Winter Covers - December 31

Archie Andrews scopes out girls at a New Year's Eve party on the cover of Jughead with Archie Digest #97 (1990) by Dan DeCarlo & Rudy Lapick.

We've hope you've enjoyed our month-long celebration of comic book covers!

(2009: Batman: The Long Halloween #4)

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (+20). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
4 (+25). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
5 (+11). Walking Dead Volume 13
6 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
7 (-5). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
8 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
9 (+5). Odd Is on Our Side (Kindle edition)
10 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
11 (-3). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
12 (+5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
13 (-2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
14 (-1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
15 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
16 (-7). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
17 (-5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
18 (+16). Walking Dead Volume 12
19 (+2). Fables Vol. 14: Witches
20 (-14). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
21 (-16). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
22 (+16). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
23 (+24). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
24 (+18). The Walking Dead Book 5
25 (+18). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
26 (+5). The Walking Dead, Book 6
27 (+13). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
28 (+4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
29 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 2
30 (N). Dilbert: 2011 Wall Calendar
31 (-9). Superman: Earth One
32 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
33 (+6). Big Nate: From the Top
34 (+2). Odd Is on Our Side
35 (-). Tron: Betrayal
36 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
37 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
38 (N). Star Wars: Legacy Volume 10 - Extremes
39 (-20). The Walking Dead, Book 1
40 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
41 (-4). Watchmen
42 (-17). V for Vendetta
43 (+1). The Walking Dead Book 3
44 (R). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
45 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
46 (-13). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
47 (R). Blackest Night
48 (-20). Superman: Secret Origin
49 (R). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
50 (-30). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl


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 Wimpy Kid slips again this week on the overall chart--down to #19, but of course that's still plenty good enough to stay at #1 on the overall chart. Number two on the comics chart, the Walking Dead Compendium, is at #138 overall.

* The big news is the sudden surge of Kindle editions of The Dork Diaries up to #3 & #4. The Kindle edition of Odd Is on Our Side also cracks the top ten at #9. No other kindle comics make the list though, which speaks to either a lack of available comics on the Kindle and/or poor categorization by Amazon.

* The other big story from the chart is the wild swings, both up and down, for many items, led by The Walking Dead.

* Dead Watch: Despite the surge up for some collections, there are only ten Walking Dead books on the chart this week, as a few fell down to just below the cut-off point (They would be #51, 52 & 54).

* Only two new items this week, the Dilbert Wall Calendar and a Star Wars: Legacy collection.

* The bottom of the comics list this week is #1,808 overall.

Winter Covers - December 30

The Flash races through snow and ice on the cover to The Flash #2 (2010) by Francis Manapul.

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

(2009: The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding #1)

Winter Covers - December 29

The 90s boy band goes skiing on the cover of New Kids on the Block Digest #5 (1992).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

(2009: Tommy og Tigern #13)

Winter Covers - December 28

Daffy Duck turns a hot water bottle into a sled on the cover of Daffy #12 (1960).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

(2009: DC Universe Holiday Special '09)

Winter Covers - December 27

The Tuff Little Ghost gets all twisted on the ice on the cover of Spooky #78 (1961).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

(2009: P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly #11)

Winter Monkey Covers - December 26

Remi and his friends leave the village on a cold winter night, sleeping monkey in tow, on Juan Lopez Ramon's cover for Alleen op de wereld #6 (1980).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

Also, Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

(2009: Liberty Meadows #7)

Christmas Covers - December 25

Experience the nativity in Panoramic 3-D on the cover of The First Christmas (1953).

We hope you've enjoyed twenty-five days of Christmas-themed covers this year. Stay tuned as we finish out December with more appropriately-themed comics covers...

(2009: Topix vol. 9 #12)
(2008: Junior Partners #5)
(2007: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #194)
(2006: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #35)
(2005: Dell Four Color #1274)
(2004: Treasure Chest vol. 2 #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Covers - December 24

Pooh, Piglet and the rest of the gang from the 100 Acre Woods fill in for Santa Claus on the cover of Ole Brumm Julehefte 1993.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 1 more 'get-up' until Santa!

