Amazon Top 50 - January 16, 2015

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 (-). Saga Volume 4
3 (+3). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
4 (+1). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
5 (+4). The Complete Persepolis
6 (N). Star Wars #1 (Marvel Comics 2015)
7 (-3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
8 (+6). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
9 (-6). Dilbert 2015 Day-to-Day Calendar
10 (+2). Saga Volume 1
11 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium One
12 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
13 (+15). American Born Chinese
14 (+11). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
15 (N). Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection *
16 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
17 (-9). The Complete Maus
18 (-2). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
19 (-4). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
20 (+4). Watchmen
21 (R). V for Vendetta
22 (-5). Saga Volume 3
23 (-3). Saga Volume 2
24 (R). Abina and the Important Men
25 (+11). Civil War
26 (-16). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
27 (-8). The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
28 (-5). Batman: Year One
29 (+15). Me Without You
30 (R). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
31 (-1). Saga Deluxe Edition Volume 1
32 (+8). Sex Criminals Volume 1
33 (+9). Vader's Little Princess
34 (-13). The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War, Part 2
35 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #16 (Kindle)
36 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
37 (-5). Goodnight Darth Vader
38 (R). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
39 (-). Hyperbole and a Half 2015 Wall Calendar
40 (N). Minecraft: The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Volume 1 (Kindle)
41 (R). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City (The New 52)
42 (+7). The Wicked + The Divine Volume 1
43 (-17). Darth Vader and Son
44 (+6). Serenity: Leaves on the Wind
45 (-11). Batman: Hush
46 (-3). The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel
47 (-9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams *
48 (-30). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
49 (N). Minecraft: The Legend of Herobrine Part One (Kindle)
50 (-2). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)

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:

• Roz Chast stays on top of the chart for the second week in a row (but slips to #132 on the overall Amazon books chart) with Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
• The University Effect continues, pushing titles like Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home, Understanding Comics, and American Born Chinese near the top of the chart as students buy their books for class.
• The top debut this week is the first issue of Marvel's new Star Wars comic. That's the physical comic, not digital. And the regular cover, not any of the umpty dozen variants. Amazon isn't selling it themselves, but enough people are ordering it from third party sellers (the cheapest price being $3.75 + $3.99 shipping, not eligible for free Prime shipping) to put it in the top ten.
• Also debuting this week is Step Aside, Pops; the upcoming Hark! A Vagrant collection by Kate Beaton. It doesn't come out until September, but anticipation is so high that the week it is announced pre-orders push it up to the top fifteen.
• Three Kindle titles round out the debuts this week: The latest issue of Injustice; and two Minecraft comics.