Stats Week: My Year in Music 2012

Last.fm conveniently keeps track of all of the music I listen to. Here are my top twenty-five artists, albums & tracks for 2012 (Links are for Spotify):

Artists

 1. Julie London
 2. Scala & Kolacny Brothers
 3. The Pipettes
 4. Sufjan Stevens
 5. Kim Richey
 6. Diana Krall
 7. Pentatonix
 8. The Go! Team
 9. Metric
 9. The Ann Arbor Civic Chorus
11. Holly Figueroa
12. Mannheim Steamroller
13. Karmin
14. Horrorpops
15. Genesis
15. Randa and the Soul Kingdom
17. Mandy Moore
17. Mindy Smith
19. Cara Dillon
19. Elizabeth Mitchell
21. Lori McKenna
21. Charlotte Sometimes
21. Tiffany Alvord
24. Kristin Mooney
24. Cassadee Pope
24. Hey Monday
24. Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler


Albums

 1. Sufjan Stevens - Silver & Gold
 2. Scala & Kolacny Brothers – December
 3. The Ann Arbor Civic Chorus – Greatest Hits – A European Send Off
 4. The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts
 5. Randa and The Soul Kingdom – Randa and The Soul Kingdom
 6. Karmin – Karmin Covers, Vol. 1
 7. Horrorpops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
 7. The Pipettes – Earth Vs The Pipettes
 7. Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler – This Is Christmas
10. Daft Punk – TRON: Legacy
10. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
12. Genesis – Platinum Collection
12. Grey's Anatomy: The Music Event
14. The Pipettes – We Are The Pipettes
14. Kelly Willis – Translated from Love
14. Kate Rusby – While Mortals Sleep
14. Colbie Caillat – Christmas in the Sand
18. Elizabeth Mitchell – You Are My Little Bird
18. The Bamboos – 4
18. Holly Figueroa – Gifts and Burdens
21. Mason Williams – Music, 1968-1971
21. Gizelle Smith & the Mighty Mocambos – This Is Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos
21. Diana Krall – Glad Rag Doll
21. Pentatonix – PTXmas
25. Kimbra – Vows
25. Francesca Battistelli – Christmas
25. Metric – Synthetica Deluxe


Songs

 1. Sara Ramírez – The Story
 2. Scala & Kolacny Brothers – It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad
 3. Jill Phillips & Andy Gullahorn – Baby It's Cold Outside
 3. Pentatonix – Carol of the Bells
 5. Cara Dillon – Black is the Colour
 5. Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler – Zombie Christmas
 5. Zendaya – Something to Dance for
 5. Pentatonix – Somebody That I Used to Know
 5. Little Dragon – Sunshine
 5. Brooke White – Wonderful Christmastime
11. Hey Monday – Without You
11. Valida – Mine To Take
11. Scala & Kolacny Brothers – My December
11. Channing & Quinn – Find Your Way Home
15. The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
15. The Pipettes – Call Me
15. Ellie Goulding – Lights
15. Demi Lovato – Skyscraper
15. Naya Rivera & Grant Gustin – Smooth Criminal
15. The University of Utah Singers – Benedicamus Domino
15. Adele – Skyfall
 

Stats Week: DCnU Title Longevity

Here's a table/chart showing the longevity of each of the titles in DC's New 52 and how long they've lasted:

(Click on charts for larger versions.)

Number is the issue number published during that month (cover dates are given, not on-sale dates). They are grouped by 'wave.' You'll note in the totals that for most months they did indeed publish 52 comics as part of the DCnU, except for Sep 2012 when Batman Incorporated skipped a month due to thematic sensitivity due to the theater shootings; Nov 2012 during Zero Month when they published #0 issues for three cancelled series; and the upcoming Apr 2013, apparently because the new Constantine series won't be ready to launch in time.

Here's the same table/chart, but with Diamond North America sales figures (in thousands) in place of the issue numbers:

(Sales figures include re-order activity and additional printings and are adjusted for returnability as per the calculations over at The Beat.)

Stats Week: 2012 - A Year of Reading Comics

It's Day 2 of our annual Stats Week here ay YACB!

Here's a chart showing how many comics I acquired each week, and how many I read each day of 2012:

My comics week starts on Thursday, as that's when the weekly DCBS shipment usually arrives. Each individual item counts as a comic, whether it be a 22 page floppy or a 600+ page graphic novel opus. The 'Roll' column represents the total delta from when I started keeping track (Feb 2009).

This year for the first time I counted digital comics in the count in addition to physical comics. As a result I both bought and read more comics this year than ever before. (I mostly blame comiXology's 99¢ sales...) I managed to read exactly one more comic this year than I acquired.

