Winter Covers - December 31

Batman and The Joker make a dangerous New Year's Eve toast on Tim Sale's cover for Batman: The Long Halloween #4 (1997).

We've hope you've enjoyed our month-long celebration of comic book covers!

Blackest Night Hardcovers

If you're a wait-for-the-trade type, even for big event crossover comics, here are the upcoming Blackest Night hardcover collections (according to Amazon):

• Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps - Presumably the Tales of the Corps miniseries #1-3. (June)

• Blackest Night - The main miniseries. Presumably #0-8. (July)

• Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns - The return-from-the-dead canceled comics: Power of Shazam #48, Catwoman #83, Suicide Squad #67, Question #37, Phantom Stranger #42, Weird Western Tales #71, Atom & Hawkman #46, Starman #81. (July)

• Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1 - Blackest Night: Batman #1-3, Blackest Night: Superman #1-3 and Blackest Night: Titans #1-3. (July)

• Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2 - Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1-3, Blackest Night: JSA #1-3 and Blackest Night: Flash #1-3. (July)

• Green Lantern: Blackest Night - Presumably the Green Lantern issues. (August)

• Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps - Presumably the Green Lantern Corps issues. (August)

Each is listed at $24.99, except for the main Blackest Night hardcover which is $29.99.

Winter Covers - December 30

Homer avalanches down the side of a hill on the cover to The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding #1 (2006) by Bill Morrison & Mike Rote.

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

Winter Covers - December 29

Calvin & Hobbes are oblivious to the wacky snowmen that surround them on the cover of Tommy og Tigern #13 (2006).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

Winter Covers - December 28

Super-Heroes play with kids in the snow on Dustin Nguyen's cover to the DC Universe Holiday Special '09.

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

Winter Monkey Covers - December 27

That's a cold, gold monkey on Will Eisner's cover for P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly #11 (1952).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

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

Winter Covers - December 26

Brandy puts the finishing touches on a snowman on Frank Cho's cover for Liberty Meadows #7 (2000).

Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!

Christmas Covers - December 25

Baby Jesus lies in a manger while wise men & shepherds visit on the cover of Topix vol. 9 #12 (1950).

We hope you've enjoyed twenty-five days of Christmas-themed covers this year. Stay tuned as we finish out December with more appropriately-themed comics covers...

(2008: Junior Partners #5)
(2007: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #194)
(2006: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #35)
(2005: Dell Four Color #1274)
(2004: Treasure Chest vol. 2 #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
3 (+2). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
5 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
6 (-). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (-). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
8 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
9 (+2). Watchmen
10 (-). Asterios Polyp
11 (-2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
12 (-). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (R). Tumor Chapter 1
14 (+18). The Complete Persepolis
15 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters *
16 (+10). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
17 (+1). Stitches: A Memoir
18 (-3). Simon's Cat
19 (+5). V for Vendetta
20 (-6). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
21 (+15). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
22 (-6). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12)
23 (-6). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
24 (+19). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
25 (-12). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
26 (N). Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel
27 (+3). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
28 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke
29 (N). Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft
30 (-9). KISS Kompendium
31 (+11). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
32 (+3). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
33 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
34 (-12). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
35 (R). Batman: Battle for the Cowl
36 (+1). Batman: Year One
37 (-6). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
38 (-9). Masterpiece Comics
39 (N). The Rocketeer: The Complete Deluxe Edition
40 (R). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
41 (R). Dilbert: 2010 Wall Calendar
42 (N). The Gashlycrumb Tinies
43 (R). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
44 (R). Pride and Prejudice (Graphic Novel)
45 (N). Star Wars: Legacy Volume 7 - Storms
46 (R). Blankets
47 (R). R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
48 (-21). The Arrival
49 (N). The Boys Volume 5: Herogasm



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:

* It's Christmas morning as we're looking at the charts, so take them with a large grain of salt than usual.

* Crumb's Genesis inches up to surpass a couple of the Wimpy Kid volumes (it's at #39 on the overall chart).

* The highest debut is a new volume of The Walking Dead at #15, while Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza shows up at #27. The Deluxe edition of The Rocketeer hops on as well, sporting a hefty discount off its $75 price tag.

* A new college semester starts soon, so we're starting to see items like Maus, Persepolis and Blankets move back up the list.

Christmas Covers - December 24

The gang from Quagmire High fill in for Santa Claus on Ben Dunn's cover for Ninja High School #156 (2007).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 1 more 'get-up' until Santa!

