Friday, August 17, 2012

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
2 (-1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You *
3 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
4 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke
5 (+5). Batman: Earth One
6 (-). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
7 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8 (+6). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
9 (+38). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
10 (+10). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
11 (+20). The Complete Persepolis
12 (+1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
13 (-4). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
14 (+9). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
15 (+3). Watchmen
16 (-5). Batman: The Long Halloween
17 (-1). Darth Vader and Son
18 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
19 (-7). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
20 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
21 (+8). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
22 (-15). Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 1: Precious Little Life
23 (+3). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
24 (+26). The Walking Dead, Book 8 *
25 (-6). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
26 (-18). Batman: Year One
27 (-3). Batman: Hush
28 (+10). The Underwater Welder
29 (-2). Big Nate Makes the Grade *
30 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Kindle edition)
31 (+15). American Born Chinese
32 (-11). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
33 (+11). V for Vendetta
34 (-12). Superman - Action Comics Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel (The New 52)
35 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
36 (-3). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
37 (-12). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Knightquest
38 (+10). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
39 (R). Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks
40 (R). Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
41 (-13). Batman: Dark Victory
42 (-6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
43 (-9). Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition
44 (-5). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 3 - KnightsEnd *
45 (R). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
46 (N). The Walking Dead Volume 17 *
47 (-12). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
48 (-8). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
49 (N). Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves *
50 (N). King City

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 two books at the top of charts switch places, putting the upcoming Wimpy Kid book ahead of the upcoming Oatmeal collection. I suspect we'll be seeing a lot of such swapping over the next several weeks...
  • There's a lot of movement on the chart this week, with eighteen books moving 10 or more slots either up or down.
  • Bat Watch: Fourteen Batman books on the chart this week, down just one from last week.
  • Dead Watch: Just five Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, up one from last week. That one is the debut of the 17th trade paperback collection. It's way down at the bottom of the chart now, but by the time it is published in early December expect to see it up close to the top.
  • Only two other debuts this week, a new Amulet GN and the collection of Brandon Graham's King City, in the last two slots on the chart.

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