Amazon Top 50 - January 1, 2016

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 (+2).Dilbert 2016 Day-to-Day Calendar
2 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
3 (R). The Essential Calvin and Hobbes (Kindle)
4 (R). The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes (Kindle)
5 (R). The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes (Kindle)
6 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium One
7 (R). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Kindle)
8 (-1). One-Punch Man, Vol. 1
9 (+3). Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire
10 (R). Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Kindle)
11 (-1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
12 (R). The Days Are Just Packed (Kindle)
13 (-4). The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition
14 (+11). Saga Volume 5
15 (-9). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
16 (+1). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1
17 (-4). Star Wars Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes
18 (R). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue (Kindle)
19 (-5). One-Punch Man, Vol. 2
20 (-16). Darth Vader and Son
21 (-2). Civil War
22 (-11). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
23 (-15). Vader's Little Princess
24 (-6). One-Punch Man, Vol. 3
25 (+3). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
26 (-11). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
27 (-5). The Complete Calvin & Hobbes Box Set (paperback)
28 (+2). Cartoons from The New Yorker 2016 Day-to-Day Calendar
29 (-13). Marvel Encyclopedia
30 (+6). The Argyle Sweater 2016 Day-to-Day Calendar
31 (N). PANDORA: End of Days (Kindle)
32 (N). Peanuts 2016 Wall Calendar
33 (+10). Saga Volume 4
34 (-8). Saga Volume 1
35 (-15). Goodnight Darth Vader
36 (+13). Saga Volume 3
37 (N). One-Punch Man, Vol. 4 *
38 (N). Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 2: Shadows and Secrets *
39 (-12). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
40 (+10). Watchmen
41 (N). The Peanuts Movie 2016 Wall Calendar
42 (N). You're Mine Vol. 1 (Kindle)
43 (-41). Soppy: A Love Story
44 (-). Saga Volume 2
45 (-6). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 4
46 (-17). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1
47 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Part Two
48 (-27). Me Without You
49 (N). Because I'm a Maid! Episode 1 (Kindle)
50 (N). Lick-It Man (Kindle)


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:

• Happy New Year, sales chart fans! Here's you're first weekly Amazon Top 50 comics & graphic novels weekly chart shapshot for 2016, although since this is the morning of January 1 it mostly reflects comics sold during the last week of 2015, the post-Christmas buying splurge.
• And we have a new #1, the 2016 Dilbert Desk Calendar, as people still want something to place on their desk when they return to work to know not only what day it is, but to also laugh at workplace follies. A handful of other calendars made the chart this week as well, including the debuts of two different Peanuts wall calendars.
• There was a sales earlier in the week on Kindle editions of Calvin & Hobbes books, which is why so many of them are hanging out in the top half of the chart. They also depress everything else on the chart, so take the week-to-week comparisons with an even huger grain of salt than usual.
• Other debuts this week include pre-orders for new volumes of One-Punch Man and Darth Vader, a new Avatar graphic novel, and several more low-priced Kindle graphic novels (most either manga or manga-like).