(2009: Ninja High School #156)
(2008: Tommy og Tigern Julehefte 2007)
(2007: Action Comics #105)
(2006: Dell Four Color #666)
(2005: Dell Four Color #1274)
(2004: Captain Marvel Adventures #19)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+2). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
3 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (+1). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
6 (-4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
7 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
8 (-). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
9 (+1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
10 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
11 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
12 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
13 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
14 (N). Odd Is on Our Side (Kindle edition)
15 (+1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
16 (+4). Walking Dead Volume 13
17 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
18 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
19 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 1
20 (-6). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
21 (+1). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
22 (+1). Superman: Earth One
23 (N). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
24 (-9). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
25 (+16). V for Vendetta
26 (+7). Witch & Wizard: Battle for Shadowland
27 (-1). The Walking Dead Book 2
28 (N). Superman: Secret Origin
29 (N). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
30 (-6). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
31 (-6). The Walking Dead, Book 6
32 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
33 (+1). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
34 (-6). Walking Dead Volume 12
35 (N). Tron: Betrayal
36 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side
37 (R). Watchmen
38 (+5). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
39 (-20). Big Nate: From the Top
40 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
41 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
42 (-10). The Walking Dead Book 5
43 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
44 (-4). The Walking Dead Book 3
45 (-1). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
46 (R). Brightest Day, Vol. 1
47 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
48 (-19). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
49 (-22). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars


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 Wimpy Kid slides a bit further on the overall chart to #9. The #2 item on the comics chart, the Dilbert desk calendar, is at #80 on the overall chart.

* Several Kindle editions show up for the first time; not sure if this is due to a surge in interest for Kindle books or just a reclassification of these items by Amazon. I'd guess the latter.

* Two actual debuts this week, Superman: Secret Origin & Tron: Betrayal

* Dead Watch: Thirteen Walking Dead collections on the top fifty chart this week.

* The #50 book is at #1,861 on the overall chart this week.

Christmas Covers - December 23

Katy shows off her seasonal outfits on Bill Woggon's cover to Katy Keene #57 (1961).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Just 2 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Marvelman #71)
(2008: The Original Black Cat #8)
(2007: Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #22)
(2006: Girls Bravo vol. 6)
(2005: All-New Collectors' Edition #C-53)
(2004: Impulse #34)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Covers - December 22

Goofy delivers presents in the snow on the cover of I Classici Disney #241 (1996)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 3 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Archie Giant Series Magazine #501)
(2008: Harvey Hits Comics #3)
(2007: Marge's Little Lulu #90)
(2006: Dell Giant #26)
(2005: Man-Thing #3)
(2004: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Covers - December 21

The Sons of Superman trim the tree on Curt Swan & George Klein's cover to Superman #166 (1964).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 4 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Hulk #9)
(2008: Teen Beam #2)
(2007: Bugs Bunny #46)
(2006: Wacky Squirrel #2)
(2005: Archie Giant Series Magazine #15)
(2004: DC Comics Presents #67)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Covers - December 20

Is that really Rudolph on the cover of Sleivdal Julehefte 2002?

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 5 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Bamses Julehefte 1998)
(2008: Larry Marder's Beanworld Holiday Special)
(2007: Archie Giant Series Magazine #218)
(2006: 52 week 33)
(2005: Strangers in Paradise #70)
(2004: The Amazing Spider-Man #314)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 19

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover.

Also, Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

So today we combine the two with Ghostbusters #3 (1998), as Tracy the Gorilla attempts to pilot a flying car to deliver presents through attacking ghosts.


(Standard disclaimer about gift-delivering gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 6 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Magnus Robot Fighter #34)
(2008: DCU Holiday Special 2008)
(2007: Walter Lantz New Funnies #167)
(2006: Omaha the Cat Dancer vol. 2 #1)
(2005: Marvel Comics Super Special #39)
(2004: The Spirit #12)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Covers - December 18

The Three Bears attempt to give Santa a rooftop assist on David Alvarez & Mike DeCarlo's cover to Looney Tunes #97 (2003)
For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 7 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #4)
(2008: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #364)
(2007: Guy Garder: Warrior #39)
(2006: Impulse #45)
(2005: Adventures of Superman #487)
(2004: Mutt & Jeff #32)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)  
(Mail It to Team-Up's 25 Days of Christmas)

Christmas Covers - December 17

Heathcliff relaxes after a holiday meal on Warren Kremer's cover to Heathcliff #6 (1986).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 8 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Gold Digger X-Mas Special #2)
(2008: Little Dot #29)
(2007: Classics Illustrated #53)
(2006: Patrick The Wolf Boy Christmas Special)
(2005: A Patty Cake Christmas)
(2004: Superman #165)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010) 

