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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 2871009" data-attributes="member: 2525">The industry has since continued to evolve.  It's now moving to graphic novels.  Often with cheap interior paper.  And black and white graphic novels often make a lot of money now as well.  The "pamphlet" comic book will eventually be a tiny percentage of the total market, and comics will be primarily sold as books.I also don't hear people bemoaning a decline in sales.  I do however hear the San Diego Comic-Con International bemoaning that no matter how fast they expand they cannot keep up with the number of people attending.In fact, I decided to look up the actual numbers.  Here are the sales estimates for comic books (including graphic novels and trade paperbacks) since 2000 as reported by the comic book buyers guide, based on Diamonds reported numbers and estimates of newsstand comics and bookstore TPB sales, and not counting Manga sales (which are also booming).$400 Million to $450 Million in 2005$370 Million to $420 Million in 2004$340 Million to $380 Million in 2003$300 Million to $330 Million in 2002$260 Million to $285 Million in 2001$255 Million to $275 Million in 2000Does that sound like a decline in sales to you?</blockquote>