Friday, February 22, 2013

Mini-Comics Day Poster

Here is the quite excellent poster for the 3rd Annual Mini-Comics Day at the Dude, created by the awesome Adam Buttrick.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
5 (+1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
6 (+2). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
7 (+2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
8 (+10). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
9 (-2). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
10 (+4). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
11 (+26). Saga Volume 1
12 (-1). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
3 (-4). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
14 (-3). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
15 (-5). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
16 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #6 (Kindle)
17 (-2). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
18 (-5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
19 (-7). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
20 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
21 (-5). Darth Vader and Son
22 (+20). The Walking Dead, Book 1
23 (+1). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
24 (-1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
25 (+19). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
26 (R). The Walking Dead vol. 2 (Kindle)
27 (+16). The Walking Dead, Book 2
28 (-2). Building Stories
29 (-4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
30 (+9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
31 (-10). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
32 (+18). Batman: Night of the Owls (The New 52)
33 (+2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
34 (+2). Watchmen
35 (-8). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (Kindle)
36 (-5). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
37 (-7). Batman: The Killing Joke
38 (+7). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
39 (R). The Walking Dead vol. 3 (Kindle)
40 (-12). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
41 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3
43 (-14). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
44 (-12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
45 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
46 (+1). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
47 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
48 (R). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
49 (R). The Walking Dead vol. 4 (Kindle)
50 (R). 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 Kindle edition of The Wimpy Kid 7 retains the #1 slot yet again this week. Though for a while earlier in the week the first Walking Dead Compendium briefly appeared in the top spot.
  • Dead Watch: The two Walking Dead Compendia remain in the #2 & #3 slots, and have moved up to #31 & #44 respectively on the overall Amazon books chart. There are fourteen WD collections on the chart this week, up five from last week, and three collections in the top ten.
  • The first Saga collection climbs up the chart to #11, due to its being significantly discounted (which is rare on Amazon for a sub-$10 book).
  • Injustice Watch: The sixth issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us is the lone debut this week; #1 and #5 are the only other issues that make the chart this week.
  • Kindle Watch: Twenty of the chart slots this week are taken up by Kindle editions, down one from last week. 
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, the same as last week.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
3 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
4 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
5 (+3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
6 (-4). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
7 (+3). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
8 (+1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
9 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
10 (+2). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
11 (-). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
12 (+2). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
13 (-). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
14 (+1). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
15 (+2). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
16 (-12). Darth Vader and Son
17 (-1). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
18 (+13). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
19 (-). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)
20 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
21 (+5). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
22 (+18). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
23 (-1). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
24 (-4). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
25 (+16). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
26 (-8). Building Stories
27 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #5 (Kindle)
28 (-7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
29 (N). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) *
30 (+7). Batman: The Killing Joke
31 (+4). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
32 (N). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18 *
33 (-1). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
34 (-7). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
35 (-10). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
36 (-6). Watchmen
37 (-1). Saga Volume 1
38 (+9). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
39 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
40 (N). Batman #17 (Kindle)
41 (-2). Naruto, Vol. 60: Kurama!!
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
43 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
44 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
45 (-12). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
46 (-). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
47 (-13). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
48 (-6). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
49 (-20). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
50 (N). Batman: Night of the Owls (The New 52) *


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 retains the #1 slot yet again this week.
  • Dead Watch: The two Walking Dead Compendia move into the #2 & #3 slots, charting at #44 & #53 respectively on the overall Amazon books chart. There are nine WD collections on the chart this week, including the pre-publication debut of volume 18 of the trade editions.
  • Bat Watch: Three Batman titles make their debut on the chart this week, including the Kindle edition of Batman #17, the concluding chapter of the Joker storyline "Death of the Family".
  • Injustice Watch: The top debut this week is the fifth issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us on Kindle; all five issues chart this week.
  • Kindle Watch: Twenty-one of the chart slots this week are taken up by Kindle editions, up two from last week.
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up seventeen of the slots on the chart this week, down two from last week. 

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Monkey Covers

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

Planet of the Apes #52

It's an Ape-World Gone Mad on the cover of Planet of the Apes #152 (1975) by Ron Wilson & Mike Esposito.

