Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
2 (+17). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
3 (+1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You *
4 (-2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
5 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
6 (+28). Building Stories *
7 (-1). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All *
8 (-1). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
9 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
10 (-5). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
11 (+4). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle) *
12 (+4). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
13 (+1). Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves
14 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 8 *
15 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear *
16 (-8). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
17 (+8). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
18 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
19 (+2). Batman: The Killing Joke
20 (-11). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
21 (+8). Watchmen
22 (-12). Big Nate Makes the Grade
23 (-10). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
24 (-2). Darth Vader and Son
25 (-7). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
26 (-14). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
27 (R). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
28 (-4). The Walking Dead, vol. 1 (Kindle)
29 (-3). Drama
30 (-2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
31 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
32 (R). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
33 (+16). V for Vendetta
34 (-14). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
35 (R). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 3: Knightsend
36 (+5). Judge Dredd: Case Files 01
37 (-6). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
38 (+1). Batman: Earth One
39 (-4). The Complete Persepolis
40 (-3). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
41 (R). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
42 (-18). Sailor Moon 7
43 (-10). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 11
44 (-3). American Born Chinese
45 (-). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
47 (R). Batman: Year One Deluxe
48 (-12). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
49 (R). Batman: Hush
50 (R). The Walking Dead, 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:

• Three titles make huge leaps on the chart up into the top ten: The third volume of Avatar: The Promise; Chris Ware's upcoming Building Stories; and the strangely-missing-from-the-chart-last-week Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
• The top item on the chart, the seventh Wimpy Kid book, is #6 on the Amazon overall books chart. Avatar is #79 on the overall chart; How to Tell if Your Cat... is #114.
• A very rare occurrence this week as there are no new titles in the top fifty.
• Despite the new movie bombing mightily at the box office, a Judge Dredd collection is on the chart for the second week in a row, and even moves up a bit this week.
• Dead Watch: Eight Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, up two from last week as we are now just a bit over two weeks from the new season of the television show.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
2 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
3 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
4 (-). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You *
5 (+2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
6 (+6). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All *
7 (+4). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
8 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
9 (+4). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
10 (-). Big Nate Makes the Grade
11 (+20). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear *
12 (+13). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
13 (+22). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
14 (-6). Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves
15 (+15). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle) *
16 (-7). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
17 (+10). The Walking Dead, Book 8 *
18 (-4). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
19 (-). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
20 (-14). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
21 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke
22 (-5). Darth Vader and Son
23 (+3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
24 (-6). Sailor Moon 7 *
25 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
26 (+7). Drama
27 (R). Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: "Only a Poor Old Man" (Vol. 1)
28 (-13). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
29 (-1). Watchmen
30 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
31 (+13). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
32 (+17). The Walking Dead, vol. 1 (Kindle)
33 (+8). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 11
34 (+13). Building Stories *
35 (-6). The Complete Persepolis
36 (-14). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
37 (+6). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
38 (+10). Batman: The Long Halloween
39 (-5). Batman: Earth One
40 (-2). Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench (The New 52)
41 (N). Judge Dredd: Case Files 01
42 (R). Big Nate: Here Goes Nothing
43 (N). Dragonbreath #7: When Fairies Go Bad
44 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 7
45 (R). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
46 (R). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
47 (+3). American Born Chinese
48 (-2). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
49 (R). V for Vendetta
50 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes



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: 

