| Here’s our weekly look at the digital comics best-sellers on four different platforms. The lists are constantly changing; this is a snapshot of what they were on Sunday evening. 1. The Walking Dead #113 This week’s ComiXology chart demonstrates the power of the 99-cent sale, as that’s what Kick-Ass was going for this weekend. Slots 11-15 on the best-seller list are also taken up with issues of Kick-Ass, and I think that’s all there is. The fact that I do these charts on Sunday evening should maximize the impact of those 99-cent sales, but many weeks the featured comics don’t show up at all. Of course, this was also the weekend that the movie Kick-Ass 2 opened, and maybe people were buying the comics instead of going to the movie. 1. Batman: The Killing Joke We wrote earlier about Batman: The Dark Knight Returns surging on the news that it will be the basis for the next Superman/Batman movie; it has been on the charts pretty steadily since July. Batman has been hot lately, and maybe folks were picking up copies of Batman: The Killing Joke because of the commentary in Kevin Smith’s recent interview with Grant Morrison. Or maybe lots of folks just felt like a good summer read. 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #23 The usual suspects are dominating this week, but it’s interesting that those Peanuts e-books, which first popped up on the Nook chart last week, have a bit of staying power. iBooks 1. Injustice: Gods Among Us #31 It’s interesting that the only platform on which people aren’t keeping current with Injustice: Gods Among Us is the Kindle; on all the others, the most recent issues are on the charts, but on Kindle it’s just issue #1. We’re also seeing Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as noted above, and plenty of My Little Pony comics, which is typical for iBooks. For some reason, that’s where people buy them. It’s also interesting to see that comiXology and iBooks are the two places readers go to get their monthly The Walking Dead fix. Digital Comics Best-Sellers for August 19th 2013 is a post from: E-Reader News |
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Digital Comics Best-Sellers for August 19th 2013
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