Friday, March 02, 2012

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
2 (N). If You Loved Me You'd Think This Was Cute: Uncomfortably True Cartoons About You (Kindle)
3 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
4 (+2). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
5 (+2). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
6 (-3). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
7 (-2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
8 (-4). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
9 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 15
10 (R). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley"
11 (N). Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book 2 *
12 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 1
13 (+5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
14 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 7
15 (-5). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
16 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
17 (-5). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
18 (+1). Watchmen
19 (+2). The Walking Dead, Book 5
20 (-9). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
21 (-8). The Walking Dead, Book 2
22 (+1). The Walking Dead, Book 3
23 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
24 (-3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)
25 (-8). Batman: Year One
26 (+10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
27 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 6
28 (+12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
29 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
30 (+2). Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works
31 (-6). V for Vendetta
32 (-12). Invincible Ultimate Collection Volume 7 *
33 (+8). The Walking Dead, Vol. 12
34 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
35 (+15). Sailor Moon 4 *
36 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
37 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 4
38 (N). My Friend Dahmer
39 (-24). Batman: The Killing Joke
40 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 13
41 (+7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
42 (-11). Habibi
43 (-5). Ninjago Graphic Novels #1: The Challenge of Samukai
44 (-16). Batman: The Black Mirror
45 (N). JLA (Book 7): Tower of Babel
46 (N). Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book 1
47 (R). Dork Diaries 3 ½ (Kindle)
48 (-11). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
50 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense


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 big surprise near the top of the list this week, as the Kindle edition of Nick Galifianakis's collection of single-panel cartoons debuts at #2. Price likely had something to do with it: the print edition sells for $11, while the Kindle version is offered at just $2. That's still not enough to topple Cabin Fever though, which is at #71 on the overall Amazon book chart.

* Price likely had much to do with the top ten return of Mickey Mouse, which for a few hours earlier this week was selling at just $5.

* Another surprisingly high debut this week is the new Uncanny X-Force hardcover at #11. And it was strong enough to bring up the previous collection into the bottom of the chart as well.

* Other debuts this week are Derf's My Friend Dahmer; and the JLA collection on which the latest DC Animated movie is based.

* Dead Watch: Nineteen slots in the top fifty are taken up by The Walking Dead. That's a lot…

1 comment:

amnachaidh said...

The Walking Dead will continue until they've eating all the slots of the Amazon Top 50.