Amazon Top 50 - August 18, 2017

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 (-). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
2 (+3). American Born Chinese
3 (N). Sh*t My President Says
4 (+4). The Complete Persepolis
5 (+2). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
6 (-4). The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One
7 (+2). Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
8 (-5). The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins *
9 (+2). The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5)
10 (+6). The Complete Maus
11 (N). Dark Nights: Metal (2017-) #1 (Kindle)
12 (+1). March: Book One
13 (-3). Paper Girls Volume 3
14 (+5). Watchmen
15 (-9). The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 2
16 (+6). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
17 (+18). Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 14
18 (R). The Harlem Hellfighters
19 (-7). My Hero Academia, Vol. 9
20 (+10). V for Vendetta
21 (N). Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Son Of Ares #4 (Kindle)
22 (-1). Saga Volume 7
23 (+10). March Trilogy Slipcase
24 (-4). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
25 (+2). Awkward
26 (-11). Attack on Titan 22
27 (-3). My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
28 (-11). The Mystery Knight
29 (-3). Me Without You
30 (+16). March Book Three
31 (-13). Monstress Volume 2: The Blood
32 (-28). The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One (Kindle)
33 (R). Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
34 (+14). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #73 (Kindle)
35 (+14). Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
36 (N). Nick Cave: Mercy on Me *
37 (-). My Hero Academia, Vol. 1
38 (+7). My Hero Academia, Vol. 2
39 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 28: A Certain Doom *
40 (N). Batman: The Dark Knight III: Master Race *
41 (R). Rick and Morty Volume 1
42 (N). Injustice 2 (2017-) #19 (Kindle)
43 (-9). Marvel Encyclopedia
44 (R). Darth Vader and Son
45 (R). Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal
46 (R). Paper Girls Volume 1
47 (R). The Hedge Knight
48 (N). Kill or Be Killed Volume 2
49 (R). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
50 (-3). Brave


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:

• Persepolis stays at the top of the list, with the Complete Persepolis in the #4 spot. Part of the semi-annual University Effect, which sees graphic novels used as texts in college classes surge to the top as the semesters begin, they are joined by American Born Chinese, Fun Home, Maus, Watchmen, and Understanding Comics (and perhaps the relatively new March?)
• The top debut this week is Sh*t My President Says, Shannon Wheeler's cartoon illustrations of a certain person's Twitter posts.
• Kindle single issue debuts this week are led by the first issue of DC's Dark Nights: Metal, followed by Red Rising: Son of Ares #4 and Injustice 2 #19. 
• Rounding out this week's debuts are preorders for Reinhold Kleist's Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, and the collection of Batman: The Dark Knight III: Master Race.