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

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:
  • For the third week in a row, Batman: Earth One is at the top of the chart, though it slips some to #58 on the overall Amazon chart.
  • Bat Watch: Thirteen Batman titles on the chart this week, up three from last week, and four of those are in the top ten. Not quite the dominance that The Walking Dead had earlier in the year, but still pretty impressive.
  • Dead Watch: Speaking of WD, there are eleven collections on the chart this week as the post SDCC & issue #100 glow fades a bit. Don't worry, when the show resumes in a few months there will no doubt be another Dead surge.
  • The only debut title this week is the new Blacksad graphic novel, and it is way down at the bottom of the list.