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
4 (+1). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
5 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
7 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
8 (+20). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
9 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
10 (-1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
11 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
12 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
13 (-1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
14 (-). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
15 (+1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
16 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
17 (+3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
18 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 1
19 (-1). Big Nate: From the Top
20 (-3). Walking Dead Volume 13
21 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
22 (-3). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
23 (-1). Superman: Earth One
24 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
25 (-2). The Walking Dead, Book 6
26 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 2
27 (+7). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
28 (+8). Walking Dead Volume 12
29 (+12). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
30 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
31 (-1). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin & Hobbes)
32 (-5). The Walking Dead Book 5
33 (R). Witch & Wizard: Battle for Shadowland
34 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
35 (+3). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
36 (-7). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
37 (+6). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
38 (-6). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
39 (+1). Odd Is on Our Side
40 (-9). The Walking Dead Book 3
41 (R). V for Vendetta
42 (-16). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
43 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
44 (R). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
45 (+2). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
46 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke
47 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
48 (-13). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
49 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
50 (R). X'ed Out


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 Wimpy Kid stays #4 on the overall bestseller chart, and continues to hold on to the top 3 slots on the comics chart.

* Except for the vaulting of the Scott Pilgrim box set up into the top 10, there is very little movement of titles in the top 20 of the chart. Certainly well within the realm of this chart's hourly churn.

* There are no debuts this week. Last week's lone debut, Brightest Day vol. 1, slips off the chart, which is somewhat surprising given that all of the Brightest Night collections did so well.

* Walking Dead watch: thirteen collections in the top fifty, one less than last week. Now that the television show has finished its first season, we will likely see a softening of demand for the Dead until near its second season in October. Then again, The Walking Dead is one of those comics that continues to defy conventional sales patterns, so who knows...?

* This week's #50 title is #2,005 on the overall chart.

Christmas Covers - December 16

It's a blue, blue Christmas on Kyoko Ariyoshi's cover to Swan vol. 15 (2010).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 9 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: The Transformers #250)
(2008: Tantalizing Stories #2)
(2007: Funny Pages vol. 2 #43)
(2006: Katy Keene #33)
(2005: Bone Holiday Special)
(2004: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #76)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010) 

Christmas Covers - December 15

Let's celebrate Christmas with the Super-heroes 80s style on John Byrne's cover for Christmas with the Super-Heroes #1 (1988).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 10 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Kollektivet Julealbum 2007)
(2008: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #7)
(2007: Donald Duck & Co. #49/1964)
(2006: 2000 A.D. #763)
(2005: Incredible Hulk #378)
(2004: Batman #45)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Tania del Rio Returns to Sabrina

Tania del Rio's run on Archie Comics' Sabrina was the best thing published by Archie, well, probably ever. However, the 'manga-fied' version of the Teen-Age Witch never really caught on with Archie fans; but despite relatively low sales her story was allowed to run its course over nearly five years (issues #58-100), a respectable run by any measure.

Now tucked away quietly in page 218 of the December Previews is Archie & Friends #152. The story "All's Fair in Love and Food" finds Jughead seeking help from Sabrina to curb his love of food. And the story is written by none other than... (as if you couldn't guess from the lead-up) Tania del Rio!

It looks like this is the classic Sabrina, not del Rio's manga-ish version, but any Sabrina written by del Rio is worth a look.

Christmas Covers - December 14

Sugar and Spike wear an over-sized Santa suit on Sheldon Mayer's cover for Sal y Pimienta #151.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 11 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Sugar & Spike #50)
(2008: Tom-Tom, The Jungle Boy #3)
(2007: Sugar & Spike #68)
(2006: Sugar & Spike #38)
(2005: Sugar & Spike #26)
(2004: Sugar & Spike #32)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Christmas Covers - December 13

Cats and mice go caroling together on the cover of Pelle Svanslös Jul-album 1960.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 12 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Robbedoes #2436)
(2008: Sugar and Spike #44)
(2007: Love Hina vol. 6)
(2006: Green Lantern: Mosaic #9)
(2005: Jonah Hex #34)
(2004: Starman #27)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)  

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 12

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover.

Also, Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

So today we combine the two with Sugar Buzz #4 (1998), where those Bad Bad Monkeys join Santa and the rest of the Holiday Heroes on the cover by Woodrow Phoenix.

