Friday, October 04, 2013

Amazon Top 50

Hyperbole and a Half
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 (+1). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback) *
2 (-1). Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
3 (N). Your New Job Title Is Accomplice: A Dilbert Book (Kindle)
4 (+5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War *
5 (N). The Sandman: Overture #1 (Kindle) *
6 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 9
7 (-3). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
8 (-1). Vader's Little Princess
9 (+6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
10 (+39). Batman: The Court of Owls Mask and Book Set (The New 52) *
11 (+7). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
12 (+28). Hyperbole and a Half (hardcover) *
13 (-5). Darth Vader and Son
14 (+7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
15 (+14). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
16 (+6). Justice League, Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis (The New 52) *
17 (N). The Sandman: Overture #2 (Kindle) *
18 (-4). Saga Volume 2
19 (+12). Attack on Titan 1
20 (-8). Saga Volume 1
21 (-11). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22 (-9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3 *
23 (-18). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
24 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
25 (-8). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
26 (+18). My Dog: The Paradox
27 (N). Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants (Kindle)
28 (N). Avengers: Endless Wartime
29 (-9). Attack on Titan 7
30 (-6). Big Nate: I Smell a Pop Quiz! (Kindle)
31 (-1). Watchmen
32 (+11). Attack on Titan 2
33 (-17). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) *
34 (-28). Injustice: Gods Among Us #36 (Kindle)
35 (-24). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
36 (N). Bleach, Vol. 58
37 (N). Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 12
38 (N). Cat Versus Human (Kindle)
39 (N). Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted (Kindle)
40 (N). Forever Evil (2013- ) #2 (Kindle)
41 (R). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle) *
42 (-10). The Complete Persepolis
43 (-15). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
44 (N). Attack on Titan 3
45 (N). Spider-Man: Big Time (Kindle)
46 (-20). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2
47 (-12). Attack on Titan 6
48 (R). If You Loved Me You'd Think This Was Cute (Kindle)
49 (N). Black Hole
50 (-25). Batman: Year One


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:
  • Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half slips back up into the top slot. It's currently #34 on the overall Amazon book chart. The hardcover and Kindle editions also make appearances on the chart this week. Matthew Inman's Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants is close behind at #49 on the overall Amazon chart.
  • The top debut this week is Your New Job Title Is Accomplice, the Kindle edition of a Dilbert collection, which leads the way in a batch of several sale-priced Kindle editions on the chart this week, including Cat Versus Human; Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted; and Spider-Man: Big Time.
  • But the big news this week is the fact that the pre-orders for the Kindle editions of the first two issues of Sandman: Overture debut on the chart this week, despite the first issue not being due out until the end of the month (and the second issue not until December!) If this early interest is any indication, the new Sandman series is going to be huge.
  • Manga Watch: There are seven manga volumes on the chart this week, more than we've seen in quite a while, with new volumes of Bleach and Rosario+Vampire joining several volumes of the increasingly popular Attack on Titan.
  • Rounding out the new titles this week are the OGN Avengers: Endless Wartime; the second Kindle issue of DC's Forever Evil crossover; and the collection of Charles Burns's Black Hole.
  • Dead Watch: Earlier in the week the top two slots on the chart were taken up by Walking Dead collections. But despite their slippage to the #4 & #6 slots as of Friday morning, WD still has three collections in the top ten and five in the top fifteen.
  • Kindle Watch: There are twelve kindle editions on the chart this week, up a whopping nine from last week.

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