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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
4 (+1). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
5 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
7 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
8 (+20). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
9 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
10 (-1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
11 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
12 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
13 (-1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
14 (-). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
15 (+1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
16 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
17 (+3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
18 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 1
19 (-1). Big Nate: From the Top
20 (-3). Walking Dead Volume 13
21 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
22 (-3). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
23 (-1). Superman: Earth One
24 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
25 (-2). The Walking Dead, Book 6
26 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 2
27 (+7). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
28 (+8). Walking Dead Volume 12
29 (+12). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
30 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
31 (-1). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin & Hobbes)
32 (-5). The Walking Dead Book 5
33 (R). Witch & Wizard: Battle for Shadowland
34 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
35 (+3). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
36 (-7). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
37 (+6). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
38 (-6). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
39 (+1). Odd Is on Our Side
40 (-9). The Walking Dead Book 3
41 (R). V for Vendetta
42 (-16). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
43 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
44 (R). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
45 (+2). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
46 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke
47 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
48 (-13). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
49 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
50 (R). X'ed Out


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 Wimpy Kid stays #4 on the overall bestseller chart, and continues to hold on to the top 3 slots on the comics chart.

* Except for the vaulting of the Scott Pilgrim box set up into the top 10, there is very little movement of titles in the top 20 of the chart. Certainly well within the realm of this chart's hourly churn.

* There are no debuts this week. Last week's lone debut, Brightest Day vol. 1, slips off the chart, which is somewhat surprising given that all of the Brightest Night collections did so well.

* Walking Dead watch: thirteen collections in the top fifty, one less than last week. Now that the television show has finished its first season, we will likely see a softening of demand for the Dead until near its second season in October. Then again, The Walking Dead is one of those comics that continues to defy conventional sales patterns, so who knows...?

* This week's #50 title is #2,005 on the overall chart.

Christmas Covers - December 16

It's a blue, blue Christmas on Kyoko Ariyoshi's cover to Swan vol. 15 (2010).

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!

(2009: The Transformers #250)
(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 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010) 

Christmas Covers - December 15

Let's celebrate Christmas with the Super-heroes 80s style on John Byrne's cover for Christmas with the Super-Heroes #1 (1988).

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!

(2009: Kollektivet Julealbum 2007)
(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 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Tania del Rio Returns to Sabrina

Tania del Rio's run on Archie Comics' Sabrina was the best thing published by Archie, well, probably ever. However, the 'manga-fied' version of the Teen-Age Witch never really caught on with Archie fans; but despite relatively low sales her story was allowed to run its course over nearly five years (issues #58-100), a respectable run by any measure.

Now tucked away quietly in page 218 of the December Previews is Archie & Friends #152. The story "All's Fair in Love and Food" finds Jughead seeking help from Sabrina to curb his love of food. And the story is written by none other than... (as if you couldn't guess from the lead-up) Tania del Rio!

It looks like this is the classic Sabrina, not del Rio's manga-ish version, but any Sabrina written by del Rio is worth a look.

Christmas Covers - December 14

Sugar and Spike wear an over-sized Santa suit on Sheldon Mayer's cover for Sal y Pimienta #151.

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 11 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Sugar & Spike #50)
(2008: Tom-Tom, The Jungle Boy #3)
(2007: Sugar & Spike #68)
(2006: Sugar & Spike #38)
(2005: Sugar & Spike #26)
(2004: Sugar & Spike #32)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Christmas Covers - December 13

Cats and mice go caroling together on the cover of Pelle Svanslös Jul-album 1960.

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 12 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Robbedoes #2436)
(2008: Sugar and Spike #44)
(2007: Love Hina vol. 6)
(2006: Green Lantern: Mosaic #9)
(2005: Jonah Hex #34)
(2004: Starman #27)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)  

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 12

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover.

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

So today we combine the two with Sugar Buzz #4 (1998), where those Bad Bad Monkeys join Santa and the rest of the Holiday Heroes on the cover by Woodrow Phoenix.

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

Just 13 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Clerks Holiday Special)
(2008: Eternal Romance #3)
(2007: Liberty Meadows #24)
(2006: Veronica #6)
(2005: Dell Movie Classic #725)
(2004: Treasure Chest vol. 23 #8)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010) 

Christmas Covers - December 11

Hulk makes like Santa and comes down the chimney into the super-hero Christmas party on the cover to Marvel Super Hero Squad #12 (2010).