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 13 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Clerks Holiday Special)
(2008: Eternal Romance #3)
(2007: Liberty Meadows #24)
(2006: Veronica #6)
(2005: Dell Movie Classic #725)
(2004: Treasure Chest vol. 23 #8)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010) 

Christmas Covers - December 11

Hulk makes like Santa and comes down the chimney into the super-hero Christmas party on the cover to Marvel Super Hero Squad #12 (2010).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 14 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly #157)
(2008: More Fun Comics #39)
(2007: The Tick: Big Red-N-Green Christmas Spectacle #1)
(2006: The Best of DC #58)
(2005: Batman #27)
(2004: The Brave and the Bold #148)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
4 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
5 (-). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
6 (+5). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
7 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
8 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
9 (-2). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
10 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
11 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
12 (+2). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
13 (R). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
14 (-4). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
15 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 1
16 (-). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
17 (-9). Walking Dead Volume 13
18 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (+7). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
20 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
21 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
22 (-5). Superman: Earth One
23 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 6
24 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 2
25 (+5). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
26 (R). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
27 (+7). The Walking Dead Book 5
28 (-13). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
29 (+11). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
30 (+13). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin & Hobbes)
31 (+1). The Walking Dead Book 3
32 (-4). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
33 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
34 (+7). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
35 (-8). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
36 (-5). Walking Dead Volume 12
37 (R). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
38 (+11). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
39 (R). Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book
40 (-16). Odd Is on Our Side
41 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
42 (-6). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
43 (R). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
44 (-19). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
45 (N). Brightest Day, Vol. 1
46 (-11). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
47 (R). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
48 (-18). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
49 (-12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
50 (R). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)


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 Wimpy Kid slips to #4 on the overall bestseller chart. It looks like his dreams of being #1 are not to be, foiled for weeks by George W. Bush.

* Suddenly and without warning, Amazon once again decides to classify the fifth Scott Pilgrim volume as a comic, and it returns to the charts. It's a Christmas miracle!

* 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective continues its steady climb up the charts and lands in the top ten for the first time this week.

* The only debut this week is the first Brightest Day collection, way down at #45.

* Marvel is completely shut out of the Amazon Top 50 this week.

* Dead Watch: Most of the titles slip just a bit, but there's still fourteen Walking Dead collections in the top fifty this week.

* The bottom of the top fifty list is #1,852 on the overall rankings this week.

Christmas Covers - December 10

We learn where Santa gets his funding on the cover to Richie Rich Holiday Digest Magazine #1 (1980).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 15 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Pondus - Julen 2003)
(2008: Battle Vixens vol. 9)
(2007: The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle)
(2006: A Distant Soil #26)
(2005: Classics Illustrated #15)
(2004: Action Comics #93)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Christmas Covers - December 9

The Tick and Arthur have become yummy Christmas cookies on Sean Wang's cover for The Tick's Big Yule Log Special 2000.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 16 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Funny Stuff #30)
(2008: March of Comics #77)
(2007: Spaceman Discovers Christmas)
(2006: All-American Comics #10)
(2005: Roy Rogers Comics #49)
(2004: Pogo Possum #11)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown) 

Christmas Covers - December 8

Up on the rooftop, anthropomorphic rabbits pause, on Dr. Comet's cover to Furrlough #179 (2007).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 17 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: The Joy of a Peanuts Christmas)
(2008: Fables #56)
(2007: Dell Giant #26)
(2006: X-Men #108)
(2005: Liberty Meadows #29)
(2004: Top Ten #6)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 7

A tree is trimmed and a fire hazard created on the cover of Anderssonskans Kalle Julalbum 1986.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 18 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Archie Giant Series Magazine #169)
(2008: Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo)
(2007: Batman: The Long Halloween #3)
(2006: Sgt. Rock #21)
(2005: Pinky and the Brain #19)
(2004: Alf Holiday Special #1)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)

New Library Comics: November 2010

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection last month:


Aragonés, Sergio, 1937- Sergio Aragonés : five decades of his finest works / Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Running Press, 2010.

Aristophane, 1967-2004. The Zabime sisters / New York : First Second, 2010.

Barry, Lynda, 1956- Picture this / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly, c2010.

Blab world. no. 1 / San Francisco, Calif. : Last Gasp ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.

Briefer, Dick. Dick Briefer's Frankenstein / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Browne, Dik. Hagar the Horrible : the epic chronicles : dailies, 1974 to 1975 / London : Titan, 2010.

Burns, Charles, 1955- X'ed out / New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus. vol. 1 / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Cooke, Darwyn. Richard Stark's Parker, The outfit : a graphic novel / San Diego : IDW Publishing, 2010.

Davis, Vanessa. Make me a woman / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2010.

