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I will admit up front that this is a limited data set, using only one data source for working out this holiday season’s top sellers, but it is a good start to see what is working well in the independent comic book market. Many people base decisions on what to purchase and what not to purchase based on the top 100 items from Diamond Comics, so here is my list of what absolutely rocked the halls for independent publishers for the holiday season 2010, from November 01 to December 23rd 2010.
1. I Feel Sick Number 1 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by Jhonen Vaszuez
2. I Feel Sick Number 2 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by JhonenVasquez
3. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Number 1 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by JhonenVasquez
4. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Number 2 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by JhonenVasquez
5. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Number 3 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by JhonenVasquez
6. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Number 6 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by JhonenVasquez
7. JellyFist by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by Jhonen Vasquez
8. Red Meat Gold by St. Martins Griffen and Written by Max Cannon
9. Squee Number 1 by Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) and written by Jhonen Vasquez
10. How to Cosplay Volume 1 by Graphic Sha-Pub Co and written by Graphic Sha
Those are out top 10 best sellers from November 01 through December 23 2010 with an obvious winner of Slave Labor Graphics and Jhonen Vasquez. Not available through Diamond by the way, and many of these are out of print with people picking up what ever copies they can between Ebay, Amazon, Alibris and other places at huge markups.
