Between 2012 and 2018, the sales revenue of comic books in North America increased from 805 million U.S. dollars to almost 1.1 billion. Comics have grown increasingly popular in recent years, and graphic novel sales have also seen substantial annual growth despite overall declines in print books.
Sales revenue of print and digital comic books in North America from 2012 to 2018
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Forbes. (October 8, 2019). Sales revenue of print and digital comic books in North America from 2012 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091357/comic-sales-revenue-north-america/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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