Friday, August 23, 2013

Amazon Top 50

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8: Hard Luck
Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday morning. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (-). Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8) *
2 (+3). Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8) (Kindle) *
3 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #32 (Kindle)
4 (-). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle)
5 (+3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
6 (+7). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
7 (-5). March Book One
8 (+16). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
9 (+12). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
10 (+1). The Complete Persepolis
11 (-4). Hyperbole and a Half *
12 (+16). Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
13 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
14 (+18). The Walking Dead, Book 9 *
15 (+14). Watchmen
16 (+9). American Born Chinese
17 (-8). Vader's Little Princess
18 (-8). Saga Volume 2
19 (+3). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
20 (+3). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 7)
21 (+9). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
22 (-7). Darth Vader and Son
23 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
24 (-21). Injustice: Gods Among Us #31 (Kindle)
25 (-6). Saga Volume 1
26 (-14). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
27 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2
28 (+10). V for Vendetta
29 (-9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
30 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
31 (R). The Complete Maus
32 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3 *
33 (+10). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
34 (+1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
35 (N). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel (Kindle) *
36 (+8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
37 (-4). Batman: Year One
38 (R). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
39 (N). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel *
40 (+8). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
41 (-4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
42 (R). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
43 (+4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
44 (+1). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
45 (R). The Arrival
46 (N). Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Omnibus *
47 (-29). Injustice: Gods Among Us #30 (Kindle)
48 (-12). Abina and the Important Men
49 (-15). Hawkeye: Little Hits, Vol. 2
50 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)


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 the upcoming Wimpy Kid book is on the top of the comics chart. It is currently #59 on the overall Amazon book chart. It is joined in the #2 slot by the Kindle edition. Both are still over two months away from release. Expect to see them at or near the top of the chart for the remainder of the year.
  • No surprise that the latest digital issue of Injustice is the top debut this week. Other debuts and the print & Kindle editions of the upcoming Hedge Knight graphic novel (a prequel to Game of Thrones), and a big X-Force omnibus from Marvel (due out in March 2014).
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up thirteen of the slots on the chart this week, the same as last week.
  • Kindle Watch: Fourteen of the chart positions this week are taken up by Kindle editions, up three from last week.
  • The 'University Effect' continues, with perennials Maus, Fun Home, Persepolis & Understanding Comics all landing in the top ten this week.

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