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 14 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly #157)
(2008: More Fun Comics #39)
(2007: The Tick: Big Red-N-Green Christmas Spectacle #1)
(2006: The Best of DC #58)
(2005: Batman #27)
(2004: The Brave and the Bold #148)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
4 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
5 (-). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
6 (+5). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
7 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
8 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
9 (-2). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
10 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
11 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
12 (+2). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
13 (R). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
14 (-4). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
15 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 1
16 (-). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
17 (-9). Walking Dead Volume 13
18 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (+7). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
20 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
21 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
22 (-5). Superman: Earth One
23 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 6
24 (-2). The Walking Dead Book 2
25 (+5). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
26 (R). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
27 (+7). The Walking Dead Book 5
28 (-13). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
29 (+11). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
30 (+13). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin & Hobbes)
31 (+1). The Walking Dead Book 3
32 (-4). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
33 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
34 (+7). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
35 (-8). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
36 (-5). Walking Dead Volume 12
37 (R). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
38 (+11). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
39 (R). Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book
40 (-16). Odd Is on Our Side
41 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
42 (-6). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
43 (R). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
44 (-19). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
45 (N). Brightest Day, Vol. 1
46 (-11). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
47 (R). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
48 (-18). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
49 (-12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
50 (R). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)


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 Wimpy Kid slips to #4 on the overall bestseller chart. It looks like his dreams of being #1 are not to be, foiled for weeks by George W. Bush.

* Suddenly and without warning, Amazon once again decides to classify the fifth Scott Pilgrim volume as a comic, and it returns to the charts. It's a Christmas miracle!

* 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective continues its steady climb up the charts and lands in the top ten for the first time this week.

* The only debut this week is the first Brightest Day collection, way down at #45.

* Marvel is completely shut out of the Amazon Top 50 this week.

* Dead Watch: Most of the titles slip just a bit, but there's still fourteen Walking Dead collections in the top fifty this week.

* The bottom of the top fifty list is #1,852 on the overall rankings this week.

Christmas Covers - December 10

We learn where Santa gets his funding on the cover to Richie Rich Holiday Digest Magazine #1 (1980).

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 15 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Pondus - Julen 2003)
(2008: Battle Vixens vol. 9)
(2007: The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle)
(2006: A Distant Soil #26)
(2005: Classics Illustrated #15)
(2004: Action Comics #93)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)  
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2010)

Christmas Covers - December 9

The Tick and Arthur have become yummy Christmas cookies on Sean Wang's cover for The Tick's Big Yule Log Special 2000.

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 16 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Funny Stuff #30)
(2008: March of Comics #77)
(2007: Spaceman Discovers Christmas)
(2006: All-American Comics #10)
(2005: Roy Rogers Comics #49)
(2004: Pogo Possum #11)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown) 

Christmas Covers - December 8

Up on the rooftop, anthropomorphic rabbits pause, on Dr. Comet's cover to Furrlough #179 (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 17 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: The Joy of a Peanuts Christmas)
(2008: Fables #56)
(2007: Dell Giant #26)
(2006: X-Men #108)
(2005: Liberty Meadows #29)
(2004: Top Ten #6)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 7

A tree is trimmed and a fire hazard created on the cover of Anderssonskans Kalle Julalbum 1986.

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 18 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Archie Giant Series Magazine #169)
(2008: Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo)
(2007: Batman: The Long Halloween #3)
(2006: Sgt. Rock #21)
(2005: Pinky and the Brain #19)
(2004: Alf Holiday Special #1)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Bully the Little Stuffed Bull's Riverdale Christmas)
(The Comics Cube's Christmas Countdown)

New Library Comics: November 2010

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection last month:


Aragonés, Sergio, 1937- Sergio Aragonés : five decades of his finest works / Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Running Press, 2010.

Aristophane, 1967-2004. The Zabime sisters / New York : First Second, 2010.

Barry, Lynda, 1956- Picture this / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly, c2010.

Blab world. no. 1 / San Francisco, Calif. : Last Gasp ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.

Briefer, Dick. Dick Briefer's Frankenstein / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Browne, Dik. Hagar the Horrible : the epic chronicles : dailies, 1974 to 1975 / London : Titan, 2010.

Burns, Charles, 1955- X'ed out / New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.

CLAMP (Mangaka group) Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus. vol. 1 / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Cooke, Darwyn. Richard Stark's Parker, The outfit : a graphic novel / San Diego : IDW Publishing, 2010.

Davis, Vanessa. Make me a woman / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2010.

Davis, Will. Dawn land / New York, N.Y. : First Second, 2010.

Deutsch, Barry. Hereville : how Mirka got her sword / New York ; London : Amulet, c2010.

Essen wie im häfn : das comic-kochbuch. / Wien : MILENA, 2010.

Evens, Brecht, 1986- The wrong place / Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2009.

Follett, David. Uncle Silas : genetis / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2010.

