Monkey Covers

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

Grodd bites off the logo to the cover of Superman/Batman #63 (2009) by Rafael Albuquerque.

(Standard disclaimer about comic-chewing apes 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 afternoon. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3 *
2 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
3 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
4 (-2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
5 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
6 (-2). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
7 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
8 (+5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
9 (-). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
10 (R). Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes *
11 (-4). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
12 (-6). Kick-Ass
13 (-1). Watchmen
14 (+1). Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others
15 (+6). Blackest Night *
16 (-6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
17 (+24). Blacksad
18 (R). Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
19 (-5). Wednesday Comics
20 (N). Criminal, Vol. 5: The Sinners *
21 (+18). Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Dork Diaries)
22 (+3). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
23 (+11). V for Vendetta
24 (+6). Green Lantern: Blackest Night *
25 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
26 (N). Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic Volume 9 - Demon *
27 (+18). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
28 (-5). Instructions
29 (-18). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
30 (R). Batman R.I.P.
31 (N). Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut
32 (-6). Naruto, Vol. 48
33 (+11). The Flash: Rebirth
34 (-10). The Walking Dead Book 5
35 (+5). Justice League of America: Cry for Justice
36 (-16). Chew Volume 2: International Flavor
37 (+11). Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps *
38 (R). Irredeemable Vol 2
39 (-12). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
40 (-24). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
41 (R). Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
42 (N). Deadpool Volume 4: Monkey Business Premiere HC *
43 (-7). Batman: The Killing Joke
44 (-7). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
45 (R). Incorruptible
46 (N). Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors
47 (-1). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
48 (-16). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
49 (-7). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
50 (R). Ex Machina, Vol. 9: Ring out the Old


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 top of the chart remains pretty much the same with just some rearranging of the places.

* The highest debut this week isn't until #20, with the pre-order for the latest Criminal collection. New Star Wars & Deadpool colletions pre-orders debut as well.

* Also, two Jhonen Vasquez collections, JtHM & Squee, show up on the chart, the first time since I started keeping track of these things.

* Blacksad goes from pre-order to released, and takes a large jump up the chart.

* Naruto is the lone manga to chart this week.

New This Week: June 23, 2010

What should you look for at the comic shop tomorrow? I'm glad you asked!


Dark Horse have Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, a collection of the superb mini-series by Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson, with the earlier short stories from the Dark Horse Book of... anthologies included. These are excellent stories about a group of pets that defend their neighborhood against the supernatural that are thrilling, emotional and a bit scary at times. The art is some of the best of Thompson's career. The miniseries made my Best of 2009 list.


Also from Dark Horse: The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century, a massive (600+ pages!) collection of every Martha Washington story by Frank Miller & Dave Gibbons.


IDW serve up the second collection of Thom Zahler's wonderful Love & Capes, one of the best super-hero romantic comedies ever produced, featuring the run-up to Mark & Abby's wedding. The comics included here also made my Best of 2009 list.


Also from IDW: Fallen Angel Omnibus Vol. 0, a large collection of the entire original DC-published Fallen Angel series by Peter David & David Lopez. About half of these comics have never been collected before.


Airship Entertainment have the ninth volume of the popular Girl Genius series by Phil & Kaja Foglio, in both paperback and hardcover editions.

Monkey Covers

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

Dr. Zaius will not let the humans escape with the ape's secret on the cover to Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #5 (1977) by Rich Buckler & Klaus Janson.

