According to my distributor, the average original graphic novel in the US, right now, sells 700-750 copies.

I think that& #39;s a key piece of conversation missing from a lot of The Discourse.

Of course:
-Distro sales don& #39;t account for ALL GN sales. At all.
-Yes, there are GNs that sell in the millions, annually.
-No, this is not distinguishing between the output of arthouse boutique publishers and megacorps like Random House and Scholastic, it& #39;s all lumped together.

- And this is a release year figure, not including backlist sales in following years.

But still.

S t i l l .

In North America, comics is in a better place than it& #39;s been in in living memory. But we& #39;re still one tenth the size of prose.

That will absolutely change, the market share will absolutely grow. It& #39;s growing at a BLISTERING rate, already. But we& #39;re not there yet.