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

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 (and is currently #73 on the overall Amazon books chart) with Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
• The new semester has begun, college students are buying their books, and Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home, Understanding Comics, and American Born Chinese—your graphic novel canon for college classes—all rise up on the chart.
• Only two new entries this week: The latest issue of Injustice (which is somewhat significant, as these days Injustice issues no longer appear on the chart as a matter of course); and the new collection of The Walking Dead, which isn't due out until May but the pre-orders have already begun.
• I'm working on the year-end summary for 2014, which will appear both here and over at The Beat (in somewhat different versions) when I'm done, hopefully sometime next week.