Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Comics & Graphic Novels on Amazon Friday afternoon. See About the Amazon Top 50 Lists for more information on how this list is compiled.


1 (-). Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 8) *
2 (N). March Book One
3 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us #31 (Kindle)
4 (-2). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle)
5 (-). Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8) (Kindle) *
6 (-2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7 (-1). Hyperbole and a Half *
8 (+6). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
9 (-1). Vader's Little Princess
10 (+1). Saga Volume 2
11 (+12). The Complete Persepolis
12 (-2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
13 (+17). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
14 (-7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
15 (-). Darth Vader and Son
16 (+2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
17 (-8). Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe
18 (-15). Injustice: Gods Among Us #30 (Kindle)
19 (+1). Saga Volume 1
20 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
21 (+23). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
22 (-6). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
23 (-6). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 7)
24 (+12). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
25 (-4). American Born Chinese
26 (-13). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2
27 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
28 (-16). Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
29 (+2). Watchmen
30 (+3). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
31 (-6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3 *
32 (+13). The Walking Dead, Book 9 *
33 (+9). Batman: Year One
34 (-10). Hawkeye: Little Hits, Vol. 2
35 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
36 (R). Abina and the Important Men
37 (-2). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
38 (R). V for Vendetta
39 (-10). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
40 (-21). Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero
41 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
42 (-15). Naruto, Vol. 62: The Crack
43 (-2). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
44 (-12). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
45 (+1). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
47 (R). Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
48 (R). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
49 (R). Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
50 (R). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (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:

• For the second week in a row the upcoming Wimpy Kid book is on the top of the comics chart. It is currently #28 on the overall Amazon book chart.
• The top debut this week is not the new issue of Injustice, but rather John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell's March Book One.
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up thirteen of the slots on the chart this week, the same as last week.
• Kindle Watch: Just eleven of the chart positions this week are taken up by Kindle editions, down two from last week.
• Somewhat surprisingly, Abina and the Important Men makes a return to the chart this week after a several month absence. The last time it charted was back in January, which makes me suspect that it is now being used as a text for a number of college classes (like Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home, Understanding Comics, Watchmen, and American Born Chinese.)