Two new children’s magazines heading to newsagents
Peppa Pig
BEANO gains again, changes ahead for Panini’s superhero titles – British Comic News Stand Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (July – December 2020)
The latest reported ABC Magazine Sales Figures for July to December 2020 were released recently, and despite the Coronavirus Pandemic and the closure of many WHSmith, we are delighted to see that some titles not only saw sales rise, in no small… Read More ›
British Comic Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (January – June 2018): Beano on the rise, Peppa Pig continues to party to high sales
Report by John Freeman and Jeremy Briggs The latest sales figures for some comics and children’s magazines available on the UK news stand for the first half of 2018 have been published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). There are winners… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Comics and Children’s Magazines Publisher Robert Sutherland
I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Robert Sutherland, who was Managing Director of Marvel UK between 1980 and 1990, and CEO of Redan Publishing for 27 years. Shrewsbury-based Redan fast became the UK’s leading publisher of… Read More ›
British Comic Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (July – December 2017): Good news for Beano, bad for TOXIC
The latest sales figures for some comics and children’s magazines available on the UK news stand for the second half of 2017 have just been published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). There are winners and losers as ever, as consumer… Read More ›
A Friday Rant: The Perplexing Non Publicity for many British Comic Publications
The latest issue of InPublishing, a magazine covering all aspects of newspaper, magazine and digital publishing – available free to those working in publishing – and which publishes all its features, free to view, online – has just interviewed Egmont… Read More ›
British Comic Sales Figures: Winners and Losers (July – December 2015)
Updated 16th February to add comment from Generation Media The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) sales figures for titles registered with the organisation have just been published this week and while many comics or young children’s magazines have taken a hit for the reporting… Read More ›
2014 Top Toy Brands announced, most have have tie-in comics in the UK
LIMA – the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association – has just revealed the nation’s favourite licensed toy brands among British children, with LEGO and Barbie taking the top spots on boys’ and girls’ lists of the most favoured toy… Read More ›
British News Stand Comic Sales see surge for pre-school, dips for humour titles
(Updated 20th August 2014) The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported sales figures for January – June 2014 have been released, which include subscription sales, with Redan’s Peppa Pig and Immediate Media’s CBeebies Weekly titles continuing to do well in the pre-school market. Egmont, too,… Read More ›
Game of Thrones, Marvel and The Beano among Licensing Award finalists
The Beano, Marvel Comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and top fantasy adventure drams Game of Thrones are among the final nominees in this year’s Licensing Awards, announced this week. Approaching 5,000 licensed products were entered into the Product Awards… Read More ›
Royal Mail celebrates 60 years of classic children’s TV
The Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme kicks-off 2014 with an issue that celebrates over 60 years of Classic Children’s TV – and almost every character featured has appeared in one comic or more down the years. 12 of the most… Read More ›
Redan Publishing delivers digital Peppa Pig title
Redan Publishing – run by former Marvel UK CEO Robert Sutherland – has extended its partnership with Entertainment One to launch its first digital Peppa Pig magazine. The new digital format – based on the company’s top-selling Fun To Learn… Read More ›