Friday, February 08, 2013

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (+1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
3 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
4 (+9). Darth Vader and Son
5 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
6 (+16). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
7 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
8 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
9 (-4). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
10 (+4). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
11 (-). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
12 (-5). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
13 (-5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
14 (+1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
15 (-3). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
16 (-). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
17 (-7). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
18 (+1). Building Stories
19 (N). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)
20 (-). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
21 (+7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
22 (+2). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
23 (N). Me Without You
24 (+7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
25 (-2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
26 (+21). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
27 (+15). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
28 (-10). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
29 (-12). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
30 (-4). Watchmen
31 (+7). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
32 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
33 (+10). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
34 (+5). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
35 (-8). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
36 (-). Saga Volume 1
37 (+3). Batman: The Killing Joke
38 (-13). Sailor Moon 9
39 (N). Naruto, Vol. 60: Kurama!!
40 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
41 (-4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
42 (+3). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
43 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1
44 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
45 (-16). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
46 (-5). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
47 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
48 (R). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
49 (-14). The Complete Persepolis
50 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)


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:

  • The Kindle version of Wimpy Kid 7 remains in the top slot this week, but the hardcover slips down to #3 as How to Tell if Your Cat... slips back up into the #2 position. 
  • The second volume of the New 52 Justice League is the top debut this week, making it the first of the vol. 2s of the DCnU to take it on the chart.
  • Two more issues of the now-infamous digital-first series Injustice: Gods Among Us make onto the chart, joining two others that debuted last week. Subject matter aside, this points a way towards releasing future video game-related comics as digital-first rather than as print comics in the future.
  • Also debuting this week are the romance-themed cartoon book Me Without You; another Naruto volume; and the pre-order for the first volume of the new Avatar series. Expect the latter to climb up the charts and break into the top ten at some point.
  • Kindle Watch: Amazon's popular Kindle electronic format takes up nineteen of the slots on this week's chart, which is down one from last week.
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up nineteen of the slots on the chart this week, down one from last week.  
  • Dead Watch: There are only four Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, but the two Compendia are sitting comfortably in the ##5 & #6 slots. The television series resumes this weekend, which should push a few more volumes up onto the chart for the next couple of months... 
 

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