Date:    Sun, 23 Oct 1994 21:56:19 CDT
From:    [A--R--C] at [delphi.com]
Subject: Marketing - Top B&W Publishers October 1994

TOP 50 PUBLISHERS OF BLACK AND WHITE COMICS FOR OCTOBER 1994

This list shows the top 50 publishers of black and white comic
books, as reported by Capital City, for the month of OCTOBER 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.

                           Top-selling B&W
COMPANY        #books      comic (w/rank)      7/94    8/94    9/94    10/94

Viz                6  Ranma 1/2 III #11 (5)   10.89%   9.56%  10.77%   9.54%
Dark Horse         6  Dark Horse Pres #90 (3)  9.51%   9.83%   8.49%   9.18%
Fantagraphics     25  Eightball #14 (20)       9.54%   7.28%   8.15%   9.16%
London Night       5  Razor Annual #2 (12)     3.85%  10.36%           7.44%
Antarctic         10  Vanity Angel #2 (30)    10.91%   5.78%  11.39%   6.29%
Cartoon Books      1  Bone #16 (1)             7.32%   9.68%   7.60%   6.10%
Caliber            9  Oz #1 (13)               3.30%   2.51%   2.08%   4.44%
Academy/Acid Rain  6  Robotech Optera #1 (36)                  4.08%   3.49%
Marvel             3  Savage Conan #228 (6)    5.38%   3.34%   4.33%   2.97%
Brainstorm         1  Vamperotica Swim #1 (4)   .68%   4.02%           2.32%
First Amendment    1  OJ Simpson Story #5 (8)                          1.97%
Aardvark-Vanaheim  1  Cerebus #187 (2)         2.87%   1.88%   2.26%   1.93%
Pocket Change      2  Shadow Slasher #1 (27)   2.58%                   1.85%
Lightning          3  War Party #1 (44)                        3.73%   1.77%
Aria Press         4  A Distant Soil #12 (22)  1.60%    .80%   1.32%   1.63%
Revolutionary      3  Carnal Comics:Aja#1 (50)  .69%    .56%           1.62%
Slave Labor        7  Action Girl Comics #1 (58).86%   1.24%    .95%   1.59%
Sirius             1  Animal Mystic #3 (11)    1.03%            .34%   1.56%
MU Press           5  Lowlife #6 (55)           .48%    .56%           1.45%
Cry For Dawn       1  Outlaw Nation #1 (40)    2.81%   4.15%    .61%   1.40%
Comico             3  Mongrel #1-A (52)         .77%   2.59%    .47%   1.21%
King Hell          2  Rarebit Fiends #4 (37)   1.17%           1.30%   1.04%
Anubis Press       3  Urban Decay: Fork #0 (59)         .60%    .40%   1.03%
AC Comics          5  Good Girl Quart 317 (78)  .68%    .60%    .79%    .99%
Aardwolf           1* Aardwolf #1 (35)                                  .94%
Claypool           3  Elvira #18 (53)          1.21%    .61%    .80%    .91%
Rebel Studios      1  Gunfighters Hell #4 (41)         3.07%   1.68%    .85%
New England Comics 1  Tick: Karma Torn #7 (38)          .78%            .84%
Taliesen           1  Starchild #14 (43)        .82%    .68%   2.77%    .80%
Brown Study        1* Flame Twisters #1 (34)                            .79%
Fireman Press      1  Scud: Disposable #4 (49)          .87%            .73%
Malibu             2  Prime Mo. Ashcan (10)                    1.11%    .72%
Illustration Stud  2  Woron's World #3a (87)                            .69%
Fiasco             3  Don Simpsons Biz #6 (56)  .66%    .65%    .67%    .66%
Pen and Ink        1  Wandering Star #9 (48)            .55%            .62%
Blackline          1* Futuretech #1 (64)                                .58%
Scott Jackson      1* Heavy Metal Monst #1 (79)                         .51%
Drawn and Quarter  1  Palookaville #6 (65)             2.10%            .49%
Ursus Studios      2  Buster the Amazing #5 (74)                        .47%
Jabberwocky        1  Advent of Olivia #4 (100)                         .47%
Millennium         1  Night's Children: Lia (85)                        .46%
Comics Revue       1  Modesty Blaise #3 (126)                           .42%
Mulehide           1  Poison Elves #18 (70)     .30%    .26%            .38%
Alpha Graphics     1  Dark Destiny #1 (93)      .43%    .56%            .37%
Electric Milk      2* Cray Baby Advent #1 (107)                         .37%
Fantaco            2  King of the Dead #4 (131)2.22%    .49%            .35%
Kitchen Sink       2  From Hell #5 (141)        .48%   1.02%   1.93%    .35%
Retrografix        2  Strange Attractors #7 (93)        .19%            .32%
Devlin Studios     1* Devlin Demon: Not #1 (110)                        .28%

NOTE: The top-selling B&W comic is determined by # of copies
sold, and the rank listed is among B&W comics only.

AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO READ THIS CHART:

Caliber            9  Oz #1 (13)               3.30%   2.51%   2.08%   4.44%