Amazon Top 50 - June 19, 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 (+1). Vader's Little Princess
2 (-1). Darth Vader and Son
3 (-). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
4 (+5). Goodnight Darth Vader
5 (+22). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1
6 (-2). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
7 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
8 (-2). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
9 (-1). Civil War
10 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #7 (Kindle)
11 (+1). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
12 (+5). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3) *
13 (-2). Marvel Encyclopedia
14 (+14). The Hedge Knight
15 (+1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
16 (-11). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Kindle)
17 (+7). Saga Volume 4
18 (+1). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
19 (-6). Saga Volume 1
20 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
21 (-7). Infinity Gauntlet
22 (+20). Saga Volume 3
23 (-8). Saga Volume 5 *
24 (R). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
25 (+21). The Complete Persepolis
26 (+4). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
27 (+2). Batman: Year One
28 (-7). Lumberjanes Vol. 1
29 (+4). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
30 (-12). Darth Vader and Friends
31 (+12). Saga Volume 2
32 (-). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
33 (+3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
34 (R). The Sworn Sword
35 (-12). Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth
36 (+13). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
37 (-3). East of West Volume 4: Who Wants War? *
38 (R). American Born Chinese
39 (R). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
40 (+5). The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
41 (-). Watchmen
42 (-16). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
43 (-21). Minecraft: Flash and Bones and Agramon's Nether Fortress (Kindle)
44 (-7). The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
45 (-7). The Walking Dead Compendium One
46 (-2). Naruto, Vol. 70
47 (-7). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
48 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
49 (-24). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
50 (N). The Complete Eightball 1-18

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:

• The same two Jeffrey Brown Star Wars book that took the top spot last week take it again this week, just with their positions switched, as Father's Day approaches this weekend.
• The Tokyo Ghoul manga is released and jumps up into the top five. I'm assuming that the anime must be extremely popular?
• Just two new releases this week: The latest Kindle issue of Injustice; and the slipcase hardcover compilation of Daniel Clowes' Eightball.
• A couple of days ago, Kieron Gillen posted that the first collection of The Wicked + The Divine has sold over 50,000 copies in total. That sales level hasn't been evident from these Amazon charts alone, but it's a good reminder that sales of graphic novels can come from across multiple channels, and a book that sells just average in one channel can be selling great in another and/or in total. And the tail can be long.