Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) *
2 (+7). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
3 (-). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition)
4 (+1). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume III: Century #2 1969 *
5 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out
6 (+4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
7 (+5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
8 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
9 (-1). Batman: Year One
10 (+3). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
11 (+11). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
12 (+17). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
13 (+2). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
14 (+2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
15 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
16 (+11). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
17 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
18 (+3). Watchmen
19 (+5). V for Vendetta
20 (+3). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming
21 (-1). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 *
22 (R). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (Kindle)
23 (+8). Batman: Hush
24 (+1). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
25 (+11). Sailor Moon 1 *
26 (-). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
27 (-9). Batman: The Killing Joke
28 (+9). Batman: The Long Halloween
29 (+21). Jericho Season 3
30 (+18). Big Nate: From the Top
31 (-12). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
32 (+10). Big Nate Out Loud
33 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
34 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
35 (R). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
36 (R). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
37 (-4). Amulet #4: The Last Council *
38 (N). K-ON!, Vol. 3 *
39 (-37). The Stonekeeper (Amulet, Book 1)
40 (-12). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
41 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
42 (-1). Codename: Sailor V 1 *
43 (+2). Blackest Night
44 (R). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
45 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 1
46 (N). Warriors: SkyClan and the Stranger #1: The Rescue
47 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
48 (R). Blood Work: An Original Hollows Graphic Novel
49 (-19). Walking Dead Volume 13
50 (-3). Batman: Dark Victory



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

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

* It's only the first week of August, but that seems to be close enough to the start of school that books like Persepolis, Maus, The Dark Knight Returns, and Understanding Comics are starting to show gains as students take a look at their syllabi for their upcoming classes and the University Effect begins.

* There are seven Batman books—all catalog titles—on the list this week; two of them in the top ten. And that's without a movie this summer...

* Only two debuts this week, and both in the bottom half: a new volume of the manga K-ON!, and a new Warriors.