Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this afternoon. All the previous caveats apply.

1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
2 (-). Watchmen
3 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
5 (-). Star Trek: Countdown TPB
6 (+5). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) *
7 (+2). V for Vendetta
8 (-2). Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery
9 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
10 (+8). Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3)
11 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke
12 (N). The New Yorker Book of Mom Cartoons
13 (+3). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
14 (N). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 4
15 (+11). Wolverine: Origin
16 (+7). Blueberry Girl
17 (-7). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 3: Century #1 *
18 (N). Deadpool Classic, Vol. 1
19 (-6). Mercy Thompson Homecoming *
20 (+17). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
21 (+3). Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 3
22 (-1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
23 (+20). Deadpool Classic, Vol. 2
24 (-4). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
25 (+10). Weapon X (Wolverine)
26 (-4). Batman: Year One
27 (+21). Marvel Zombies 3
28 (N). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1 *
29 (-1). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
30 (N). The Complete Persepolis
31 (-16). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
32 (+15). No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
33 (+11). Batman: R.I.P.
34 (N). What the World Needs Now: A Resource Book for Daydreamers, Frustrated Inventors, Cranks, Efficiency Experts, Utopians, Gadgeteers, Tinkerers and Just about Everybody Else
35 (N). The Manga Guide to Databases
36 (+6). Bone: One Volume Edition
37 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
38 (-6). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
39 (N). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
40 (N). Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 3
41 (N). Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips *
42 (-35). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
43 (-5). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
44 (-27). The Joker
45 (-31). Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky: A Get Fuzzy Collection
46 (N). Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 18 *
47 (N). Y The Last Man Deluxe Edition Book Two *
48 (-21). The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack
49 (N). Vindication (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Vol. 5) *
50 (N). Angel: After The Fall Volume 1


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.


Commentary:

* Marvel's Wolverine-related comics trend way up, bucking the trend wherein comics sales fall after a movie's release. Will the halo effect last long?

* The other big mover are the Buffy season 8 collections, as volume four's release is imminent.

* The highest debut is for The New Yorker Book of Mom Cartoons, no doubt due to the impending Mothers' Day holiday.

* Naruto is nowhere to be seen, but The Manga Guide to Databases debuts at #35, and a preorder of a new volume of Fullmetal Alchemist pops up near the bottom.