French, Renée. H day / Brooklyn, N.Y. : PictureBox ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010.

Gagné, Michel, 1965- The saga of Rex / Berkeley, Calif. : Image ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2010.

Goscinny, 1926-1977. How Obelix fell into the magic potion / London : Orion Children's, 2010.

Grall, Caanan. Celadore. / New York : DC Comics, 2010.

Grove, Laurence. Comics in French : the European bande dessinée in context / New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Hama, Larry. Sabretooth v. 1 no. 2. A kiss before dying / New York, NY : Marvel Comics, 1993.

Hines, Adam. Duncan the wonder dog / Richmond, Va. : AdHouse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

The horror! the horror! : comic books the government didn't want you to read! / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2010.

Jüngst, Heike Elisabeth. Information Comics : knowledge transfer in a popular format / Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, c2010.

Kochalka, James. Dragon puncher. Book 1 / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Kochalka, James. Johnny Boo and the mean little boy / Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2010]

Konami, Kanata, 1958- Chi's Sweet Home = Chīzu suīto hōmu v. 3 / New York : Vertical, 2010-

Liquid city. vol. 2 / Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2008.

McGowan, Jed. Lone pine / Richmond, Va. : AdHouse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

McKean, Dave. Cages / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 2010.

Mome vol. 19 Summer 2010. / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Mome vol. 20 Fall 2010. / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2005-

Munroe, Randall. xkcd : volume 0 / San Francisco : Breadpig, c2009.

Saiwai, Tōru. The 14th Dalai Lama : a manga biography / New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2010, c2008.

Schauer, Mitch. Rip, M.D. / [Seattle] : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010.

Shrigley, David. What the hell are you doing? : the essential David Shrigley. / Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate Books, 2010.

The Simpsons' Treehouse of horror. no. 16 / Santa Monica, Calif. : Bongo Entertainment, 1995-

Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27- Tall tales / New York : Graphix, 2010.

Sousanis, Nick. Game Show Detroit : the essay : "possibilities" /Detroit, Mich. : Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, [2006]

Thompson, Jill, 1966- Scary Godmother / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Trillo, Carlos. Vampire Boy / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Trudeau, G. B., 1948- 40 : a Doonesbury retrospective / Kansas, Mo. : Andrews McMeel ; London : Simon & Schuster [distributor], 2010.

Tully, Tom. Harlem heroes / Oxford : 2000 AD, 2010.

Weisman, Mary-Lou. Al Jaffee's mad life / New York, NY : It Books, c2010.

Wright, Doug, 1917-1983. Nipper 1963-1964 / Montréal, Quebec : Drawn & Quarterly ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2010.

Yoshizaki, Seimu. Kingyo Used Books. vol. 2 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2010].

Young, Chic, 1901-1973. Chic Young's Blondie : the courtship and wedding, complete daily comics 1930-1933 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2010.


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Christmas Covers - December 6

Archie and the gang get a lesson in the meaning of Christmas from Hippie Santa Claus on the cover to Archie Giant Series Magazine #169 (1970).

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 19 more 'get-ups' until Santa!
(2009: Marvel Apes #0)
(2008: Gustaf #7)
(2007: The Adventures of Superboy #12)
(2006: The Maze Agency #11)
(2005: Spider-Man's Tangled Web #21)
(2004: Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 5

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover.

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

So today we combine the two with the cover to Funny Picture Stories vol. 2 #4 (1937) which features three shopping monkeys – which totally should have been in the "12 Days of Christmas."

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

Just 20 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Betty and Veronica #213)
(2008: Marvel Holiday Special 2005)
(2007: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #1)
(2006: Animaniacs: A Christmas Special #1)
(2005: Shanda the Panda #14)
(2004: Famous Funnies #125)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2010 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 4

Daffy is not amused by Bugs' use of mistletoe on David Alvarez & Mike DeCarlo's cover for Looney Tunes #73 (2000)

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 21 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Norsk MAD vol. 38 #12)
(2008: Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2)
(2007: Popular Comics #12)
(2006: Yogi Bear #11)
(2005: The Batman and Robin Adventures #3)
(2004: Dell Four Color #1154)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
4 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
5 (+1). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
6 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
7 (-). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
8 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 13
9 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
10 (+3). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
11 (+8). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
12 (+4). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
13 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
14 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
15 (-6). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
16 (-1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
17 (-6). Superman: Earth One
18 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
20 (-3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
21 (-5). The Walking Dead, Book 1
22 (+8). The Walking Dead Book 2
23 (-3). The Walking Dead, Book 6
24 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side
25 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
26 (+7). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
27 (R). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
28 (+13). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
29 (-). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
30 (+10). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
31 (-10). Walking Dead Volume 12
32 (+16). The Walking Dead Book 3
33 (-2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
34 (-7). The Walking Dead Book 5
35 (-). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
36 (-12). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
37 (-9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
38 (-16). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
39 (R). Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
40 (+7). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
41 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
42 (-6). Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories
43 (R). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin & Hobbes)
44 (-10). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
45 (-13). V for Vendetta
46 (-7). Batman: The Killing Joke
47 (N). Garfield: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
48 (R). Garfield Potbelly of Gold: His 50th Book
49 (-3). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks


