Amazon Top 50 - May 30, 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 (-). Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
2 (-). Darth Vader and Son
3 (+5). Vader's Little Princess
4 (+23). X-Men: Days of Future Past
5 (N). The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition
6 (-2). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
7 (+33). Injustice Year Two #10 (Kindle)
8 (-3). Saga Volume 3
9 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
10 (-3). Saga Volume 1
11 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War, Part 1
12 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
13 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
14 (+9). Marvel Encyclopedia
15 (R). X-Men: Days of Future Past (Kindle)
16 (+10). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
17 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2 *
18 (-5). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
19 (-9). Sex Criminals Volume 1
20 (-8). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
21 (-15). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City (The New 52)
22 (-2). Watchmen
23 (+12). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
24 (-1). Saga Volume 2
25 (-9). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
26 (-7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
27 (-10). Attack on Titan 1
28 (-6). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
29 (+19). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
30 (-1). Attack on Titan 12
31 (-7). Batman: Year One
32 (-1). Attack on Titan 2
33 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
34 (R). Calvin and Hobbes
35 (-5). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
36 (-27). Godzilla: Awakening
37 (-4). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
38 (-). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
39 (N). Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection - Volume 1
40 (-6). Marvel 1602 (Kindle)
41 (R). The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
42 (N). Star Wars: Jedi Academy vol. 2: Return of the Padawan *
43 (R). The Complete Persepolis
44 (-41). Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
45 (-6). Attack on Titan 3
46 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (hardcover)
47 (-4). Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (Kindle)
48 (R). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel (Kindle)
49 (N). All-New X-Men, Vol. 1: Yesterday's X-Men (Kindle)
50 (R). Attack on Titan 9


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:

• Once again, Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? tops the chart, currently placing at #101 on the overall Amazon books chart.
• Not far behind are Jeffrey Brown's two perfect-for-Father's Day Star Wars titles: Darth Vader and Son & Vader's Little Princess, at #139 & #188 on the overall Amazon books chart. Two other Jeffrey Brown Star Wars books make the chart as well, the two Jedi Academy books, the second volume making its pre-publication debut. There's another Jeffrey Brown Star Wars book, Goodnight Darth Vader due out in late July... (Marvel take note: this is the kind of Star Wars-related comics that are selling to the general public!)
• With Marvel books getting a reprieve in the Hachette-Amazon kerfuffle, and the release of the movie last weekend, X-Men: Days of Future Past hops on up to the #4 slot. The Kindle edition also returns to the chart.
• The top debut this week, in the #5 slot, is The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition, a graphic novel version of Amity Shales' history of the Great Depression adapted by Chuck Dixon & Paul Rivoche.
• Also debuting this week are the first volume of Deadpool by Daniel Way in print and All-New X-Men, Vol. 1 sale-priced on the Kindle.
• What to make of the sudden surge of interest in Calvin & Hobbes this week? Perhaps its the debut of the Dear Mr. Waterson documentary on Netflix?