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. 

1 comment:

MWfishe said...

I think it's really a testament to the work to see Watchmen consistently being purchased week after week.