How do people find these idiotic Instagram comic “speculators” ?? Also, why do people even follow them ??
Facebook is full of them, especially in the CBSI group. Man alive, those are some of the lowest forms of comic “speculators”. Just pump and dumps all day.
Just found this on TFAW for 10% off cover price Stray Dogs #1 (Cover C - Blank Cover) (selling for $35 on eBay)
Sold out now
Just take out the exacto knife cut off the blank and it becomes a cover A
Here’s what I just can’t wrap my head around with a great majority of these “spec channels/youtubers/groups”.
They bring up a book they feel is spec worthy…and then try to justify it (do a degree) by talking about how few of the book are on the “census”.
Well no shit there aren’t many on the census! Nobody cares about the book, it’s worth a dollar…and not a soul really cared about the book (other than those that just like the comic book itself) until you decided to highlight it! Why in the world would anyone grade the book to begin with?
Comichron old info is still handy from time to time but now since it’s all “estimates” based on likely bullshit… I don’t even bother with the site anymore. I could just make up numbers and post them on a site, cause that’s all that’s happening now.
We know for sure SWHR had around a 200,000 print run with second prints included via the news release.
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And according to Comichron, there are more copies of DM7 than SWHR 1, so figuring SWHR at exactly 200,000 yields these results.
These figures are actually pretty accurate since the $ volume in comparison to SWHR for Future State Justice League allow us to calculate a bottom number for the list.
These would be the lowest possible print runs based on the data. I would add a 10-20k buffer on the top to be safe.
10-20k buffer? When you start talking those types of large buffer margins… that’s when you should just stop using it as data talking points and references in my opinion.
It’s still important information. It shows that the comic hobby has grown a lot.
Based on made up stuff? That’s the problem I have. Honestly though, if you look at print runs, they’re still dropping on average while graphic novels are actually growing…
It’s not made up. It’s math.
The only assumption is SWHR at exactly 200,000. That’s why I would add 10-20k to be safe.
they get this estimate from polling lcs for their order numbers, so this doesnt likely include store variants. which HR1 had a ton
If I recall correctly, HR1 had 4 store variants. Maybe it was 3? Anyone remember?
At one point it was based on actual sales released by Diamond. Now it’s all just guesstimates. I would take it all with a grain of salt for the most part.
Agreed. It definitely sucks now compared to how it was. But at least we’re not totally in the dark.
o i do, hard to believe that the most hyped book of the year sold less copies than last issue of a mini
A lot of people slept on HR1. That’s why it was $15-$30+ out the gate depending on the cover.
I can quote all kinds of books I’ve read about polling… Sure it might look good when you base the numbers on percentages but if you want to narrow down the actual numbers, it always falls short and it’s just a bunch of nonsense.
Like I said, comichron still has it’s uses but I stopped caring when they’re now just “estimating” based on bullshit cause we all know every comic shop is different. Midtown might order 1000 copies of a book while my local shop orders 100, does that mean shops on average ordered 500? I doubt it… those estimates are just fuzzy at that point and I’d take what comichron posts with a half grain of salt to be honest…
And keep in mind, the numbers for SWHR 1 even include the second print.
I still have 10 copies of each cover for HR1. Amazingly I have not sold these too soon like I usually do. Still have a few 1:10s and maybe a 1:25. I would have to look to verify.