Friday, April 22, 2011

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+2). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (-). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
6 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
7 (N). Ziggy Marley's Marijuanaman *
8 (+4). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out *
9 (+5). Mister Wonderful: A Love Story
10 (+15). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
11 (-4). Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus *
12 (+6). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
13 (+8). Batman: Year One
14 (+1). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
15 (N). Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution *
16 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
17 (+25). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
18 (-2). Big Nate Out Loud *
19 (-11). Big Nate Boredom Buster: Super Scribbles, Cool Comix, and Lots of Laughs
20 (+2). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
21 (R). The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1
22 (+18). Batman: The Killing Joke
23 (-3). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star *
24 (+8). Walking Dead Volume 13
25 (-14). The Boys Vol. 8: Highland Laddie
26 (-16). Big Nate: From the Top
27 (-8). Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4 *
28 (-11). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
29 (+4). V for Vendetta
30 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
31 (-4). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (Kindle edition)
32 (-1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
33 (R). The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2
34 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
35 (R). The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3
36 (N). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition) *
37 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
38 (-9). Watchmen
39 (R). Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 3: Reason *
40 (-6). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
41 (-18). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 4: 1986-1987
42 (N). Y The Last Man Deluxe Book Five *
43 (N). S.H.I.E.L.D.: Architects of Tomorrow *
44 (N). Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat
45 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
46 (R). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
47 (-10). Batman: Hush
48 (N). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) *
49 (R). Irredeemable Vol 2
50 (-24). Irredeemable: Volume 1


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 on the top (#91 overall), but The Oatmeal inches back closer into the #2 spot. Interestingly there's a revised and expanded edition of the WK Do-It-Yourself Book popping up on pre-order down at #48 which may cause sales of the regular edition (currently #3) to start to sag.

* Top debut of the week is Ziggy Marley's Marijuanaman at #7, no doubt helped by Marley's television appearances hawking the book on various shows. Also debuting high (ha, see what I did there?) is a new X-Force collection, while down near the bottom are collections of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Y, the Last Man.

* This week's trend to ponder is the sudden re-appearance of three Absolute Sandman volumes. Anyone got any clues as to why this may be happening?

* Several Batman titles show a surge this week, including the strange appearance of an eight-year-old Batman: Knightfall collection. Perhaps we can blame a Hollywood casting call for the new Batman movie for this?

* Irredeemable Vol. 1 at the bottom of the list is #2,460 overall.

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