Amazon Top 50

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 (+39). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
3 (+2). Hyperbole and a Half (hardcover)
4 (+8). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3 *
5 (+26). I Am Pusheen the Cat
6 (-4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
7 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War *
8 (+2). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) *
9 (-5). Your New Job Title Is Accomplice: A Dilbert Book (Kindle)
10 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
11 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
12 (-1). Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
13 (N). Sandman #1 (Kindle)
14 (-8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
15 (-7). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
16 (+2). Darth Vader and Son
17 (-1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
18 (-5). The Walking Dead, Book 9
19 (R). The Sandman: Overture #1 (Kindle)
20 (+3). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
21 (-7). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
22 (-5). Vader's Little Princess
23 (R). X-Men: Days of Future Past
24 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
25 (-). Blue Is the Warmest Color
26 (-11). The Joker: Death of the Family (The New 52)
27 (+17). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
28 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (Kindle)
29 (R). If You Loved Me You'd Think This Was Cute (Kindle)
30 (+2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
31 (-10). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
32 (-6). Saga Volume 2
33 (-). Watchmen
34 (-12). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
35 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (hardcover)
36 (+11). The Walking Dead, Book 1
37 (N). Dilbert 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar: There's No Kill Switch on Awesome
38 (-). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
39 (-12). Saga Volume 1
40 (-16). Stephen King's N. (Kindle)
41 (N). X-Men: Days of Future Past (Kindle)
42 (N). No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, Vol. 1
43 (-6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2
44 (R). Cat Versus Human
45 (N). Blue Is the Warmest Color (Kindle)
46 (R). Batman: Year One
47 (N). Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 7
48 (-19). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 (Kindle)
49 (N). Attack on Titan 8
50 (N). The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1


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 rules the chart this week, taking the top three slots with the paperback, Kindle, and hardcover editions. It is currently the #8 book on the overall book chart.
• The new Sandman mini-series, Overture, came out with its first issue this week. As expected the Kindle version charts, and the halo effect also brought other Sandman comics with it, including the bargain-priced first issue of the original series on Kindle, the paperback and Kindle edition of the first collection, and somewhat surprisingly the $90+ first Sandman Omnibus.
• The new Asterix graphic novel may be all the rage in Europe, but after one week on the U.S. chart it disappears. Which means that stateside, Blue Is the Warmest Color is the best-selling Bandes dessinée with both the paperback and Kindle editions making the chart.
• I'm continually amused that in many cases movie trailers seem more likely to drive comic sales than the actual movies themselves. This week a new trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past was released, and the paperback and Kindle editions of the graphic novel hop up onto the chart.
• Most of the debuts this week (excepting Sandman #1) are in the bottom of the chart, including the new Dilbert day-to-day calendar, mangas No Matter How I Look at It and Attack on Titan 8, and James Patterson's latest Maximum Ride.
• Kindle Watch: Ten Kindle editions make the chart this week, up four from last week.
• Dead Watch: Seven Walking Dead collections make the chart this week, down one from last week.