Amazon Top 50 - August 7, 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 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
2 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
3 (-1). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
4 (-1). Wytches Volume 1
5 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
6 (-). Civil War
7 (+8). Saga Volume 5 *
8 (+10). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
9 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #14 (Kindle)
10 (+31). Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection - Volume 1
11 (+2). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
12 (+12). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
13 (-5). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3)
14 (-5). Batman: Year One
15 (-1). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
16 (+11). American Born Chinese
17 (-10). Fables Vol. 22: Farewell *
18 (-8). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
19 (-2). Saga Volume 1
20 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Three *
21 (N). The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Revised Edition
22 (-2). Marvel Encyclopedia
23 (N). Naruto, Vol. 71
24 (+16). The Complete Persepolis
25 (+22). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
26 (-5). Darth Vader and Son
27 (-11). Watchmen
28 (+1). Saga Volume 4
29 (-7). Saga Volume 2
30 (+7). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
31 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death *
32 (-4). Vader's Little Princess
33 (-1). The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
34 (-9). The Walking Dead Compendium One
35 (-1). Goodnight Darth Vader
36 (-6). Saga Volume 3
37 (+9). Me Without You
38 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
39 (R). March: Book One
40 (+5). Batman: Hush
41 (+1). Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
42 (+6). Low Volume 1: The Delirium of Hope
43 (-7). Batman: The Long Halloween
44 (R). V for Vendetta
45 (N). JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 3
46 (N). Monster Musume Vol. 7 *
47 (R). The Complete Maus, 25th Anniversary Edition
48 (-9). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1
49 (N). Naruto, Vol. 72 *
50 (R). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City (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:

• Batman: The Killing Joke takes the top slot for the seventh week in a row.
• The college book -buying season is definitely underway, with Persepolis & Fun Home in the #2 & #3 slots, and Maus & American Born Chinese moving up the charts.
• How strong is the other-media effect on comic sales? The top (non-Injustice) debut this week is Phoebe Gloeckner's The Diary of a Teenage Girl, the film adaptation of which has started rolling out in the art cinema circuit around the country. That gets a review in the New York Times, which drives people to check out the source material.
• Also debuting the week are a few manga volumes: new volumes of Naruto, along with volumes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure & Monster Masume.
• Another sign of the power of movie adaptations: the trailer for the Deadpool movie came out this week, and the Deadpool by Daniel Way collection shoots up into the top ten. From the trailer. For some reason, anticipation of Marvel movies seems to drive comic sales far more than the movies themselves; note that Civil War has been in the top ten for a while now. 
• But there's no sign of any interest in Fantastic Four material...