Amazon Top 50 - May 29, 2015

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


1 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
2 (-). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
3 (-). Civil War
4 (+1). Darth Vader and Son
5 (-1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
6 (+2). Vader's Little Princess
7 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #4 (Kindle)
8 (-1). Marvel Encyclopedia
9 (+13). The Hedge Knight (Kindle)
10 (+8). Goodnight Darth Vader
11 (+5). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
12 (N). The Worrier's Guide to Life
13 (-1). Infinity Gauntlet
14 (-5). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
15 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium One
16 (-1). Batman: Earth One Vol. 2
17 (+14). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
18 (-4). Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
19 (+15). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
20 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
21 (+2). Saga Volume 4
22 (-2). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
23 (+1). Watchmen
24 (R). Lumberjanes Vol. 1
25 (+20). The Sworn Sword (Kindle)
26 (R). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
27 (-1). Batman: Year One
28 (N). Thor Volume 1: Goddess of Thunder
29 (+14). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3) *
30 (-19). Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth
31 (+17). The Hedge Knight
32 (-13). Darth Vader and Friends
33 (+5). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
34 (-28). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
35 (+12). Saga Volume 1
36 (R). Saga Volume 5 *
37 (R). The Complete Maus
38 (-21). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
39 (-10). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
40 (-8). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
41 (+5). Saga Volume 3
42 (-14). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
43 (-18). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52)
44 (-). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
45 (-8). Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery
46 (-10). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why
47 (R). Fables Vol. 21: Happily Ever After
48 (R). March: Book One
49 (N). Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People
50 (R). Batman: The Court of Owls Mask and Book Set (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 top of the chart is pretty much the same as last week, with slots #1-3 exactly the same and #4 & #5 swapping places.
• The top debut this week is the new digital issue of Injustice, followed by Gemma Correll's The Worrier's Guide to Life, the first collection of the new Thor, and Matthew Diffee's cartoon collection Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People.
• Marvel's Civil War and Infinity Gauntlet remain strong, proving perhaps that anticipation of upcoming Marvel movies drive trade sales more than the release of those movies.

Amazon Top 50 - May 22, 2015

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


1 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
2 (+19). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
3 (-1). Civil War
4 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
5 (+7). Darth Vader and Son
6 (R). Hyperbole and a Half (Kindle)
7 (+1). Marvel Encyclopedia
8 (+5). Vader's Little Princess
9 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
10 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #3 (Kindle)
11 (-4). Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth
12 (-6). Infinity Gauntlet
13 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium One
14 (-9). Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
15 (-12). Batman: Earth One Vol. 2
16 (+2). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
17 (+31). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
18 (-4). Goodnight Darth Vader
19 (+17). Darth Vader and Friends
20 (+4). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
21 (-2). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
22 (-6). The Hedge Knight (Kindle)
23 (-1). Saga Volume 4
24 (+6). Watchmen
25 (-2). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52)
26 (-10). Batman: Year One
27 (R). The Flash, Vol. 1: Move Forward (The New 52)
28 (-8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
29 (-1). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
30 (+5). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
31 (+7). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
32 (+1). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
33 (-1). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
34 (-5). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
35 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
36 (-5). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why
37 (+7). Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery
38 (-13). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
39 (-12). Fables Vol. 21: Happily Ever After
40 (R). The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
41 (+9). Plants vs Zombies: Timepocalypse
42 (R). Hyperbole and a Half (hardcover)
43 (-4). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3) *
44 (R). Star Wars: Jedi Academy
45 (-5). The Sworn Sword (Kindle)
46 (-4). Saga Volume 3
47 (-2). Saga Volume 1
48 (R). The Hedge Knight
49 (R). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
50 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

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 latest Walking Dead collection is #1 on the chart for the second week in a row. But now that the TV show is off the air, sales on WD have softened overall, with just the two Compendia and one other collection charting this week.
• Sales on Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half spiked up this week, with the paperback and Kindle editions charting in the top ten and the hardcover even making a rare appearance as well. I suspect that it was because Bill Gates mentioned it as his top Summer Read on his blog this week; he also listed Randall Munroe's XKCD but only mentioned the Webcomic and not the print collection, so it doesn't chart.
• The only debut this week is the new digital issue of Injustice.

Amazon Top 50 - May 15, 2015

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 (+4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
2 (-1). Civil War
3 (+3). Batman: Earth One Vol. 2
4 (-1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
5 (-3). Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
6 (-2). Infinity Gauntlet
7 (N). Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth *
8 (+1). Marvel Encyclopedia
9 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
10 (R). Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
11 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium One
12 (+2). Darth Vader and Son
13 (+2). Vader's Little Princess
14 (+12). Goodnight Darth Vader
15 (+6). The Hedge Knight (Kindle)
16 (+1). Batman: Year One
17 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #2 (Kindle)
18 (-). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
19 (-8). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
20 (+2). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
21 (-1). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
22 (+2). Saga Volume 4
23 (-13). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52)
24 (-8). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
25 (+2). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
26 (N). The Battle Begins: The Story of Creation (Kindle)
27 (N). Fables Vol. 21: Happily Ever After
28 (-16). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
29 (-4). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
30 (+6). Watchmen
31 (-1). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why
32 (-1). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
33 (-5). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
34 (-1). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
35 (-6). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
36 (-13). Darth Vader and Friends
37 (N). Spider-Verse
38 (+11). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
39 (R). The Phantom Bully (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3) *
40 (+6). The Sworn Sword (Kindle)
41 (-7). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #1 (Kindle)
42 (-). Saga Volume 3
43 (N). Thor Volume 1: Goddess of Thunder *
44 (R). Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery
45 (-8). Saga Volume 1
46 (R). Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan
47 (N). Saga Volume 5 *
48 (-8). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
49 (R). Saga Volume 2
50 (-7). Plants vs Zombies: Timepocalypse