(Charts for 2009, 2010, 2011.)

Hey look, graphs!

Stats Week: Amazon Top 50 for 2012

Here are the top 50 comics from the weekly Amazon Top 50 posts of 2012:

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

Methodology: I took my weekly (compiled on Friday) lists of Amazon Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels, and for each week assigned a comic a numerical score equal to 51 minus its ranking; e.g. the #1 book got 50 points, the #2 book got 49 points, the #3 book got 48 points, etc., all the way down to the #50 book getting 1 point. I poured everything into a spreadsheet, and voila. You can download a spreadsheet with all of the data here.

Commentary:

• Once again the book that was at #1 on the first week of the year ends up as the #1 book for the whole year, as it has been since I began these charts. And once again it is a Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume. That bodes well for the seventh Wimpy Kid volume for 2013...
• There were 275 different comics that made the Top 50 for at least one week during 2012; that's down from 324 in 2011.
• It was a good year on the Amazon chart for Diary comics (both Wimpy Kids and Dorks), The Walking Dead, and Batman.
• I never thought I'd see the day that a book by Jeffrey Brown was a top ten seller. But it turns out that Darth Vader and Son was a perfect match for him. There's a sequel, Vader's Little Princess, due out this coming April.
• Eleven of the Top Fifty are Kindle editions this year. That's up from just three last year, and looking at the charts for January I will not be surprised if that number goes up again for 2013. A lot.
• Four books made the chart all fifty-two weeks of the year: Wimpy Kid 6, Walking Dead Compendium 1, Wimpy Kid 5, and Batman: The Killing Joke.
• The only DC New 52 collection to make the Top 50 for the year is Batman. In all, eleven of the New 52 collections made an appearance on the chart throughout the year, though four of those only for one week. The others were: Justice League (#72), Action Comics (#146), Animal Man (#149), Detective Comics (#156), Batman and Robin (#161), Aquaman (#198), Batman: The Dark Knight (#220), Green Lantern (#227), Catwoman (#247), Swamp Thing (#256).
• Marvel continued their woes on the Amazon Charts this year: Their top rated book, Avengers vs. X-Men, placed at #89. This despite the fact that The Avengers was the #1 movie of the year  and media tie-ins tend to give boosts to other comics properties, as witnessed by the boosts given to Batman and The Walking Dead.

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 7) (Kindle)
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
3 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
4 (-). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
5 (+4). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
6 (+4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
7 (-1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
8 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
9 (-1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
10 (+5). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
11 (-). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
12 (+2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
13 (-1). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
14 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
15 (+6). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (+3). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
17 (-4). Building Stories
18 (+6). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
19 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
20 (+5). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
21 (-14). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
22 (-5). The Complete Persepolis
23 (+20). Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland *
24 (-4). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
25 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
26 (+1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
27 (-4). Saga Volume 1
28 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
29 (-). Watchmen
30 (+2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
31 (-1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
32 (+6). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
33 (-2). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
34 (-1). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
35 (-). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
36 (-). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
37 (+4). American Born Chinese
38 (+6). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
39 (+1). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
40 (+9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
41 (-7). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
42 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke
43 (R). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
44 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
45 (-23). Dilbert 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
46 (R). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
47 (N). Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Volume 3: Ramba Ral *
48 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1
49 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
50 (-5). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)


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 Kindle and hardcover versions of The Wimpy Kid 7 continue to hold the top two slots again this week.
• Only one new book this week, a Mobile Suit Gundam manga, and it's way down near the bottom of the chart.
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up nineteen of the slots on the chart this week, up one from last week. 
• Kindle Watch: Amazon's popular Kindle electronic format takes up seventeen of the slots on this week's chart, which is down three from last week.

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 7) (Kindle)
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
3 (+4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
4 (-1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
5 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
6 (-1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
7 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
8 (+5). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
9 (+6). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
10 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
11 (-3). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
12 (+7). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
13 (+13). Building Stories
14 (-2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
15 (-6). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
16 (+7). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
17 (+3). The Complete Persepolis
18 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
19 (-5). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
20 (-9). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
21 (-11). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22 (-13). Dilbert 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
23 (+9). Saga Volume 1
24 (-). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
25 (-3). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
26 (-1). Darth Vader and Son
27 (+7). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
28 (-12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
29 (-1). Watchmen
30 (-3). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
31 (-2). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
32 (-5). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
33 (-3). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
34 (-3). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
35 (-6). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
36 (+8). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
37 (N). Fear Agent Library Volume 1
38 (-2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
39 (R). A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
40 (+2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
41 (+6). American Born Chinese
42 (+6). Batman: The Killing Joke
43 (N). Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland *
44 (-9). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
45 (+1). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
46 (R). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
47 (R). Batman: Year One
48 (R). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
49 (-4). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2 (Kindle)


