Friday, October 15, 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 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
3 (+3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
4 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
5 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
6 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
7 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (+6). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
9 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side *
10 (+3). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale *
11 (N). Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts
12 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
13 (+11). The Walking Dead, Book 6 *
14 (-2). Parker: The Outfit
15 (+7). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
16 (+19). Big Nate: From the Top *
17 (+14). Walking Dead Volume 13 *
18 (+12). Walking Dead Volume 12
19 (+2). American Vampire Vol. 1
20 (-5). X-Men: Second Coming
21 (+5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22 (+17). Kick-Ass
23 (+20). Superman: Earth One *
24 (+5). Witch & Wizard: Battle for Shadowland
25 (-2). Naruto, Vol. 49
26 (-7). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
27 (N). Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 3 *
28 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
29 (+5). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)
30 (R). Lost at Sea
31 (N). Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Volume 2
32 (-15). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
33 (-6). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
34 (+10). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill
35 (-7). Batman: The Killing Joke
36 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
37 (+4). Watchmen
38 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
39 (-19). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
40 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
41 (R). Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows
42 (-17). Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s *
43 (-25). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
44 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
45 (R). The Walking Dead Book 5
46 (R). Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes
47 (+3). V for Vendetta
48 (N). X'ed Out *
49 (N). Incorruptible Vol 2
50 (-8). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb


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 upcoming Wimpy Kid volume moves up to #2 on the overall list. With still a few weeks to go until it releases in early November, can it inch its way up to #1 overall?

* The Scott Pilgrim volumes rearrange the deck chairs in slots #2-6, and clock in at #91, 95, 96, 102, & 107. The previous Wimpy Kid volume is at #157 overall.

* Two Joss Whedon-related volumes crack into the top ten this week, the latest Buffy collection and a Serenity OGN.

* The highest debut this week is the two volume slipcased Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts. A bit surprising, but it is edited by Art Spiegelman and the Amazon 42% discount offers a quite significant savings.

* Also new this week are the third Bloom County collection; an OGN based on the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 video game; Charles Burns's upcoming X'ed Out; and the second collection of Mark Waid's Incorruptible.

* Anticipation for AMC's Walking Dead television series continues to build, pulling many Walking Dead volumes up on the list.

* The basement (#50) level this week—The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb—is at #2,726 on the overall list.

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