Friday, November 23, 2012

Amazon Top 50

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

(Note, while the chart is being posted on Saturday morning this week, the chart positions are in fact from Friday morning.)


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
3 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
5 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
7 (-). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
8 (+2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
9 (+11). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear *
10 (-1). Darth Vader and Son
11 (-). Building Stories
12 (+1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
13 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
14 (-6). Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity
15 (-3). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
16 (-1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
17 (+4). Dilbert 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
18 (-). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
19 (-3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
20 (+2). The Walking Dead, Book 8
21 (-4). The Walking Dead, vol. 1 (Kindle)
22 (+11). The Walking Dead, Book 1
23 (+2). Superman: Earth One Vol. 2
24 (-). The Walking Dead, vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
25 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
26 (-2). Saga Volume 1
27 (-8). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
28 (-5). Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1 (Kindle)
29 (+12). Marvel Encyclopedia
30 (+10). Adventure Time Vol. 1
31 (+11). Avengers vs. X-Men
32 (+13). Batman: The Killing Joke
33 (+17). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
34 (+4). The Walking Dead, Book 2
35 (R). The Book of Revelation
36 (-10). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
37 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
38 (-4). The Walking Dead, vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
39 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
40 (+4). Big Nate Makes the Grade
41 (-5). The Walking Dead, vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
43 (N). How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You 2013 Wall Calendar
44 (R). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (Kindle)
45 (R). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
46 (-11). The Walking Dead, vol. 2 (Kindle)
47 (R). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
48 (R). Sailor Moon 8
49 (-3). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
50 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 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:

  • Still number one on both the comics and the overall chart is the seventh Wimpy Kid volume (the Kindle edition is #32 on the Kindle store chart). The Walking Dead Compendia are #34 & #46 on the overall chart; How to Tell... is #39. Wimpy Kid 6 is #61 overall; Dork Diaries 5 is #73. 
  • There's very little movement at the top of the chart, but there's plenty of churn in the middle and lower sections. 
  • The only new title this week is the wall calendar of How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You.
  • Dead Watch: Fourteen Walking Dead titles on the chart this week, up one from last week, and three in the top ten. 
  • We're just a little over a week away from the mid-season finale of the television show, which occasion traditionally sees a big bump for WD trades. But this year it is smacking right up into the holiday buying season, so the WD surge will go head-to-head with the increase for comic strip collections (especially Calvin & Hobbes) as well as The Wimpy Kid and its ilk.

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