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 Kindle and hardcover versions of The Wimpy Kid 7 continue to hold the top two slots again this week.
• Two new titles on the chart this week: A Fear Agent hardcover compilation; and the latest Fables collection. 
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up eighteen of the slots on the chart this week, and most of those are in the top half. That's a pretty big domination by the popular hybrid format for the youth market. (If I were, oh say Marvel/Disney, I'd be preparing a knock-off version starring a young Peter Parker. Call it Spider-Diaries...)
• Kindle Watch: Amazon's popular Kindle electronic format takes up twenty of the slots on this week's chart.

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 7) (Kindle)
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
3 (+5). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
4 (+3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
5 (-1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
6 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
7 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
8 (+5). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
9 (-4). Dilbert 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
10 (+18). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
11 (+5). Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1 (Kindle)
12 (-1). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
13 (-4). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
14 (+15). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
15 (-5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
16 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
17 (-1). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
18 (-9). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
19 (-7). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
20 (+25). The Complete Persepolis
21 (-7). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
22 (-2). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
23 (+14). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
24 (+10). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
25 (-7). Darth Vader and Son
26 (-5). Building Stories
27 (+13). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
28 (+16). Watchmen
29 (-7). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
30 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
31 (-8). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
32 (-6). Saga Volume 1
33 (-8). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
34 (+8). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
35 (+6). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
36 (-4). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
37 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
38 (-7). Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb (Kindle)
39 (-9). Amazing Spider-Man #700 Final Issue
40 (+8). How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You 2013 Wall Calendar
41 (N). Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks
42 (-7). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
43 (N). Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History
44 (R). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
45 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
46 (-8). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
47 (R). American Born Chinese
48 (-15). Batman: The Killing Joke
49 (-25). Cartoons from The New Yorker 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
50 (-31). The Argyle Sweater 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar


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:

• Both editions of The Wimpy Kid 7 remain in the top two slots, with the hardcover placing at #30 on the overall Amazon books list.
• Double digit jumps up by books like Persepolis, Fun Home, and Maus signal that the new college semester has begun.
• Just a couple of new books, down near the bottom: Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks and Abina and the Important Men.
• Dead Watch: Just four Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, though two of those are still in the top ten. I'm sure that things will pick up again in February when the television series returns.

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 7) (Kindle)
2 (+1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
3 (+1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
4 (+1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
5 (+9). Dilbert 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
6 (-4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Kindle)
7 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
8 (+7). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
9 (-1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
10 (-1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
11 (-1). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
12 (-1). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
13 (-1). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
14 (-1). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
15 (-8). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
16 (-). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
17 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
18 (+2). Darth Vader and Son
19 (+7). The Argyle Sweater 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
20 (+2). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
21 (-). Building Stories
22 (-1). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
23 (-). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
24 (+10). Cartoons from The New Yorker 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
25 (-1). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
26 (+2). Saga Volume 1
27 (-2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
28 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
29 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
30 (-12). Amazing Spider-Man #700 Final Issue
31 (-). Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb (Kindle)
32 (-2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
33 (+12). Batman: The Killing Joke
34 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
35 (+3). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
36 (+4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
37 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
38 (-6). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
39 (-10). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
40 (-3). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
41 (-5). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
42 (+2). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
43 (-4). The Walking Dead vol. 3 (Kindle)
44 (+3). Watchmen
45 (R). The Complete Persepolis
46 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
47 (R). Batman: Year One
48 (N). How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You 2013 Wall Calendar
49 (-). Dork Diaries 3½ (Kindle)
50 (-4). The Walking Dead, vol. 1: Days Gone Bye


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 Kindle edition of The Wimpy Kid 7 stays on top for a second week in a row. Other Kindle comics from last week's surge remain on the list, though they slip a bit this week. The hardcover edition of WK7 is #14 on the overall Amazon book chart.
• Perennials like Maus, Fun Home, Persepolis and Understanding Comics hop back on the chart this week, signalling that soon college kids will be returning to campus and are starting to buy the texts they need for their graphic narrative classes.
• Dead Watch: Just seven Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, down two from last week. Three of those are Kindle editions for the first three trade collections.

Winter Covers - Happy New Year!

It's a New Year – the slate is wiped clean and you can get out of the dog house! Artist Stephen Douglas wishes you a Happy New Year on the cover of Famous Funnies #174 (1949).