Friday, July 13, 2012

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Batman: Earth One
2 (+21). Get Jiro!
3 (+6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
4 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
5 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
6 (-3). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
7 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
8 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
9 (+7). Fables Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind
10 (-2). Batman: The Killing Joke
11 (N). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
12 (+23). Fever Moon
13 (+16). Sailor Moon 6 *
14 (N). Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks *
15 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
16 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
17 (-5). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
18 (R). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
19 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
20 (-7). Darth Vader and Son
21 (N). Batman: Earth One (Kindle)
22 (+3). Batman: Year One
23 (-13). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
24 (-17). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
25 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
26 (-9). Watchmen
27 (N). Parker: The Score *
28 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 7
29 (+10). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle edition)
30 (-10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
31 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye (Kindle)
32 (-4). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume III: Century #3 2009
33 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 5
34 (-4). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
35 (-17). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
36 (N). Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Born to Kill (The New 52)
37 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
38 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
39 (-18). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
40 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
41 (R). Kick-Ass 2
42 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
43 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 6
44 (-18). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 4
46 (-10). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
47 (-20). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
48 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
49 (-4). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
50 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween

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:
  • Batman: Earth One remains at the top of the chart for a second week, and is currently #26 on the overall Amazon books chart. This is a perfect example of how to time a graphic novel release with an upcoming movie (Marvel and others should take note...)
  • More surprising is the sudden leap that Get Jiro! takes to the #2 slot (and #68 overall), very likely the cause of a non-comics media mention somewhere. 
  • The top debut this week is the second massive Walking Dead Compendium, now available for pre-order. Other debuts include a new Locke & Key volume; the Kindle edition of Batman: Earth One; Darwyn Cooke's new Parker adaptation; and the New 52 Batman & Robin hardcover collection.
  • Dead Watch: A surprising surge by The Walking Dead this week, as many titles return to the top fifty, including all of the hardcover collections. There as sixteen WD collections on the chart this week, way up from last week's four. Perhaps publicity surrounding the release of the the comic books 100th issue is the cause?
  • Bat Watch: Ten Batman titles on the list this week, up one from last week. Between Batman and The Walking Dead, that's half of this week's chart...

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