Friday, January 04, 2013

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.

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