Davis, Will. Dawn land / New York, N.Y. : First Second, 2010.

Deutsch, Barry. Hereville : how Mirka got her sword / New York ; London : Amulet, c2010.

Essen wie im häfn : das comic-kochbuch. / Wien : MILENA, 2010.

Evens, Brecht, 1986- The wrong place / Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2009.

Follett, David. Uncle Silas : genetis / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2010.

French, Renée. H day / Brooklyn, N.Y. : PictureBox ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010.

Gagné, Michel, 1965- The saga of Rex / Berkeley, Calif. : Image ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2010.

Goscinny, 1926-1977. How Obelix fell into the magic potion / London : Orion Children's, 2010.

Grall, Caanan. Celadore. / New York : DC Comics, 2010.

Grove, Laurence. Comics in French : the European bande dessinée in context / New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Hama, Larry. Sabretooth v. 1 no. 2. A kiss before dying / New York, NY : Marvel Comics, 1993.

Hines, Adam. Duncan the wonder dog / Richmond, Va. : AdHouse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

The horror! the horror! : comic books the government didn't want you to read! / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2010.

Jüngst, Heike Elisabeth. Information Comics : knowledge transfer in a popular format / Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, c2010.

Kochalka, James. Dragon puncher. Book 1 / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Kochalka, James. Johnny Boo and the mean little boy / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2010]

Konami, Kanata, 1958- Chi's Sweet Home = Chīzu suīto hōmu v. 3 / New York : Vertical, 2010-

Liquid city. vol. 2 / Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2008.

McGowan, Jed. Lone pine / Richmond, Va. : AdHouse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

McKean, Dave. Cages / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 2010.

Mome vol. 19 Summer 2010. / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Mome vol. 20 Fall 2010. / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Munroe, Randall. xkcd : volume 0 / San Francisco : Breadpig, c2009.

Saiwai, Tōru. The 14th Dalai Lama : a manga biography / New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2010, c2008.

Schauer, Mitch. Rip, M.D. / [Seattle] : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010.

Shrigley, David. What the hell are you doing? : the essential David Shrigley. / Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate Books, 2010.

The Simpsons' Treehouse of horror. no. 16 / Santa Monica, Calif. : Bongo Entertainment, 1995-

Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27- Tall tales / New York : Graphix, 2010.

Sousanis, Nick. Game Show Detroit : the essay : "possibilities" /Detroit, Mich. : Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, [2006]

Thompson, Jill, 1966- Scary Godmother / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Trillo, Carlos. Vampire Boy / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Trudeau, G. B., 1948- 40 : a Doonesbury retrospective / Kansas, Mo. : Andrews McMeel ; London : Simon & Schuster [distributor], 2010.

Tully, Tom. Harlem heroes / Oxford : 2000 AD, 2010.

Weisman, Mary-Lou. Al Jaffee's mad life / New York, NY : It Books, c2010.

Wright, Doug, 1917-1983. Nipper 1963-1964 / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn & Quarterly ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2010.

Yoshizaki, Seimu. Kingyo Used Books. vol. 2 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2010].

Young, Chic, 1901-1973. Chic Young's Blondie : the courtship and wedding, complete daily comics 1930-1933 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2010.


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Christmas Covers - December 6

Archie and the gang get a lesson in the meaning of Christmas from Hippie Santa Claus on the cover to Archie Giant Series Magazine #169 (1970).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 19 more 'get-ups' until Santa!
(2009: Marvel Apes #0)
(2008: Gustaf #7)
(2007: The Adventures of Superboy #12)
(2006: The Maze Agency #11)
(2005: Spider-Man's Tangled Web #21)
(2004: Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 5

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover.

Also, Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

So today we combine the two with the cover to Funny Picture Stories vol. 2 #4 (1937) which features three shopping monkeys – which totally should have been in the "12 Days of Christmas."

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 20 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Betty and Veronica #213)
(2008: Marvel Holiday Special 2005)
(2007: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #1)
(2006: Animaniacs: A Christmas Special #1)
(2005: Shanda the Panda #14)
(2004: Famous Funnies #125)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 4

Daffy is not amused by Bugs' use of mistletoe on David Alvarez & Mike DeCarlo's cover for Looney Tunes #73 (2000)

