COMICS: Top 500 Comics And Graphic Novels Of 2015

I can't wait for this Star Wars shit to die down.

...because I can't.

Star Wars hasn't died down since 1977, so good luck waiting for that.

Star Wars dominates everything. Movies, merchandise, comics, and soon TV. It's something that resonates with so many people across generations. There's a lot to be said for a story/mythology that can transcend time effortlessly. My kids got into the cartoons and Clone Wars was huge to them. Now it's Rebels that they love. My parents took us to see Star Wars as kids and loved the new movie.

Comics are similar in many ways, their mythos is addictive, but films reach more people than books or comics. (Which is sad.) The other issue with comic movies is they have been redone to "relaunch" a series and that harms their social impact and value. I love comics and grew up with comic subscriptions, which I don't even know if it's a thing anymore. My kids love those properties but were raised on cartoons and have read only a couple comics. It's just not the same to them.

Star Wars is going to get bigger and dominate until the world gets sick of it. I just don't see that happening in my lifetime.

The only thing this really shows is the monopoly that Disney has become over the last few years.

It's not a monopoly if you are just kicking your competitions arse. It's called being better.

Monopoly is when you are the only choice. Or if you wear a monocle and top hat.

Whooo whee, that's embarrassing for DC. It's amazing that Didio still has a job.

I know a lot of you don't read comics as much as watch the films, so I'm going to let you all in on a secret.

90% of these comics weren't nearly as popular as this list suggests and had their demand vastly inflated by variant covers. The publisher will force the retailer to purchase $100 in extra comics to receive a variant cover that the retailer can sell to some dumb speculator for $200. It's the same comic on the inside, but there may be only 10 copies in existence with THAT cover. The speculator thinks they can sell it on ebay for $300, but more often than not, it's worth $10 1-2 years down the line.

Most of the top 10 were also in the loot crate subscription box that automatically tacks on 500,000 to the usually dismal sales.

the GN list is a much more reliable look at products the culture is actually interested in, since there's no variant covers for those.

@crawley

Oh shit, really? I've spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on Comixology. If Marvel and DC were ever to take those away I'd definitely give up supporting them forever. Print comics are a dying species. It's so much more cost-effective for publishers to put out digital comics.

When it said top i thought they had been rated. But sales...who gives a shit? Like who cares if people watch a tv show if it's garbage (CSI) Star wars was written by Jason Aaron it was good. The sad thing though it he wrote the best comic of the year and no one read it (it's called Southern Bastards)

@blackandyellow - anyone that buys trades for 35 bucks when they are 13 on comixology is a sucker. The only books I buy for real are 1 issues and only if I desperately need to know what happened next.

I wish more people read Omega Men. Best title out there.

Also MS. MARVEL at #13 in graphic novel sales! Remember when idiots dismissed her initially as a token, a PC stunt to get Marvel some press? Over 2 years later, one of the better reviewed books (it might just be their very best right now) and a dedicated cult following. Doesn't do so well with singles issues, but trades sell good. Maybe that's just a sign of future comic buying: less singles, more TPBs.