According to this column article by DC Comics bigwig (and former writer) Paul Levitz, DC sold "almost 100,000 copies [of the Watchmen collected series]... in 2007"!! That absolutely blows my mind, at a time when the vast majority of monthly (new!) comics aren't selling at even half that level! Sure, that's new crap and we're talking about Watchmen here, but it originally came out over 20 years ago! No wonder DC has continued to keep it in print continuously since it debuted (much to the disgust and disappointment of Alan Moore, who I believe would get the rights to the series if it were to go out of print). That's a huge money maker for the company, especially when you consider that the cheapest collection is cover-priced around $24 (and the high-end ones, like the Absolute Watchmen that I own, is more like $100).
As with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album - which continues to move new copies every month, despite being over 35 years old - it's great to see that some gems are finding new audiences with each new generation. Quality doesn't go out of fashion.
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