(Standard disclaimer about militaristic apes of the future 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 afternoon. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3 *
2 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
3 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
4 (+2). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
5 (-3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
6 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
7 (+11). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
8 (-5). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
9 (-1). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
10 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
11 (+1). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
12 (+9). Watchmen
13 (+3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
14 (-5). Wednesday Comics
15 (N). Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others *
16 (+7). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
17 (R). Odd Is on Our Side *
18 (-5). Kick-Ass
19 (+6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
20 (N). Chew Volume 2: International Flavor *
21 (+14). Blackest Night *
22 (-7). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984
23 (-13). Instructions
24 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 5
25 (-6). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
26 (-6). Naruto, Vol. 48
27 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
28 (+1). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
29 (-12). Mass Effect Volume 1: Redemption
30 (R). Green Lantern: Blackest Night *
31 (N). Legends: The Enchanted *
32 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
33 (+3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
34 (R). V for Vendetta
35 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
36 (+8). Batman: The Killing Joke
37 (+9). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
38 (R). No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
39 (-28). Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Dork Diaries)
40 (+7). Justice League of America: Cry for Justice
41 (+4). Blacksad *
42 (-6). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
43 (-1). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
44 (-20). The Flash: Rebirth
45 (-18). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
46 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
47 (-21). The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 1: 1936-1938
48 (N). Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps *
49 (N). The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya *
50 (-20). Wilson


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:

* A new Scott Pilgrim trailer gives several of the comics a boost above the Wimpy Kid. They still can't top Janet Evanovich though.

* I still have no explanation for the recent surge in interest in Persepolis. Has there been some sort of recent media notice?

* The highest debut belongs to a new Hellboy volume, followed by Chew & Legends: The Enchanted.

* Interest in the Blackest Night hardcovers increases as their July release looms closer.

DC's Top Ten Current Comics

Here, in alphabetical order, are the best comics currently being published by DCE (as determined by me!)

* Batman & Robin - Grant Morrison on Batman, joined by a rotating team of top artists on 3-issue stories. This comic should be the template for super-heroes in the new decade.

* Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Ostensibly a comic for kids, based on the Cartoon Network series, this is one comic that doesn't forget that super-hero comics should be awesome. With frequent guest stars you thought you might never see in comics again, at least once per issue I squeal with fanboy joy.

* Birds of Prey - Yes, we're only one issue into the new series. But writer Gail Simone hasn't missed a beat, and even artist Ed Benes seems to have stepped his game up a notch.

* Daytripper - It was clear from the outset that Moon & Bá's comic would look fabulous. It took me a few issues to grok what was going on with the story, but once I did it really grew on me (though I'm still not exactly sure what it's about...)

* Ex Machina - Just one issue left to go, but unless Vaughan & Harris completely blow the ending (highly unlikely) they will have given us a modern super-hero classic for the first decade of the 2000s.

* Jonah Hex - Violent and moralistic, Gray & Palmiotti write Hex just the way his comic should be. Most stories are done-in-one, with just the lightest touch of occasional continuity. They are joined by a some of the best artists working in comics.

* Madame Xanadu - I didn't know I needed this comic until Matt Wagner & Amy Reeder gave it to me, by giving a personality to a previously cypher of a character and managing to lightly tie into DC continuity (with guest appearances by the likes of the Phantom Stranger and the Martian Manhunter).

* The Spirit - In their first two issues, writer Mark Schultz & artist Moritat have managed to strike the right balance in making the title character both classic and modern.

* Sweet Tooth - It's Jeff Lemire doing a a Jeff Lemire thing in a post-apocalyptic world, every month and in color.

* Unknown Soldier - I've only actually read the first trade so far, but Dysart & Ponticelli's powerful story of the cost of war and violence guarantees that I'll be back for more.


Honorable Mention: Power Girl - Gray, Palmiotti & Conner finished their too short twelve-issue run last month, having given us a good solid year of super-hero stories that are fun and exciting.

Monkey Covers

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

Gorilla Grodd and the rest of the Secret Society of Super-Villains loom over the heroes on the cover to DC Special Series #6 (1977) by Rich Buckler & Jack Abel.

