Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
2 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 1
3 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 2
4 (+20). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
5 (+17). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
6 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 3
7 (+16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
8 (+4). The Walking Dead, Book 5
9 (+7). The Walking Dead, Book 6
10 (+17). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
11 (-8). If You Loved Me You'd Think This Was Cute: Uncomfortably True Cartoons About You (Kindle)
12 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 15
13 (+2). The Walking Dead, Book 7
14 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 4
15 (N). Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth *
16 (+16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16 *
17 (+21). The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense
18 (-14). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
19 (+26). The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life
20 (+10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
21 (+8). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
22 (+14). The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
23 (+10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
24 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before
25 (+18). The Walking Dead, Vol. 12
26 (-24). A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One *
27 (-20). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
28 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer
29 (-19). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
30 (+12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 13
31 (N). When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People: A Close to Home Collection (Kindle)
32 (N). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us (Kindle)
33 (-19). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
34 (-15). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
35 (-17). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
36 (N). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars (Kindle)
37 (-16). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
38 (-10). Watchmen
39 (-). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
40 (+4). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
41 (-30). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
42 (-7). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
43 (-9). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
44 (-13). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
45 (-4). V for Vendetta
46 (-21). Batman: The Killing Joke
47 (-7). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)
48 (N). A Little Character Goes a Long Way: A 35-Year Collection of Ziggy Favorites (Kindle)
49 (N). House of Odd
50 (-13). Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book 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:

* This week's big story is the total domination of the bestseller list by The Walking Dead. While not quite as impressive as it was earlier in the week, it still holds the top ten slots, twenty-two of the top 25, and more than half of the top fifty. Every extant print collection of The Walking Dead is in the top thirty.

* The WD Compendium, #1 this week on the comics chart, is an impressive #8 on the overall chart. The others in the top ten rate thusly overall: #20, #37, #54, #56, #61, #75, #82, #94, #96. (So yeah, if you do a little math, you'll see that The Walking Dead is taking up 10% of the overall top 100 on Amazon.)

* Last week I stated that there were only twenty-four WD collections extant. Turns out I was wrong, as it's also available on the Kindle, and two of those Kindle editions debut on the chart this week as well.

* The top debut this week is Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth, whose 65% off pre-publication price appears to be a bargain that many fans are finding attractive.

* The latest trend in Kindle comics appears to be 99¢ comics strip collections from Andrews McMeel. Collections of Ziggy & Close to Home join If You Loved Me You'd Think This Was Cute on the chart this week. There are full-size collections, not cheap samplers, and 99¢ appears to be a magic price point.

* The other debut this week is Dean Koontz's House of Odd. The previous Odd book did quite well, so keep an eye on this one.

* The only non-WD item on the list to show positive movement week-to-week was Maus.