>After a profitable Q1 (see "Games Push IDWP to Profitability"), IDW Publishing swung to a loss in its fiscal Q2 ended April 30, albeit a smaller one than in the same quarter a year ago, the company said in its quarterly earnings release. IDW Publishing revenues grew incrementally, to $6.1 million from $6.0 million in the year ago quarter. The division lost $300,000, a better result than the $500,000 loss in the previous year. The division is now solely focused on comics; it is exiting the game business after the recent release of Batman: The Animated Series Adventures. >The publishing division’s sales were the revenues for the entire company, IDW Media Holdings, as no entertainment revenue was booked in the quarter. >The holding company lost $2.3 million in the quarter, vs. a $2.5 million profit in the previous year. IDW Entertainment expects revenue and profits from Locke and Key S3 and Surfside Girls S1 in the back half of the year.
Read the thread Image, Boom, Dynamite, etc are doing better than ever Direct market publishers are doing better period IDW is the one that stands out like a sore thumb
Easton Allen
Most people buy comics at their local comic shop. That's also where the comics are on full display. If children (a common receiver of comics) can no longer go outside to the comic shop, then they won't know new issues are out. Also, most comics these days aren't worth buying because the mediocre plot is stretched out over 4 issues instead of 1 or 2.
Joseph Roberts
im sure extremely talented wymen like heather antos had nothing to do with this.
Evan Gutierrez
IDW was already declining before she showed up Their problems are far beyond the scope of a single person
Ryan Collins
Image is doing so good with Marvel and DC away.
Isaiah Smith
counting retarded shit like dog is not helping your fucking case. the super hero and various independent comics were outsold by one manga. that is fucking fact.
but ....what this user said IDW seem to be doing something horribly wrong. you can't even blame licensing fees because that would only affect profit not sales
Aiden Clark
Over reliance on licenseshit Fact, a comic Any Forums never talks about has sold multiple times more than IDW Sonic Licenseshitters exist beyond the scope of people who actually buy comics and are thus more prone to piracy since they have no real incentive to even go to an LCS It's something they're waking up to now and it's why they're focusing on creator owned works more and more
Angel Morales
Why would anyone read IDW when there are autists just straight uploading entire issues to youtube for free? Reading is for fags real chads get youtubers to spoonfeed them comics with background music and sound effects and yelling.
So? There's an audience for it. I'd be happy to see stuff like horror, true crime, and romance flourish in american comics again.
Hunter Phillips
Bruh, horror and crime have been common in modern comics for over a decade
Kayden Ross
>watching youtubers so they can read a bedtime comic for you zoomies are truly a lost cause
Brayden Russell
They killed TMNT which was one of their best sellers.
Michael Green
TMNT is still their best seller The Last Ronin was a massive hit for them
Caleb Cook
Horror has gotten a lot better in terms of availability in comics, that's true, but what about true crime? That used to be a huge seller for adult women in america before the CCA did it in. And there's still barely any romance.
Andrew Ward
Last Ronin was great. Tranny webcomic not so much. Have you seen recent TMNT? Nobody wants to pay for this.