(2008: Tommy og Tigern Julehefte 2007)
(2007: Action Comics #105)
(2006: Dell Four Color #666)
(2005: Dell Four Color #1274)
(2004: Captain Marvel Adventures #19)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 23

Marvelman waves hello to a passing Santa Claus on the cover of Marvelman #71 (1954).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Just 2 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: The Original Black Cat #8)
(2007: Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #22)
(2006: Girls Bravo vol. 6)
(2005: All-New Collectors' Edition #C-53)
(2004: Impulse #34)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 22

Betty and Veronica remind Archie (and you!) that there are only 3 more shopping (and kissing) days until Christmas on Stan Goldberg's cover for Archie Giant Series Magazine #501 (1980)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 3 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Harvey Hits Comics #3)
(2007: Marge's Little Lulu #90)
(2006: Dell Giant #26)
(2005: Man-Thing #3)
(2004: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 21

Green Hulk and Red Hulk celebrate Christmas on Ed McGuinness's variant covers to Hulk #9 (2009).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 4 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Teen Beam #2)
(2007: Bugs Bunny #46)
(2006: Wacky Squirrel #2)
(2005: Archie Giant Series Magazine #15)
(2004: DC Comics Presents #67)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 20

Monkeys frolic in the snow while in the background a gorilla cradles a bunny rabbit, all on the cover of Bamses Julehefte 1998.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 5 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Larry Marder's Beanworld Holiday Special)
(2007: Archie Giant Series Magazine #218)
(2006: 52 week 33)
(2005: Strangers in Paradise #70)
(2004: The Amazing Spider-Man #314)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 19

Nothing says Merry Christmas like getting punched in the face by a robot, as illustrated by Jim Calafiore on the cover of Magnus Robot Fighter #34 (1994).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 6 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: DCU Holiday Special 2008)
(2007: Walter Lantz New Funnies #167)
(2006: Omaha the Cat Dancer vol. 2 #1)
(2005: Marvel Comics Super Special #39)
(2004: The Spirit #12)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this afternoon. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5 (-). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
6 (-). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
8 (+1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
9 (-2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
10 (+1). Asterios Polyp
11 (+2). Watchmen
12 (-2). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (+1). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
14 (-2). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
15 (+3). Simon's Cat
16 (-1). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12)
17 (R). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
18 (-1). Stitches: A Memoir
19 (+5). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
20 (-1). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
21 (N). KISS Kompendium
22 (-1). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
23 (+14). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
24 (+1). V for Vendetta
25 (-9). Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
26 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
27 (+17). The Arrival
28 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
29 (+1). Masterpiece Comics
30 (+5). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
31 (-8). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
32 (R). The Complete Persepolis
33 (+13). The Best American Comics 2009
34 (-12). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
35 (-6). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
36 (-2). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
37 (+5). Batman: Year One
38 (-18). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace
39 (-7). My Bad: A Zits Treasury
40 (-4). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
41 (-3). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
42 (+7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
43 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
44 (-17). Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips
45 (R). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
46 (+2). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
47 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
48 (-17). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
49 (N). The Far Side Gallery
50 (N). Something Under the Bed Is Drooling



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 good deal of stability this week, especially at the top of the chart where books move by no more than a couple of slots.

* The highest debut this week is for the KISS Kompendium, no doubt helped by the hefty discount granted by Amazon off of the books hefty $75 list price.

* It appears that the best-selling book featuring a Marvel property this holiday season will be a book not published by Marvel itself (DK's Marvel Encyclopedia).

Christmas Covers - December 18

Rudolph lends a hand in Santa's workshop on Rube Grossman's cover to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #4 (1953)

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 7 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #364)
(2007: Guy Garder: Warrior #39)
(2006: Impulse #45)
(2005: Adventures of Superman #487)
(2004: Mutt & Jeff #32)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)

Christmas Covers - December 17

They're making snow angels on Fred Perry's cover to the Gold Digger X-Mas Special #2 (2008).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 8 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Little Dot #29)
(2007: Classics Illustrated #53)
(2006: Patrick The Wolf Boy Christmas Special)
(2005: A Patty Cake Christmas)
(2004: Superman #165)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)

Christmas Covers - December 16

The Autobots have a yuletide party on the cover of The Transformers #250 (1989).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 9 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Tantalizing Stories #2)
(2007: Funny Pages vol. 2 #43)
(2006: Katy Keene #33)
(2005: Bone Holiday Special)
(2004: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #76)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)

Christmas Covers - December 15

It's time to rock around the Christmas Tree on Torbjørn Lien's cover for Kollektivet Julealbum 2007.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 10 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #7)
(2007: Donald Duck & Co. #49/1964)
(2006: 2000 A.D. #763)
(2005: Incredible Hulk #378)
(2004: Batman #45)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)