Looking Ahead at New York Comic Con.

So far this year, he added, sales of manga and kids' comics are up about 30% in the book channel over the comparable period in 2018, and up nearly 100% in direct-market comics shops. Griepp said he expects that, sometime in 2019, sales of graphic novels in the book channel will surpass combined sales of comics periodicals and graphic novels in the comics shop market for the first time. In 2018, graphic novel sales in the book channel were $465 million, and combined periodicals and graphic novels in the comics shop channel were about $510 million. [Extracted from the article]

Copyright of Publishers Weekly is the property of PWxyz LLC and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)