Friday, September 16, 2016

Amazon Top 50 - September 16, 2016

Big Nate: From the Top
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 (-). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
2 (+1). Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump
3 (+2). The Walking Dead Volume 26: Call To Arms *
4 (+22). Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1
5 (-3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
6 (+2). PANDORA: End of Days (Kindle)
7 (-1). Saga Volume 6
8 (-4). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
9 (+3). The Curse of Herobrine: The Ultimate Minecraft Comic Book Vol. 1 (Kindle)
10 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
11 (+7). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #4: A New Class
12 (+9). Lick-It Man (Kindle)
13 (+1). Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope *
14 (+28). Batman Vol. 9: Bloom (New 52)
15 (-2). One-Punch Man, Vol. 8
16 (-1). March Book One
17 (+11). The Cross and the Switchblade (Kindle)
18 (+12). You're Mine Vol. 1 (Kindle)
19 (+13). Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
20 (+2). March Book Three
21 (+4). Watchmen
22 (+22). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
23 (-3). Me Without You
24 (-14). American Born Chinese
25 (-8). Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes
26 (+9). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
27 (+6). Because I'm a Maid! Episode 1 (Kindle)
28 (-19). The Complete Persepolis
29 (-22). Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
30 (+13). The Walking Dead Compendium One
31 (N). Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 1: Isn't it Bromantic
32 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Three
33 (-4). Angel Catbird Volume 1
34 (-7). March Book Two
35 (+14). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3: The Phantom Bully
36 (+4). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #2: Return of the Padawan
37 (R). I Am Pusheen the Cat
38 (-22). Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel
39 (R). You're Mine Vol. 2 (Kindle)
40 (R). Pokémon Adventures (7 Volume Set)
41 (-). Darth Vader and Son
42 (R). Goodnight Darth Vader
43 (-20). Understanding Comics
44 (R). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
45 (-7). V for Vendetta
46 (R). Saga Volume 5
47 (-16). The Omega Men: The Complete Series
48 (R). Paper Girls Volume 1
49 (R). Saga Volume 4
50 (-31). March Trilogy Slipcase


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:
  • Big Nate: From the Top is on the top of the chart for the second week in a row. 
  • Astute observers however will notice that if you go to the Amazon Comics & Graphic Novels page, it is (as of this moment) in the #2 slot. The book in the #1 slot is The Bill the Cat Story. You may be wondering why that isn't on the chart, and it is because when I looked at it it appears to actually be an illustrated picture book and not really a comic. In putting together these charts every week, I have to filter out all of the 'not comics' things that show up on the Amazon best sellers page. Sometimes there are edge cases, like the Bill the Cat book, or the Jeffrey Brown Star Wars books, and I end up coming down on one side or the other. Other times there are things on the Amazon page that are glaringly obviously not comics: novels like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? or Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Sometimes it is as much art as it is science, and you may or may not agree with my decision. As of late the Amazon page has gotten especially messy: this week in order to get to #50 on the chart here I had to weed out a whopping 22 not-comics items.
  • Only one debut this week: Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 1: Isn't it Bromantic.

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