Media industry news site ICv2 reported on Friday that Kristen McLean, senior executive director of Circana Entertainment Knowledge Group, gave a presentation at Thursday’s ComicsPRO Open House event that included information about the state of the U.S. comics industry. 2024 half.
According to McLean, Manga and other East Asian-style comics, e.g. comicsComics accounted for the largest share of graphic novel sales in the 12 months to June 2024, but comics also contributed to the decline of graphic novels in the book pipeline.
comics and comics Comics accounted for 40% of the graphic novel market in the 12 months to June 2024. disappear.
The fastest growing manga series in the first half of 2024 include anime adaptations such as: Jujutsu Kaisen, Pharmacist’s Diary, Delicious food in the dungeon, One Piece: Ace’s Story-Manga, Freeze: Beyond the Journey’s Endand Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer Academy.
Graphic novel sales fell 16% overall from 2022 to 2023, and fell 12% in the first half of 2024 compared with the first half of 2023. Figures show the decline is slowing, with sales still higher than in 2017.
The report also pointed out that the U.S. paper book market is overall stable, with sales in the first half of 2024 unchanged from the first half of 2023. , e-books account for 17%.
ICv2’s full report on McClean’s talk is available here.
ICv2 reported in July that comic and graphic novel sales in the United States and Canada fell by about 7% in 2023. Above, sales at that time were $1.1 billion.
The Beat reported in February 2022 that comic book sales increased by 171.1% in 2021 compared to the previous year. NPD BookScan 2021 graphic novel sales data found that the comics subcategory accounted for 76.71% of sales in the adult fiction category.
NPD BookScan changed its name to Circana Books in March 2023 following the merger of NPD Group and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) in 2022. Point of sale data, big box stores, independent bookstores and more. Circana BookScan covers approximately 85% of the commercially printed book market in the United States.
Source: ICv2 (Brigid Alverson)
