Friday, October 28, 2011

Amazon Top 50

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

1 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) *
2 (+1). The Walking Dead, Book 7
3 (-1). Batman: Arkham City
4 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
5 (-). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
6 (-2). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2
7 (-). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
8 (+5). Batman: Year One
9 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
10 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
11 (+6). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
12 (+22). The Walking Dead Volume 15 *
13 (-3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
14 (+7). Batman: Hush
15 (+1). The Walking Dead, Book 1
16 (+3). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out
17 (-9). Habibi
18 (-7). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
19 (-10). Hark! A Vagrant
20 (+18). V for Vendetta
21 (-7). Dork Diaries 3 1/2: How to Dork Your Diary
22 (-4). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition)
23 (R). What It Is
24 (+2). Batman: The Long Halloween
25 (+6). Dilbert: 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar
26 (+7). The Walking Dead, Book 2
27 (+3). Big Nate: From the Top
28 (-4). Amulet #4: The Last Council
29 (+12). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
30 (R). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle edition)
31 (N). The Legend of Zelda Box Set
32 (-). Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 5
33 (+10). The Walking Dead, Book 3
34 (R). The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus
35 (+2). Dork Diaries 3 1/2 (Kindle edition)
36 (-7). Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1
37 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
38 (R). Scott Pilgrims Precious Little Boxset
39 (N). Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man *
40 (-4). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 10
41 (-1). Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 2 *
42 (N). Batman: Noel *
43 (-18). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
44 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 13
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
46 (R). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
47 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
48 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
49 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 12
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 5


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:

* Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever is at #3 on the overall books list, and maintains its hold on the #1 slot on the comics list. The runner-up is the latest Walking Dead hardcover (#217 overall).

* Dead Watch: A whopping fourteen slots this week are taken up by various Walking Dead collections. It's good to be the comic on which a highly-rated television show is based.

* Batman also does well, as the Arkham City video game gives a boost to the caped crusader landing eight Batman titles on the list this week.

* I had expected Habibi & Hark! A Vagrant to spend more time in the top ten, but they have already started to slip in the face of the Walking Wimpy Batman onslaught.

* Only three new titles on the list this week: The Legend of Zelda Box Set; and pre-orders for Batman: Noel & Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man.

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