Too Much Blog for 24 Hours
I'm linking to one more thing, then I'm taking a blog break for a while.
The Nostalgia Zine has a great short essay on comics sales figures, highlighting mid-twentieth century numbers. Fascinating stuff.
Funny Business: A History of the Comics Industry
"It is rarely mentioned that Mad Magazine was the best-selling comic book for nearly thirty years. Or that, in the early fifties, Porky Pig sold as well as all three EC horror titles combined. Or in the nineties, that the pocket-sized Archie Digest Magazine regularly outsold both Superman and Batman? If any of this comes as a surprise, you owe it to your comics education to read on."
I'm linking to one more thing, then I'm taking a blog break for a while.
The Nostalgia Zine has a great short essay on comics sales figures, highlighting mid-twentieth century numbers. Fascinating stuff.
Funny Business: A History of the Comics Industry
"It is rarely mentioned that Mad Magazine was the best-selling comic book for nearly thirty years. Or that, in the early fifties, Porky Pig sold as well as all three EC horror titles combined. Or in the nineties, that the pocket-sized Archie Digest Magazine regularly outsold both Superman and Batman? If any of this comes as a surprise, you owe it to your comics education to read on."
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