(Standard disclaimer about world-conquering gorillas 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 (+2). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3 *
2 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
4 (-2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
5 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
6 (+1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
7 (-2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
8 (+1). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
9 (-1). Wednesday Comics
10 (+5). Instructions
11 (+34). Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Dork Diaries) *
12 (+4). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
13 (-3). Kick-Ass
14 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
15 (-4). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984
16 (+5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
17 (N). Mass Effect Volume 1: Redemption
18 (+9). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
19 (+10). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
20 (-6). Naruto, Vol. 48
21 (-1). Watchmen
22 (-10). The Walking Dead Book 5
23 (-4). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
24 (-2). The Flash: Rebirth
25 (+9). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
26 (N). The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 1: 1936-1938
27 (+3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
28 (N). The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
29 (-3). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
30 (-7). Wilson
31 (R). Batman: Year One
32 (-8). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 5
33 (-15). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
34 (+8). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3 (Deluxe Edition)
35 (R). Blackest Night *
36 (-3). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
37 (+1). Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 13
38 (-10). Hellsing Volume 10
39 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
40 (N). Warcraft: Shadow Wing Volume 1: The Dragons of Outland
41 (N). Invincible Volume 12: Still Standing
42 (+4). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
43 (+6). American Born Chinese
44 (+4). Batman: The Killing Joke
45 (N). Blacksad *
46 (-5). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
47 (N). Justice League of America: Cry for Justice
48 (N). How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
49 (R). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
50 (N). Daredevil by Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Omnibus, Vol. 2 *



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 highest debut this week belongs to the collected edition of the Mass Effect comic, based on the video game. If you're wondering why comic companies keep putting out the poorly-selling licenses based on video games, this is a good reminder that the collected editions usually sell quite well outside the typical comic market.

* Also debuting this week is the first volume of The Popularity Papers, described as 'Wimpy Kid for girls.' The other 'Wimpy Kid for girls,' Dork Diaries, moves up an impressive thirty-four places to almost crack the top ten.

* The real Wimpy Kid volumes move back ahead of Scott Pilgrim this week, but the number one slot belongs to Janet Evanovich's Troublemaker.

New This Week: June 8, 2010

What should you look for at the comic shop tomorrow? I'm glad you asked!

Dark Horse has a hardcover omnibus collection of the three Blacksad stories by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido. I read the first two stories when they were published previously by iBooks; they are pretty good anthropomorphic noir stories with some gorgeous art.


I Box have the first volume of Stardrop, a sci-fi comic by Thieves & Kings creator Mark Oakley about an alien princess hiding out on Earth. I remember reading a preview of this a few years back (perhaps in an issue of T&K?) and it was quite enchanting.


Batman #700 is the first of this month's 700th anniversary issues (with Superman & Wonder Woman following). Written by Grant Morrison and stories drawn in turn by Andy Kubert, Tony Daniel and Frank Quitely. I'm sure the Quitely-illustrated story will be worth the price of admission alone.


I enjoyed the first two issues of John Byrne's Star Trek – Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor series. The third issue is out this week; they're all done-in-one stories covering McCoy's time with the Starfleet Medical Corps in between the end of the original series and The Motion Picture. If you enjoy classic Trek, give it a look.


Superman/Batman: Finest Worlds collects three two-issue stories written by Michael Green & Mike Johnson. All three are more-or-less imaginary stories. The first, feature a Li'l League that finds it's way to the regular DCU, is a hoot, and the others are good too. You probably missed these in the comics, so now you have a second chance.



Those are just a few of this week's new comics; you can find the complete list over at ComicList.com.

We've Moved the Comics!

As part of our library-wide reshelving (we're integrating the monographs and the journals), the comics & graphic novels have been moved from the basement to their new home on the second floor (east side of the building). They are no longer in compact shelving and are on the more spacious regular shelving. There is now natural light (indirect) and plenty of growth space.

Here are some pictures:



View down the aisle.



View face-on. Look at all that growth space!



Some Manwha. Again, lots of room for growth!



Manga!



More manga!



Bound volumes of The Comics Journal.



Comics from India.



Tintin, in French and in English.



