Amazon Top 50 - January 3, 2014

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 (-). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
2 (+1). Dilbert 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar: There's No Kill Switch on Awesome
3 (-1). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
4 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
5 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-). Batman: The Complete Hush (Kindle)
7 (R). The Essential Calvin and Hobbes (Kindle)
8 (+35). Batman: Year One (Kindle)
9 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle)
10 (+4). Batman: The Killing Joke (Kindle)
11 (-1). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (Kindle)
12 (+14). The Argyle Sweater 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar
13 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
14 (+11). Batman: The Long Halloween (Kindle)
15 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
16 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye (Kindle)
17 (+11). V for Vendetta (Kindle)
18 (+11). Kingdom Come (Kindle)
19 (R). X-Men: Days of Future Past (Kindle)
20 (-12). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
21 (+1). Watchmen (Kindle)
22 (+19). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War *
23 (-3). Saga Volume 1
24 (N). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 (Kindle)
25 (-16). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
26 (+13). Cartoons from The New Yorker 2014 Day-to-Day Calendar
27 (-12). Darth Vader and Son
28 (-10). Vader's Little Princess
29 (N). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Kindle)
30 (-19). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
31 (N). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned (Kindle)
32 (N). Saga Volume 2 (Kindle)
33 (-14). Saga Volume 2
34 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War (Kindle)
35 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us (Kindle)
36 (+12). Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (Kindle)
37 (N). Infinity Gauntlet (Kindle)
38 (-21). Fables Vol. 19: Snow White
39 (N). Final Crisis (Kindle)
40 (-24). Big Nate: I Smell a Pop Quiz! (Kindle)
41 (R). Saga Volume 1 (Kindle)
42 (-21). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
43 (R). The Complete Persepolis
44 (N). Nowhere Men Volume 1: Fates Worse Than Death
45 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
46 (-23). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
47 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
48 (-18). Stephen King's N. (Kindle)
49 (N). The Flash: Rebirth (Kindle)
50 (N). Saga Volume 3 *


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:

• Hyperbole and a Half remains on top this week, and is #19 on the overall Amazon books chart.
• The top six this week are simply a rearranging of the deck chairs. It is after that where things start to get interesting... 
• Earlier in the week, the Kindle edition of The Essential Calvin and Hobbes was at #1 for several days, due to a weekend sale. Such was the strength of its saels that even now, days after the sale price ended, it is still sticking around in the top ten.
• Speaking of Kindle sales, this week's chart is dominated by sale-priced Kindle editions of collections from DC, Marvel and Image.
• That domination suppresses somewhat the Winter semester University Effect. Still, editions of Fun Home and Persepolis manage to make the chart.
• Non-Kindle debuts this week are the first Nowhere Men collection, and the pre-order for the third Saga collection. Pay attention to the Saga collection; even though it is debuting way down at #50, when it comes out in March we can expect to see it climb rapidly.
• The 2013 year-end review will likely be out sometime next week. Stay tuned...