Gaurav Singh
@gauravkrsingh.bsky.social
Designer, Usability, Marketing and Comics Enthusiast.
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I’m a big fan of this essay by @michaelchabon.bsky.social - I do share it when I do ms marvel in my intro class. It’s great if you’ve not seen it www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
Secret Skin
An essay in unitard theory.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m a big fan of this essay by @michaelchabon.bsky.social - I do share it when I do ms marvel in my intro class. It’s great if you’ve not seen it www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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Excited that people are interested in this sort of thing. I cover it extensively—engravers, McCay/Hunt, and hidden/anonymous comics labor—in How Comics Are Made at your local bookstore! howcomicsaremade.ink
Signed copies via glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h...
Signed copies via glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h...
How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page
howcomicsaremade.ink
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Excited that people are interested in this sort of thing. I cover it extensively—engravers, McCay/Hunt, and hidden/anonymous comics labor—in How Comics Are Made at your local bookstore! howcomicsaremade.ink
Signed copies via glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h...
Signed copies via glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h...
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And ICv2/Comichron’s excellent ongoing reports are a brilliant source of info. I’m not sure when 2025’s report is out, but here’s 2024’s:
icv2.com/articles/mar....
icv2.com/articles/mar....
Comics and Graphic Novel Sales up in 2024
Via Growth in Comic Stores
icv2.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
And ICv2/Comichron’s excellent ongoing reports are a brilliant source of info. I’m not sure when 2025’s report is out, but here’s 2024’s:
icv2.com/articles/mar....
icv2.com/articles/mar....
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The Beat’s absolutely brilliant annual North American Bookscan sales report, whilst now sadly ended, remains the most useful free look at sales trends across GNs (note: It doesn’t include direct market or scholastic book fair sales). Here’s the last one from 2023:
www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-w...
www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-w...
Bookscan 2023: comics sales sag but Scholastic was a powerhouse
Marvel and DC had tough years in 2023, while Scholastic made up nearly 40% of book store comics sales, according to Brian Hibbs
www.comicsbeat.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The Beat’s absolutely brilliant annual North American Bookscan sales report, whilst now sadly ended, remains the most useful free look at sales trends across GNs (note: It doesn’t include direct market or scholastic book fair sales). Here’s the last one from 2023:
www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-w...
www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-w...
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Here’s a recent good read from PW about US manga sales, and the type of manga that’s been read, with some generalities on who is reading it:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/....
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/....
Girls to the Front of Manga Readership
Girls and young women have always been a key part of the U.S. manga audience, but that audience is changing as it grows up and branches out—and publishers are eager to follow.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Here’s a recent good read from PW about US manga sales, and the type of manga that’s been read, with some generalities on who is reading it:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/....
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/....
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The other flipbook piece. I wish they were longer - but i realize they are the length of his sequences. I had some big little books as a kid that had flipbook sequences in the corner. Always wanted to try the same. This is inspiring…
July 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The other flipbook piece. I wish they were longer - but i realize they are the length of his sequences. I had some big little books as a kid that had flipbook sequences in the corner. Always wanted to try the same. This is inspiring…