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 21 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Norsk MAD vol. 38 #12)
(2008: Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2)
(2007: Popular Comics #12)
(2006: Yogi Bear #11)
(2005: The Batman and Robin Adventures #3)
(2004: Dell Four Color #1154)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
4 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
5 (+1). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
6 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
7 (-). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
8 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 13
9 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
10 (+3). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
11 (+8). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
12 (+4). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
13 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
14 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
15 (-6). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
16 (-1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
17 (-6). Superman: Earth One
18 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
20 (-3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
21 (-5). The Walking Dead, Book 1
22 (+8). The Walking Dead Book 2
23 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 6
24 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side
25 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
26 (+7). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
27 (R). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
28 (+13). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
29 (-). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
30 (+10). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
31 (-10). Walking Dead Volume 12
32 (+16). The Walking Dead Book 3
33 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
34 (-7). The Walking Dead Book 5
35 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
36 (-12). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
37 (-9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
38 (-16). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
39 (R). Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
40 (+7). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
41 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
42 (-6). Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories
43 (R). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin & Hobbes)
44 (-10). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
45 (-13). V for Vendetta
46 (-7). Batman: The Killing Joke
47 (N). Garfield: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
48 (R). Garfield Potbelly of Gold: His 50th Book
49 (-3). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks


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 Wimpy Kid holds the top 3 spots on the comics chart, but still cannot crack #1 on the overall chart; he sits at #2 behind former president Bush. (Yes, this is the same bullet point text as the past two weeks...)

* Wimpy coattails: Dork Diaries books see a boost with the release of the new Wimpy Kid, with volume 2 moving up into the top ten.

* Dead Watch: Fourteen of the top Fifty books are Walking Dead collections.

* The only debut this week is the Garfield desk calendar at #48.

* The bottom of the top fifty list is #2,080 on the overall chart this week.

Christmas Covers - December 3

Dennis's Santa suit is a bit too big on Hank Ketcham's cover for Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #42 (1978).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 22 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Marvel Age #85)
(2008: Looney Tunes #97)
(2007: Marvel Holiday Special 1994)
(2006: Tom-Tom and Itchi the Monk #2)
(2005: Marge's Little Lulu #18)
(2004: Superman #369)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 2

Sam has leaped into a department store Santa on C. Winston Taylor's cover for Quantum Leap #3 (1992).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 23 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Casper Giant-Size #2)
(2008: Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #2)
(2007: Sabrina, The Teen-Age Witch #77)
(2006: Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #111)
(2005: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-43)
(2004: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 1

It's time once again for our annual Christmas Covers event: twenty-five more comic covers with a holiday theme!

We begin our 2010 season with Archie and Veronica bringing home a freshly cut Christmas tree on Stan Goldberg & Bob Smith's cover for Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #6 (2002)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 24 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Holiday Comics #8)
(2008: Christmas Carnival)
(2007: Comic Cavalcade #5)
(2006: Justice League Unlimited #16)
(2005: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #3)
(2004: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-34)

(Also see: Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar) 

Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

Toby Tyler's friend is a monkey on the photo cover to Dell's Four Color #1092 (1960).

(Standard disclaimer about chimpanzees dressed up for the circus not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
4 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 13
5 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (+3). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (-3). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
8 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
9 (+7). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
10 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
11 (-4). Superman: Earth One
12 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
13 (+1). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
14 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
15 (1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
16 (-3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
17 (+6). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
18 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (-2). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
20 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 6
21 (-). Walking Dead Volume 12
22 (-). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
23 (+1). Odd Is on Our Side
24 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
25 (+9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
26 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 1
27 (+6). The Walking Dead Book 5
28 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
29 (+2). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
30 (+5). The Walking Dead Book 2
31 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
32 (+4). V for Vendetta
33 (+6). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
34 (R). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
35 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
36 (N). Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories
37 (R). Blackest Night
38 (N). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
39 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
40 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
41 (-21). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
42 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
43 (-5). Stephen King's N.
44 (R). Kick-Ass
45 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
46 (-4). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
47 (R). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
48 (R). The Walking Dead Book 3
49 (-21). X'ed Out
50 (R). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn


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 Wimpy Kid holds the top 3 spots on the comics chart, but still cannot crack #1 on the overall chart; he sits at #2 behind former president Bush. (Yes, this is the same bullet point text as last week!)

* Scott Pilgrim sales stay about the same, though the boxset moves up into the top ten.

* The holiday shopping season is upon us. We're just on the cusp of it this morning, but expect to see some major changes in the chart over the next few weeks.

* The top debut this week is Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories, which actually came out a few weeks ago but is just now making the top fifty. The only other debut is the kindle edition of Dork Diaries.

* The bottom of the chart is rather healthy #1,560 this week on the overall chart.