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.