• It's a rather sedate week on the Amazon chart. The top four are the same as last week, and new books don't show up until near the bottom of the list: Judge Dredd Case Files at #41, and a new Dragonbreath at #43.
• Dead Watch: Six Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, the same as last week.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
2 (+3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
3 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
4 (+8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You *
5 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-4). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7 (+2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
8 (-4). Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves
9 (+26). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
10 (+9). Big Nate Makes the Grade
11 (-). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
12 (+11). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All *
13 (+5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
14 (+7). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
15 (-12). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (-8). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
17 (+19). Darth Vader and Son
18 (+23). Sailor Moon 7 *
19 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
20 (+11). Batman: Knightfall Vol. 3, KnightsEnd
21 (-11). Batman: The Killing Joke
22 (-9). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
23 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
24 (N). A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel *
25 (+9). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
26 (+2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
27 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 8 *
28 (-8). Watchmen
29 (-12). The Complete Persepolis
30 (N). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle) *
31 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear *
32 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
33 (+5). Drama
34 (-9). Batman: Earth One
35 (+11). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
36 (N). Walter Koenig's Things to Come *
37 (-5). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
38 (N). Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench (The New 52)
39 (N). The Complete Peanuts 1983-1986 Gift Box Set *
40 (N). Naruto, Vol. 58
41 (N). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 11
42 (N). The Manhattan Projects Volume 1: Science. Bad. TP *
43 (-27). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
44 (-18). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
45 (R). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
46 (-32). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
47 (+1). Building Stories *
48 (-1). Batman: The Long Halloween
49 (-7). The Walking Dead, vol. 1 (Kindle)
50 (-35). American Born Chinese




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 seventh Wimpy Kid volume, The Third Wheel, remains at the top of the list. I expect we'll see it there for the remainder of the year, though a Walking Dead surge in October isn't out of the question.
• There are a lot of debut titles on the chart this week, led off by Hope Larson's upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. Other debuts are the Kindle version of the fifth Dork Diaries; Walter Koenig's Things to Come; the first Aquaman collection of DC's new 52; another Peanuts box set; the latest volumes of manga titles Naruto & Yotsuba&!; and the first collection of Jonathan Hickman's The Manhattan Projects.
• Earlier in the week, both A Wrinkle in Time and Things to Come were up in the top 5 on the comics chart. This is a fairly typical result of a new title on the chart when it is in pre-order, especially when it is the result of some prominent publicity (e.g. on BoingBoing in the case of Wrinkle). This is a good time to remind readers that these charts are just a snapshot of a particular moment in time of the charts on Amazon, which change hourly.
• Dead Watch: Just six Walking Dead collections this week, down two from last week, but both of the Compendiums are in the top five.
• Bat Watch: Seven Batman books on the chart this week, down one from last week. We're now back to normal Batman chart levels, so I think we'll retire Bat Watch for the time being.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
2 (-). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
3 (-). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
4 (+17). Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves
5 (+12). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (+5). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
7 (+5). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
8 (+5). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
9 (-3). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
10 (+10). Batman: The Killing Joke
11 (-3). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
12 (+11). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You *
13 (-8). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
14 (+2). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
15 (-5). American Born Chinese
16 (-12). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
17 (-8). The Complete Persepolis
18 (+22). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
19 (-5). Big Nate Makes the Grade
20 (-13). Watchmen
21 (+5). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
22 (-4). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
23 (+6). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All *
24 (-2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
25 (+3). Batman: Earth One
26 (+1). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
27 (+16). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear *
28 (-13). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
29 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
30 (N). Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures
31 (R). Batman: Knightfall Vol. 3, KnightsEnd *
32 (-1). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
33 (+2). The Walking Dead, Book 8 *
34 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
35 (-2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
36 (-11). Darth Vader and Son
37 (-7). V for Vendetta
38 (+1). Drama
39 (-20). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
40 (+10). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
41 (+6). Sailor Moon 7 *
42 (-10). The Walking Dead, vol. 1 (Kindle)
43 (R). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
44 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 5
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
46 (R). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
47 (-11). Batman: The Long Halloween
48 (N). Building Stories
49 (-12). The Underwater Welder
50 (-12). Batman: Year One

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 relative calm at the very top of the chart this week masks a lot of underlying volatility. As the start-of-the-semester class buying frenzy calms down we see the chart starting to right-size itself back towards a more general standing.
• The top debut this week is Michael Goodwin & Dan E. Burr's Economix (which earlier in the week was much higher that it current #30 slot). The only other debut is Chris Ware's upcoming Building Stories.
• Dead Watch: Eight Walking Dead collections on the chart this week; up two from last week, and the two compendiums move back up into the top ten.
• Bat Watch: Eight Batman books on the chart this week, same as last week.

Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

Can Beppo the Super Monkey save Superman from Titano the Giant Ape? Find out in Superman Family Adventures #4 (2012) under a cover by Art Baltazar.

(Standard disclaimer about giant apes who are definitely not King Kong not really being monkeys applies.)

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