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:

• A new #1 book this week: the newest Walking Dead collection.
• The top debut this week is the second Rat Queens collection, with a somewhat surprising top ten debut.
• Also debuting this week are collections for Fables, Spider-Verse, Thor and Saga; as well as the next Kindle issue of Injustice and a sale-priced Kindle edition of a religious graphic novel: The Battle Begins: The Story of Creation.
• Since I began tracking these Amazon charts (back in 2009) it's long been a truism that Marvel have a problem selling their comics in the general book market. It may be time to reassess that alleged truism, since as of late they've been doing fairly decently: they have seven collections on the top fifty chart this week, including two in the top ten. Granted they still have some issues (like if Avengers: Age of Ultron is on its way to becoming one of the top grossing movies ever, where are the Avengers comics on this chart...?), but it looks like their days of being an also-ran are maybe over. I seem to recall in the past year or so that Marvel moved to a new book market distributor, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Amazon Top 50 - May 8, 2015

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


1 (+7). Civil War
2 (+3). Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3 (+2). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
4 (+22). Infinity Gauntlet
5 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams *
6 (+27). Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 *
7 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium One
9 (+3). Marvel Encyclopedia
10 (+9). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52)
11 (-4). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
12 (+35). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
13 (N). Darth Vader and Son (Kindle)
14 (-8). Darth Vader and Son
15 (+2). Vader's Little Princess
16 (-7). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
17 (+1). Batman: Year One
18 (-14). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
19 (N). Vader's Little Princess (Kindle)
20 (-7). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
21 (+14). The Hedge Knight (Kindle)
22 (-7). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
23 (-7). Darth Vader and Friends
24 (-4). Saga Volume 4
25 (+3). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
26 (-15). Goodnight Darth Vader
27 (+11). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
28 (-5). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
29 (+20). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
30 (-9). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why
31 (+11). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
32 (N). Secret Wars #1 of 8
33 (-6). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
34 (N). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #1 (Kindle)
35 (R). Civil War (Kindle)
36 (+4). Watchmen
37 (-7). Saga Volume 1
38 (-7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
39 (N). Star Wars Omnibus Knights of the Old Republic Vol. 1 (Kindle)
40 (+4). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
41 (+7). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
42 (R). Saga Volume 3
43 (R). Plants vs Zombies: Timepocalypse
44 (-8). Flash and Bones and the Jungle Demon Agramon (Kindle)
45 (-31). The Complete Maus, 25th Anniversary Edition
46 (R). The Sworn Sword (Kindle)
47 (N). Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 14
48 (+2). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year - Secret City (The New 52)
49 (-12). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
50 (R). Me Without You

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:

• Avengers: Age of Ultron had the second largest debut of any movie last weekend, but there are still no Avengers books in the top fifty. However, two upcoming movies that will be follow-ups, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, put associated collections into the top five, with Civil War taking the top slot and Infinity Gauntlet at #4. So Marvel is able to drive sales based on their upcoming movies, if not their current hit. (See also DC's Suicide Squad, which sees its first New 52 collection moving up the chart based on a couple of production stills and cast photos from its upcoming movie.)
• It's actually a pretty good week for Marvel: they have seven titles on the chart this week, including the first issue of Secret Wars (that's the physical comic, sold only through third-party sellers).
• Jeffrey Brown snags six of the spots all by himself this week, with his Star Wars books (which are not produced by Marvel, but by Chronicle Books).

Amazon Top 50 - May 1, 2015

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 (+1). Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
2 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams *
3 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
4 (+16). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
5 (R). Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past *
6 (+5). Darth Vader and Son
7 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Two
8 (+4). Civil War
9 (+8). Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
10 (-5). The Walking Dead Compendium One
11 (-2). Goodnight Darth Vader
12 (+4). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (+6). Hyperbole and a Half (paperback)
14 (R). The Complete Maus, 25th Anniversary Edition
15 (-5). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
16 (+26). Darth Vader and Friends
17 (-4). Vader's Litter Princess
18 (+6). Batman: Year One
19 (N). Batman Vol. 6: Graveyard Shift (The New 52) *
20 (-2). Saga Volume 4
21 (+6). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why
22 (-14). Daredevil: The Man Without Fear
23 (+9). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
24 (+9). Star Wars: Jedi Academy #3: The Phantom Bully *
25 (+10). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Kindle)
26 (R). Infinity Gauntlet
27 (-6). Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
28 (+3). Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52)
29 (N). Batman (2011-) #40 (Kindle)
30 (-4). Saga Volume 1
31 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
32 (N). Batman #40 (Endgame)
33 (N). Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 *
34 (-5). Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 6: Finest Hour *
35 (R). The Hedge Knight (Kindle)
36 (-6). Flash and Bones and the Jungle Demon Agramon (Kindle)
37 (-9). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
38 (R). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
39 (-17). Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two Vol. 2
40 (-1). Watchmen
41 (-18). Daredevil: Born Again
42 (R). Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (The New 52)
43 (R). March Book One
44 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (paperback)
45 (-5). Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick
46 (-). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
47 (R). Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
48 (R). Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52)
49 (-9). Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
50 (R). Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year - Secret City (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 new Avengers movie opens today, so of course the chart is dominated by Avengers titles, right? Nope, there's not a single Avengers book in the top fifty. 
• It's a good week for Batman though, as the Killing Joke returns to the top spot, the three debuts titles are all Batman, and there are twelve separate Batman books in the top fifty.