Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 22:06:00 CDT From: [A--R--C] at [delphi.com] Subject: The Market - Top 150 B&W Comics August 1994 TOP 150 BLACK AND WHITE COMICS FOR AUGUST 1994 Here is a listing of the top 150 black and white comics for August 1994, as reported by Internal Correspondence and Capital City. Note that this includes only direct market sales, and is by quantity, not dollar value. Rank Item Publisher Index 1 (147) Razor/Shi Special #1 London Night 13.6 2 (250) Cry For Dawn Lingerie Book Cry For Dawn 7.6 3 (255) Fantastic Four/Force Ashcan Marvel 7.3 4 (266) Northstar Presents: JO Barr Comico 6.8 5 (270) Oh My Goddess #1 Dark Horse 6.6 6 (272) Cerebus #185 Aardvark-Vana 6.5 7 (278) Vamperotica #2 Brainstorm 6.4 8 (287) Dark Horse Presents #88 Dark Horse 5.8 9 (288) Bone #1 Cartoon Books 5.7 10 (289) Savage Sword of Conan #226 Marvel 5.6 11 (291) Ranma 1/2 III #9 Viz 5.5 12 (299) Bone #2 Cartoon Books 5.1 13 (302) Bone #3 Cartoon Books 5.0 14 (305) Bone #4 Cartoon Books 4.9 15 (307) Bone #5 Cartoon Books 4.8 16 (310) Eo #2 Rebel Studios 4.3 17 (311) Battle Angel Alita III #10 Dark Horse 4.3 18 (313) Vamperotica #1 Brainstorm 4.2 19 (314) Razor #10 London Night 4.1 20 (315) Nausicaa IV #3 Viz 4.1 21 (318) Instant Piano #1 Dark Horse 3.9 22 (319) Mermaid's Promise #1 Viz 3.9 23 (322) Ironwood #10 Fantagraphics 3.7 24 (325) Caravan Kidd III #4 Dark Horse 3.5 25 (326) Conan Saga #91 Marvel 3.5 26 Razor: Suffering #2 London Night 3.5 27 Bondage Fairies #6 Antarctic Press 3.4 28 Maison Ikkoku III #2 Viz 3.3 29 American Splendor: Step Dark Horse 3.1 30 Bio-Booster Guyver #11 Viz 3.1 31 Young Zen: City of Death #1 Express 3.0 32 Underwater #1 Drawn and Quart 2.9 33 Golden Warrior Iczer One #5 Antarctic Press 2.9 34 Hellspock #1 Express 2.8 35 Zen Int Ninja: Phaedra #3 Express 2.8 36 A Distant Soil #10 Aria Press 2.5 37 White Like She #4 Dark Horse 2.4 38 Lycanthrocope Leo #6 Viz 2.4 39 Tick: Karma Tornado #6 New England 2.2 40 Negative Burn #14 Caliber 2.2 41 Starchild #12 Taliesen 2.1 42 Dark Horse Downunder #2 Dark Horse 2.0 43 Renfield #1 Caliber 1.8 44 Scud: Disposable Assass #3 Fireman 1.7 45 Wandering Star #8 Pen and Ink 1.7 46 Too Much Coffee Man #3 Adhesive 1.7 47 Elvira #16 Claypool 1.6 48 Razor: Suffering signed #1 London Night 1.6 49 Amazing Strip #7 Antarctic Press 1.5 50 Faust: Rebel Edition #1 Rebel Studios 1.5 51 Don Simpson's Bizarre H #4 Fiasco Comics 1.5 52 Razor: Angel in Black #3 London Night 1.5 53 Razor: Angel in Black #4 London Night 1.5 54 Faust: Rebel Edition #9 Rebel Studios 1.5 55 Stygmata #2 Express 1.5 56 Buttfuque U. Fantagraphics 1.4 57 Dark #8 Continum 1.4 58 Dark #9 Continum 1.3 59 Omaha Cat Dancer #11 Fantagraphics 1.3 60 Sally Forth #6 Fantagraphics 1.3 61 Venus Comics Sampler Antarctic Press 1.3 62 H. Stern vs. Rush Limbaugh Boneyard 1.2 63 Gold Digger #14 Antarctic Press 1.2 64 Ashley Dust #1 Sky Comics 1.2 65 Eo #1 Rebel Studios 1.2 66 Tomorrow Man/Knight H #1 Antarctic Press 1.1 67 Slacker #1 Slave Labor Gr 1.1 68 Twilight-X Quarterly #1 Antarctic Press 1.1 69 City of Dreams #1 Fantagraphics 1.0 70 Palookaville #5 Drawn and Quart 1.0 71 Insidious Tales #1 Cry For Dawn .9 72 Jacquelyn the Ripper #1 Fantagraphics .9 73 Sheedeva #1 Fantagraphics .9 74 Twisted Sister Comics #4 Kitchen Sink .9 75 Crack