(Standard disclaimer about strange gorillas in a strange land not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

Friday, February 08, 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). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
3 (-1). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
4 (+9). Darth Vader and Son
5 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
6 (+16). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
7 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
8 (-4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) (Kindle)
9 (-4). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
10 (+4). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
11 (-). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
12 (-5). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
13 (-5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
14 (+1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
15 (-3). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
16 (-). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
17 (-7). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
18 (+1). Building Stories
19 (N). Justice League, Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52)
20 (-). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
21 (+7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
22 (+2). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
23 (N). Me Without You
24 (+7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
25 (-2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
26 (+21). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
27 (+15). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
28 (-10). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
29 (-12). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
30 (-4). Watchmen
31 (+7). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
32 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #2 (Kindle)
33 (+10). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
34 (+5). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
35 (-8). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
36 (-). Saga Volume 1
37 (+3). Batman: The Killing Joke
38 (-13). Sailor Moon 9
39 (N). Naruto, Vol. 60: Kurama!!
40 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #4 (Kindle)
41 (-4). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
42 (+3). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
43 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1
44 (R). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2
45 (-16). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
46 (-5). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
47 (N). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 *
48 (R). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
49 (-14). The Complete Persepolis
50 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)


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 version of Wimpy Kid 7 remains in the top slot this week, but the hardcover slips down to #3 as How to Tell if Your Cat... slips back up into the #2 position. 
  • The second volume of the New 52 Justice League is the top debut this week, making it the first of the vol. 2s of the DCnU to take it on the chart.
  • Two more issues of the now-infamous digital-first series Injustice: Gods Among Us make onto the chart, joining two others that debuted last week. Subject matter aside, this points a way towards releasing future video game-related comics as digital-first rather than as print comics in the future.
  • Also debuting this week are the romance-themed cartoon book Me Without You; another Naruto volume; and the pre-order for the first volume of the new Avatar series. Expect the latter to climb up the charts and break into the top ten at some point.
  • Kindle Watch: Amazon's popular Kindle electronic format takes up nineteen of the slots on this week's chart, which is down one from last week.
  • 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, down one from last week.  
  • Dead Watch: There are only four Walking Dead collections on the chart this week, but the two Compendia are sitting comfortably in the ##5 & #6 slots. The television series resumes this weekend, which should push a few more volumes up onto the chart for the next couple of months... 
 

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Monkey Covers

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


Gorilla Grodd returns to once again clash with The Flash on the cover of The Flash #127 (1962) by Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella.

(Standard disclaimer about reigning super-gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

Friday, February 01, 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 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
3 (+1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
4 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
5 (+2). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
6 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
7 (+6). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
8 (-3). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
9 (-3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
10 (-). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
11 (-2). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
12 (-1). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
13 (+12). Darth Vader and Son
14 (+6). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
15 (+4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
16 (-4). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
17 (-3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
18 (-3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
19 (-2). Building Stories
20 (+12). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
21 (-3). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
22 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
23 (+8). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
24 (+2). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
25 (N). Sailor Moon 9
26 (+3). Watchmen
27 (+6). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
28 (+2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
29 (-13). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
30 (-7). Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland
31 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
32 (-14). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
33 (+2). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
34 (-). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
35 (-13). The Complete Persepolis
36 (-9). Saga Volume 1
37 (+6). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
38 (+3). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
39 (-1). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
40 (+2). Batman: The Killing Joke
41 (+9). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
42 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #3 (Kindle)
43 (-3). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
44 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
45 (-15). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
46 (R). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
47 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 (Kindle)
48 (-). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Book One
50 (R). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5)


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. Seven of the top ten are Wimpy Kid editions.
  • The top debut this week is the latest Sailor Moon volume.
  • Also debuting this week are two issues of Injustice: Gods Among Us, a digital-first comic, making this the first time that an individual Kindle comic has appeared on the chart.
  • Kindle Watch: Amazon's popular Kindle electronic format takes up twenty of the slots on this week's chart, which is up three from last week.
  • Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up twenty of the slots on the chart this week, up one from last week.