Yotsuba&! in Japanese.



Naruto in Japanese.



Volumes of The Complete Peanuts.



More comics (mostly strip collections).



More comics, American and Canadian (L-M).

Monkey Covers

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

No mad scientist's laboratory is complete without a menacing gorilla, as seen on Henry Scarpelli's cover to Abbot and Costello #2 (1968).

(Standard disclaimer about lab-dwelling gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)


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

New Library Comics: May 2010

Here's a list of a comics we added to our library collection in May:


Adam, Peggy. Luchadoras / Madrid : Sinsentido, c2007

Alexander-Tanner, Ryan. Television. Issue Number One, "The pilot" : a comic book / [S.l.] : Ohyesverynice Comics, [2007]

Archer, Dan. Archcomix no. 1 / [S.l.] : archcomix.com, c2009-

Archer, Dan. Whopper / Palo Alto, CA : [archcomix.com], 2009

Aya, princess of darkness no. 1. / Giza, Egypt : AK Comics, 2005-

Bagge, Peter. Hate annual. no. 8 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books

Capp, Al, 1909-1979. Li'l Abner. Volume 1 : 1934 - 1936. / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Captain Universe : universal heroes / New York : Marvel ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2006

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Chobits. book 1 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2010.

Claremont, Chris, 1950- X-treme X-men. vol. 3 : schism / New York : Marvel Comics, c2001-

The comics of Chris Ware : drawing is a way of thinking / Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

Crypt of horror v. 8 / Longwood, Fla., AC Comics, c2006

Davidson, Jeff. Fragile prophet / Encino, CA : Lost in the Dark Press, 2005

Duffy, Damian. Out of sequence : underrepresented voices in American comics / Champaign, IL : Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, c2008

Gaiman, Neil. Angela / Anaheim, CA : Image Comics, c1995

Gardenfors, Simon. The 120 days of Simon / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010

Goldstein, Nancy, 1942- Jackie Ormes : the first African American woman cartoonist / Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008

Gownley, Jimmy. Amelia rules!. [#4], When the past is a present. / New York : AtheneumBooks for Young Readers, 2010

Hampton, Scott. The Bible : Eden / San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., 2010

Hermans, Maaik. Architecture ... seriously! / Norcross, GA : Greenway Communications, c2006.

Hernandez, Gilbert. High soft lisp / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics : Distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton, 2010

Hernandez, Jaime. Penny century : a love and rockets book / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Herriman, George, 1880-1944. George Herriman's Krazy & Ignatz in "Tiger tea" / San Diego, Calif : IDW ; London : [Diamond [distributor], 2010

Hiroe, Rei. Black lagoon. 001 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2008, c2003.

Jalila : protector of the City of All Faiths. no. 1 / Giza, Egypt : AK Comics, [2006-]

Kanari, Yōzaburō. The opera house murders / Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2003.

Kane, Gil. The jungle book / New York, NY : Marvel Pub., 2007

Kariya, Tetsu, 1941- Oishinbo, a la carte. Izakaya : pub food / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2010.

Kariya, Tetsu, 1941- Oishinbo, a la carte. The joy of rice / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2009

Kawashita, Mizuki. Strawberry 100%. v. 8. Legend of the lovers / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2007-

Kazumi, Yuana. Million tears v. 1 / Hamburg ; Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2007-

Kelly, Walt. Pogo's bats and the belles free / New York : Simon and Schuster, c1976

Kelly, Walt. Pogo's Sunday punch. / New York : Simon and Schuster, [1957]

Kim, Tong-uk, 1976- Angel cup vols. 1-5 / Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2006-

King, Frank, 1883-1969. Walt & Skeezix : 1927 & 1928 / Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly Books ; New York : Distributed in the United States and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010

Liberge, Eric. On the odd hours : a tale / New York : NBM ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010

Lomax, Don. Vietnam journal. Book three, From the Delta to Dak To / Charleston, SC : Transfuzion Pub., 2010

Malki, David, cartoonist. Dapper caps & pedal-copters / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Manara, Milo. Borgia : flames from hell / Rockville Centre, NY : Heavy Metal, [2009?]

