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 (+4). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
3 (+4). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
4 (+1). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
5 (-2). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
6 (-2). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
7 (-5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
8 (+4). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
9 (+1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
10 (-2). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
11 (-2). The Walking Dead Volume 15
12 (-1). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
13 (+6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
14 (+6). Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works
15 (+15). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)
16 (-11). Batman: The Black Mirror
17 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
18 (-5). V for Vendetta
19 (+25). American Vampire Vol. 3
20 (-6). Sailor Moon 3
21 (-6). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22 (-1). Batman: Year One
23 (+3). Habibi
24 (+10). Big Nate Out Loud
25 (-3). The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 2
26 (N). Pitch Black
27 (+4). The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 3
28 (+12). Fables Vol. 16: Super Team
29 (-13). Watchmen
30 (+17). Batman: Hush
31 (-6). The Complete Persepolis
32 (-4). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
33 (-15). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
34 (-10). Batman: The Killing Joke
35 (N). Batman: Gates of Gotham
36 (R). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
37 (R). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2
38 (+4). The Walking Dead, Book 7
39 (R). Amulet #4: The Last Council
40 (-7). X-Men: Schism
41 (-18). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
42 (-7). Dork Diaries 3 ½ (Kindle)
43 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
44 (-3). Dilbert: 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 5
47 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
48 (N). Irredeemable Vol. 8
49 (R). Big Nate From the Top
50 (-11). Daredevil, vol. 1


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:

* Cabin Fever slips a bit more to #35 on the overall list, but that is more than enough to maintain its grip on the comics bestseller list.

* The top debut this week is Pitch Black by Youme Landowne & Anthony Horton; earlier in the week it peaked at #2 on the list, but now Amazon is out of stock—surprise demand due to mainstream coverage of the death of Horton, I presume—which just goes to show the inaccuracy of these one-weekly shapshots that I take.

* Much news was made earlier this week about DC taking the top ten slots in the January sales figures from Diamond. The top ten slots on the Amazon list are all taken up by properties aimed at kids, only one of which is from a traditional comics publisher (Avatar, from Dark Horse). The first DC book doesn't show up until #16; the first Marvel book at #40.