Whore Fantagraphics .9 76 Femforce Up Close #10 AC Comics .9 77 From Hell #2 (2nd) Kitchen Sink .9 78 Urban Decay: Killzone #0 Anubis .8 79 Poison Elves #17 Mulehide Graphics .8 80 Cenotaph #1 Comico .8 81 Hot Nights in Rangoon #2 Fantagraphics .8 82 Dr. Andy #1 Polyventura .8 83 Helga Twist #1 Fantagraphics .8 84 Retro 50's Comix Edge .8 85 Bloodthirst: Nightfall #2 Alpha Prod. .8 86 One-Fisted Tales #11 Slave Labor Gr .8 87 Deathsnake #1 Fantagraphics .8 88 Lorelei #4 Starwarp .8 89 Twisted Vixens: X-Rated #10 Revolutionary .8 90 Hard Rock: Nirvana #4 sign Revolutionary .8 91 Milk and Cheese's First 2nd Slave Labor Gr .8 92 Shanda #5 Antarctic Press .8 93 Wiindows #18 Cult Press .8 94 Fantastic Panic #7 Antarctic Press .8 95 Furrlough #20 Antarctic Press .8 96 Post Brothers #39 MU Press .7 97 Wild Life #8 Antarctic Press .7 98 Donielle: Enslaved at #9 Raging Rhino .7 99 Big Mouth #4 Fantagraphics .7 100 Freak Brothers #5 Rip Off Press .7 101 Wiindows: First Pane Cult Press .7 102 Franny Vale's Great C #1 Fantagraphics .6 103 Atomic City Tales #1 Black Eye Prod. .6 104 Noir: Illustrated Crime #2 Alpha Prod. .6 105 Rough Trade #2 Boneyard .6 106 Gwar: Skulhedface #1 Last Gasp .6 107 Scud: Disposable Assass #2 Fireman .6 108 Eyebeam: The Trilogy #2 Adhesive .6 109 Strange Attractors #6 Retrographix .6 110 King of the Dead #3 Fantaco .6 111 Deadworld #13 Caliber .6 112 Way Out Strips #3 Fantagraphics .6 113 Duplex Planet: Vast Kn #1 Fantagraphics .6 114 Lazarus Pits: Succubus #1 Boneyard .6 115 Fever #0 Dark Visions .5 116 Fat Freddy's Cat #7 Rip Off Press .5 117 Peter Kuper's Wildlife #2 Fantagraphics .5 118 Eightball #1 Fantagraphics .5 119 Femforce Up Close Spec #10 AC Comics .5 120 Talismen Ashcan #0 Anubis .5 121 Alex #4 Fantagraphics .5 122 Diva Graphix and Stories #2 Fantagraphics .4 123 On the Bus: Stories Beaten Slave Labor Gr .4 124 Acid Head Arnie Knockabout .4 125 Jane Doe #9 Raging Rhino .4 126 Q-LOC #1 Chiasmus .4 127 Weird West #3 Fantaco .4 128 Deadworld Chronicles: Pla Caliber .4 129 Kane #5 Dancing Elephant .4 130 Matchsticks #1 Neo-tek .4 131 Nightlinger Special #1 Caliber .4 132 Jaq Hammer Ashcan #0 Anubis .4 133 Whot Not #4 Fantagraphics .4 134 Beck and Caul #4 Fantagraphics .4 135 Naughty Bits #6 (2nd) Fantagraphics .4 136 Black Mist #4 Caliber .4 137 Enforcers #0 Dark Visions .4 138 Blood Rites Ashcan #0 Triad Publishing .3 139 Metamorphous: Rights #1 David G. Brown .3 140 Deadbeats #8 Claypool .3 141 Palookaville #4 Drawn and Quart .3 142 Dinky on the Road #1 Blind Rat .3 143 Places that are Gone #2 MU Press .3 144 True Swamp #1 Peristaltic .3 145 Factual Illusion #1 Polyventura .3 146 Zombie War Tech Manual Fantaco .3 147 Seth Throb Underground #3 Slave Labor Gr .3 148 Freeflight #3 Thinkblots .3 149 Omega Knight #1 Polyventura .3 150 Blue Moon v2 #1 MU Press .3 ...out of over 200 black and white comics. (And out of over 600 comics overall.) NOTE: The number in parenthesis is the rank of the comic among ALL comics, including color books. The index rates how well the comic sold in comparison to Uncanny X-Men #317. For example, for every 100 copies of U. X-Men #317, 6.5 copies of Cerebus #185 were sold. NOTE: Figures are available for June 1993 through July 1994 for black and white books, September 1993 through July 1994 for color books.