Prana Declares DSTLRY the #9 Revenue Generator for Comic Stores in Their First Year
LOS ANGELES, CA / NEW YORK, NY — October 23, 2024 — DSTLRY, the next-generation comics publisher redefining creator-owned comic books and digital collectibles, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking achievement. According to data from Prana: Direct Market Solutions, a leading comics industry consulting firm, DSTLRY now ranks as the #9 revenue generator for comic stores across all publishers. This impressive achievement underscores DSTLRY’s rapid rise as a major player in the industry in its first year of publishing.
Presented last Wednesday at Retailer Day during New York Comic Con, the statistically significant data from Prana—pulled from Brian Garside’s Manage Comics POS systems—analyzed 27,000 pull list subscribers across 177 stores. The findings confirm that DSTLRY has rapidly earned its place among the industry’s top publishers by revenue, measured through Average Retail Dollars Per Store. This impressive debut underscores DSTLRY’s growing impact on the comics industry.
“When we launched DSTLRY, we promised ‘The Revolution Begins,’ and this is proof we meant it,” said David Steinberger, co-founder and CEO of DSTLRY. “Landing as the #9 revenue generator is no accident—it’s the product of our creators, our retail partners, and our fans.”
DSTLRY’s innovative approach—oversized single issues, with twice the regular page count of current single issues, top-shelf design, packaging and featuring the greatest creators working today —has clearly resonated with comic book readers and collectors.
“We’re just getting started. Ranking #9 in our first year is exciting, but it’s not the finish line,” said Chip Mosher, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. “This success belongs to our creators, who are crafting groundbreaking stories, and the retailers who believed in our vision. The revolution we promised is well underway, and there’s so much more to come.”
Co-founded by industry veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher, DSTLRY offers both premium print and digital formats, emphasizing creator ownership and innovation. Its Founding Creators include celebrated names like Mirka Andolfo, Brian Azzarello, Marc Bernardin, Elsa Charretier, Becky Cloonan, Lee Garbett, Jock, Joëlle Jones, Tula Lotay, Jamie McKelvie, Junko Mizuno, Stephanie Phillips, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Ram V and Founding Editor Will Dennis.
DSTLRY’s growing portfolio showcases a wide range of innovative and creator-driven titles. The Devil’s Cut serves as a collaborative anthology featuring stories from DSTLRY’s Founding Creators. Jock’s Gone presents a gripping sci-fi adventure. Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay’s Somna delves into folk horror. Mirka Andolfo offers a horror-comedy with Blasfamous. Scott Snyder partners with Francesco Francavilla on the maritime horror series White Boat. James Tynion IV and Christian Ward bring a psychedelic haunted house story in Spectregraph. Brian Azzarello teams up with Eduardo Risso for the Western epic The Blood Brothers Mother. Life by Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips & Danijel Žeželj showcases a sci-fi heist/prison break adventure in an innovative flip-book format. Chip Zdarsky, David Brothers, and Marcus To present a time-traveling thriller in Time Waits. Ryan Stegman and Jason Howard explore demonic forces in The Missionary. With next week seeing the debut of Becky Cloonan’s curated folk-horror one-shot, Come Find Me, which unites some of the top voices in horror comics
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