But I have no idea if those numbers are anything out of the ordinary or if it's just to be expected.
I'm guessing to be expected. Buffy unlike X-men, had a tv following, the fanbase would try the adaptation, but odds are about a 1/3rd of the base that tried would be disappointed and wander off. So they are probably happy that it was only a 1/3rd. Comics are not money makers. Whedon wasn't kidding when he said he couldn't make a living off of them.
Even with the loss, I'm guessing that Buffy is still DH's best selling comic ever. (Actually Allie has stated that a few times.) Same is true about the Angel and Spike comics on IDW (they have also sold the best for that organization.)
Keep in mind they aren't measuring success the same way we are. Very nitch cult audience - with a young and predominantly male demographic. Buffy is picking up the young female demo - which they rarely get, apparently. So I think from their perspective they are still doing rather well - heck, they've even won awards and been nominated for awards. They won the Eisner. Jeanty has won the Eisner. And they have gotten rave reviews in comics journals and online professional comic review blogs, plus Entertainment Weekly and mainstream mags have noticed them. That's major for a publisher like Dark Horse. The only negative reviews I've seen have been on my own flist. ;-)
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I'm guessing to be expected. Buffy unlike X-men, had a tv following, the fanbase would try the adaptation, but odds are about a 1/3rd of the base that tried would be disappointed and wander off. So they are probably happy that it was only a 1/3rd. Comics are not money makers. Whedon wasn't kidding when he said he couldn't make a living off of them.
Even with the loss, I'm guessing that Buffy is still DH's best selling comic ever. (Actually Allie has stated that a few times.) Same is true about the Angel and Spike comics on IDW (they have also sold the best for that organization.)
Keep in mind they aren't measuring success the same way we are. Very nitch cult audience - with a young and predominantly male demographic. Buffy is picking up the young female demo - which they rarely get, apparently. So I think from their perspective they are still doing rather well - heck, they've even won awards and been nominated for awards. They won the Eisner. Jeanty has won the Eisner. And they have gotten rave reviews in comics journals and online professional comic review blogs, plus Entertainment Weekly and mainstream mags have noticed them. That's major for a publisher like Dark Horse. The only negative reviews I've seen have been on my own flist.
;-)