Marston, William Moulton, 1893-1947. / The Wonder Woman chronicles v.1 / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2010

McDuffie, Dwayne. Hardware : the man in the machine / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2010

Mome v. 17 : Winter 2010. / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Morrison, Grant. Batman & Robin : Batman reborn / New York : DC Comics, c2010

My love (New York, N.Y. : 1969) My love. no. 26 / New York : Magazine Management Co., 1969-[1976].

Nadel, Dan. Art in time : unknown comic book adventures, 1940-1980 / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2010.

Nocenti, Ann. Someplace strange / New York, NY : Epic Comics, c1988

Okazaki, Mari. Suppli v. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2007-

Ono, Natsume, 1977- Ristorante paradiso / San Francisco : Viz, 2010

Ostrander, John. Grimjack omnibus v. 1 / San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., c2010-

Rakan, the lone warrior no. 1. / Giza, Egypt : AK Comics, [2005]-

Ristaino, Andy. Escape from Dullsville / San Jose, CA : SLG Publishing, 2010

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000. The complete Peanuts v.13 : 1975-1976 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2004-

Shinkai, Makoto. The voices of a distant star = Hoshi no koe / Hamburg ; Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2006.

Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27- Complex city. The master knot. Volume one. / Dallas, TX : Better Comics, 2003

Stanley, John, 1914-1993. Melvin Monster / Montréal, Québec : Drawn and Quarterly, 2009

Strange tales. / New York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, c2010

Sturm, James, 1965- Market day / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2010.

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Inu-yasha vols. 45-48 / Tōkyō : Shōgakkan, 1997-

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- InuYasha v. 46 / San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC, c2003-

Taniguchi, Jirō. The times of Botchan v. 4 / Tokyo : Fanfare/Ponent Mon, c2005-

Tardi, Jacques. It was the war of the trenches / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Tatsumi, Yoshihiro, 1935- Black blizzard / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Black Jack v. 10 / New York : Vertical, c2008

Tilkin, Wim. Mango & Spit. 1. Happy hour / [S.l.] : Aardappel Comics, c2003.

Timony, Peter. The night owls. v. 1 / New York : DC Comics, c2010.

Tobe, Keiko. With the light : raising an autistic child v. 6 / New York : Yen Press, 2007-

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- Pluto : Urasawa x Tezuka v. 8 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, c2008-

Urosawa, Naoki, 1960- 20th century boys vols. 5-7 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2009-

Uslan, Michael, 1951- Archie in Will you marry me? The Archie wedding / Mamaroneck, N.Y. : Archie ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Wagner, Matt. Grendel : behold the devil / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2010

Watson, Esther. Unlovable v. 2 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009-

Wheatley, Mark. EZ street. / San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2010

Yambar, Chris. Airwave comics presents... Yambar and Broderick's Suicide Blonde : the collected edition / Bethel, CT : Airwave Comics LLC, c2004

Yang, Gene Luen. Animal Crackers : a Gene Luen Yang collection / San Jose, California Slave Labor Graphics 2010

Zein, the last pharaoh no. 1. / Giza, Egypt : AK Comics, 2005-


As always, this listing is available as an RSS Feed.

