Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 01:02:43 CDT Sender: COMICS Discussion List <[COMICS L] at [UNLVM.UNL.EDU]> Subject: Volume 4 Issue 13 Part 4 April 8, 1994 The Comics List Weekly Vol. 4 No. 13 Pt. 4 This Week: Marketing : From Antarctic Press - Top 50 April B&W Publishers : From Antarctic Press - Top April Publishers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 01:07:57 -0400 (EDT) From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: Top 50 B&W Publishers for April 1994 TOP 50 PUBLISHERS OF BLACK AND WHITE COMICS FOR APRIL 1994 This list shows the top 50 publishers of black and white comic books, as reported by Capital City, for the month of April 1994. *Only* black and white comics were taken into consideration, and this list does not include any color books, graphic novels, trade paperbacks, compilations, or non-comic products. Ranking is by dollar value, not by units sold. COMPANY Top-selling B&W comic (with rank) % of sales Dark Horse Sin City: A Dame to Kill For #6 (1) 19.23% Viz Communications Ranma 1/2 III #5 (8) 11.84% Antarctic Press Golden Warrior Iczer One #1 (7) 11.27% Fantagraphics Birdland v2 #1 (18) 9.47% Marvel Amazing Spiderman Ashcan (2) 7.27% Kitchen Sink Cherry's Jubilee #4 (9) 3.64% Express/Parody Zen Intergalactic Ninja Spec #1 (6) 3.64% Revolutionary Carnal Comics #2 (27) 2.95% Caliber Negative Burn #10 (34) 2.72% Aardvark-Vanaheim Cerebus #181 (4) 2.39% Cult Press Wiindows #16 (13) 2.29% Cartoon Books Bone #11 (10) 2.10% Rip Off Press Freak Brothers #1 (48) 1.93% Malibu/Eternity Robotech Sentinels III #8 (28) 1.85% London Nights Razor #8 (36) 1.70% Blackball Trencher Guide to Comics #1 (12) 1.70% Eclipse/Claypool Elvira #12 (35) 1.32% Taliesen Press Starchild #8 (42) 1.27% Slave Labor Graph Dork #2 (44) 1.21% Cry For Dawn That Chemical Reflex #1 (30) .94% Heroic Publications Flare Adventures #1 (87) .85% Boneyard Press Howard Stern vs Rush Limb signed (67) .84% Fantaco King of the Dead #0 (49) .79% Anubis Press Choke #5 (100) .79% Raging Rhino Donielle: Enslaved at Sea #12 (84) .66% Ground Zero Widow: Kill Me Again #3 (98) .42% Polyventura Warcat Unlimited #1 (120) .34% Brainstorm Dawn Trading Card Ed #1 (146) .34% Alpha Productions Nightmark: Blood and Honor #1 (96) .33% Acid Rain Studios Naked Fangs: Tales of Vamp #2 (95) .33% MU Press Xanadu: Across Diamond #4 (80) .33% Fleer/Titan Dredd Rules #11 (108) .24% Cartoonists Across Penguin and Pencilguin #8 (137) .23% Schism Bru-Hed #2 (102) .23% Black Eye Pickle #4 (129) .22% Taxi Comics Exit #10 (123) .20% Rough Cut Rough Cut #1 (81) .20% Mordam Records World War III Illust #20 (121) .18% Dancing Elephant Kane #3 (126) .18% Chiasmus One Eye Open One Eye Cl #1 (132) .18% One Shot Press Philistine #1 (125) .16% Bastard Bunny Bastard Bunny #6 (138) .16% Drawn and Quarterly Palooka-ville #1 (2nd) (128) .15% Silver Tongue Metallic Bliss #2 (127) .13% Psycho Comics Company/Quick Blade #1 (179) .11% LDE Entertainment Savage Blood Special #1 (135) .10% Retrographix Strange Attractors #3 (136) .10% Press This Alan Groening's Bad Salsa 1/2 (157) .09% Thinkblots Freeflight #1 (142) .09% Jump Back Prod. Sugar Ray Finhead #5 (144) .09% Others 20 companies 1.13% NOTE: The top-selling B&W comic is determined by # of copies sold, and the rank listed is among B&W comics only. -------------------------------------------------------------------------