abbeville Press .10 Clobbering Time .10 Klutz Press* .10 Drawn and Quarterly .06 .05 .04 .09 .15 .09 Warner Books .05 .09 AC Comics .13 .08 .08 .07 .07 .13 .07 .09 Pop Comics* .08 Aardvark-Vanaheim .19 .11 .13 .09 .26 .09 .56 .08 Krause Pub .15 .10 .09 .09 .08 .07 .07 .08 Boneyard Press .02 .03 .06 .09 .07 .07 Millennium Pubs .30 .11 .14 .12 .09 .21 .15 .07 Great Sky* .07 SQP .05 .04 .07 .13 .06 .07 N Studios* .07 Fine Communicat* .07 Event Comics .36 .32 .07 .07 Little Brown .05 .07 ....plus a whole buncha others. NOTE: Sales figures are for advance orders for comic items listed in the comics section in Advance Comics (it does not include books, videos, or sports items). If the columns are not in alignment, I recommend viewing this list in a space-filling font such as courier or monaco.