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: Dog Days
2 (+8). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
3 (-). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3 *
4 (+11). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
5 (+7). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
6 (-4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
7 (+1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
8 (-4). Wednesday Comics
9 (-3). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
10 (-3). Kick-Ass
11 (+7). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984
12 (+2). The Walking Dead Book 5
13 (+13). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
14 (+7). Naruto, Vol. 48 *
15 (-10). Instructions
16 (+6). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
17 (N). Vampire Knight, Vol. 10
18 (-9). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
19 (+29). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
20 (+4). Watchmen
21 (+6). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22 (-3). The Flash: Rebirth
23 (-). Wilson
24 (-11). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 5
25 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
26 (+2). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
27 (+10). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
28 (-11). Hellsing Volume 10
29 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
30 (+6). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
31 (N). Bleach, Vol. 31
32 (-12). Negima! 26
33 (+6). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
34 (-23). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
35 (-5). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
36 (R). No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
37 (R). Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3)
38 (+8). V for Vendetta
39 (R). The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2
40 (N). Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 13 *
41 (-11). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
42 (R). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3 (Deluxe Edition)
43 (R). Asterios Polyp
44 (-3). Ex Machina, Vol. 9: Ring out the Old
45 (N). Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl (Dork Diaries) *
46 (-14). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
47 (N). Uncanny X-Men: Nation X, Book 1
48 (-5). Batman: The Killing Joke
49 (R). American Born Chinese
50 (R). The Arrival



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:

* Another new Scott Pilgrim movie trailer means another bump in sales for Scott Pilgrim comics. And news of the start of principal photography for AMC's Walking Dead television series leads to a boost for those comics as well. It's as though the path to comic sales lies more in the promise of a media product more than the actual movie or tv show itself. However, bucking the post-movie blues trend is Kick-Ass, which remains a top ten seller a while after the movie played to mixed reviews and lukewarm box office.

* Three more manga debut with their latest volumes this week: Vampire Knight, Bleach, and Battle Angel Alita. They join Naruto, Hellsing and Negima! from last week, making this one of the strongest weeks for manga on the Amazon list in quite a while. Apparently the news of the death of manga hasn't yet reached the readers, at least those of the more popular series.

* Also debuting this week is the latest volume of Dork Diaries, which apparently is the girl-starring equivalent of the Wimpy Kid series.

FCBM6 Day 35

It's day thirty-five—the final day—of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our last selected entry is from Neal Rose. The five comics that Neal likes are:

1. Spider-Man
2. Batman
3. Watchmen
4. Sandman
5. Y, the Last Man

And his other thing of interest is beer.

For Neal I have all three issues of Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely's most excellent We3.

For Neal's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Popeye Halloween comic.

Neal's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
109 free comics sent
no days remaining—we're done!

FCBM6 Day 34

It's day thirty-four of the slightly-longer Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Alejandro Diaz. The five comics that Alejandro likes are:

1. REBELS
2. Legion of Super-Heroes
3. GI Joe: Cobra
4. Invincible Iron Man
5. Daredevil

And his other thing of interest is Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game.

For Alejandro I have all four issues of Brian Haberlin & Clayton Henry's Antarctic thriller Area 52.

For Alejandro's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Star Wars Halloween comic.

Alejandro's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
105 free comics sent so far
? days remaining

FCBM6 Day 33

It's day thirty-three of the slightly-longer Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Caleb Spring. The five comics that Caleb likes are:

1. Fables
2. Buffy season 8
3. X-Factor
4. Legion of Super-Heroes
5. Hellboy

And his other thing of interest is Battlestar Galactica.

For Caleb I have all four issues of Horrorwood, the 50s-era story of monsters and mystery by Brandon Terrell & Brent Schoonover.

For Caleb's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Star Wars Halloween comic.

Caleb's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
100 free comics sent so far
? days remaining

FCBM6 Day 32

It's day thirty-two of the slightly-longer Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Stig Greve. The five comics that Stig likes are:

1. Planetary
2. DC: The New Frontier
3. Rocketo
4. Secret Warriors
5. Invincible Iron Man

And his other thing of interest is the movie Layer Cake.

For Stig I have a couple of comics from Marvel's new Heroic Age: Avengers #1 and Age of Heroes #1.

For Stig's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Star Wars Halloween comic.

Stig's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!


Current FCBM Statistics:
35 entries
95 free comics sent so far
? days remaining