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 Wimpy Kid holds the top 3 spots on the comics chart, but still cannot crack #1 on the overall chart; he sits at #2 behind former president Bush. (Yes, this is the same bullet point text as the past two weeks...)

* Wimpy coattails: Dork Diaries books see a boost with the release of the new Wimpy Kid, with volume 2 moving up into the top ten.

* Dead Watch: Fourteen of the top Fifty books are Walking Dead collections.

* The only debut this week is the Garfield desk calendar at #48.

* The bottom of the top fifty list is #2,080 on the overall chart this week.

Christmas Covers - December 3

Dennis's Santa suit is a bit too big on Hank Ketcham's cover for Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #42 (1978).

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 22 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Marvel Age #85)
(2008: Looney Tunes #97)
(2007: Marvel Holiday Special 1994)
(2006: Tom-Tom and Itchi the Monk #2)
(2005: Marge's Little Lulu #18)
(2004: Superman #369)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 2

Sam has leaped into a department store Santa on C. Winston Taylor's cover for Quantum Leap #3 (1992).

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 23 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Casper Giant-Size #2)
(2008: Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #2)
(2007: Sabrina, The Teen-Age Witch #77)
(2006: Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #111)
(2005: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-43)
(2004: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #9)

(Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Christmas Covers - December 1

It's time once again for our annual Christmas Covers event: twenty-five more comic covers with a holiday theme!

We begin our 2010 season with Archie and Veronica bringing home a freshly cut Christmas tree on Stan Goldberg & Bob Smith's cover for Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #6 (2002)

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

Just 24 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2009: Holiday Comics #8)
(2008: Christmas Carnival)
(2007: Comic Cavalcade #5)
(2006: Justice League Unlimited #16)
(2005: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #3)
(2004: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-34)

(Also see: Polite Dissent's 2010 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar) 

Monkey Covers

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

Toby Tyler's friend is a monkey on the photo cover to Dell's Four Color #1092 (1960).

(Standard disclaimer about chimpanzees dressed up for the circus not really being monkeys applies.)

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

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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
4 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 13
5 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (+3). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (-3). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
8 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
9 (+7). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
10 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
11 (-4). Superman: Earth One
12 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
13 (+1). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
14 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
15 (1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
16 (-3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
17 (+6). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
18 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (-2). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
20 (-1). The Walking Dead, Book 6
21 (-). Walking Dead Volume 12
22 (-). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
23 (+1). Odd Is on Our Side
24 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
25 (+9). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
26 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 1
27 (+6). The Walking Dead Book 5
28 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
29 (+2). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
30 (+5). The Walking Dead Book 2
31 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
32 (+4). V for Vendetta
33 (+6). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
34 (R). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
35 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
36 (N). Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories
37 (R). Blackest Night
38 (N). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
39 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
40 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
41 (-21). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
42 (+1). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
43 (-5). Stephen King's N.
44 (R). Kick-Ass
45 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
46 (-4). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
47 (R). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
48 (R). The Walking Dead Book 3
49 (-21). X'ed Out
50 (R). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn


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 Wimpy Kid holds the top 3 spots on the comics chart, but still cannot crack #1 on the overall chart; he sits at #2 behind former president Bush. (Yes, this is the same bullet point text as last week!)

* Scott Pilgrim sales stay about the same, though the boxset moves up into the top ten.

* The holiday shopping season is upon us. We're just on the cusp of it this morning, but expect to see some major changes in the chart over the next few weeks.

* The top debut this week is Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories, which actually came out a few weeks ago but is just now making the top fifty. The only other debut is the kindle edition of Dork Diaries.

* The bottom of the chart is rather healthy #1,560 this week on the overall chart.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Those of us here at YACB wish you a Happy Thanksgiving (and hope that yours goes better than Shaggy & Scooby's!)

(Cover to Scooby-Doo #114 by Robert Pope, courtesy of the GCD.)

Visions of The B-Team

You may recall that back during our 24 Hour Comics Day event at the library, I did an awesome little comic called The B-Team Returns.

In the wee hours of the morning, the talented Adam Buttrick took time out from drawing his own comic to draw a few scenes from mine! Here then are a few images from my comic drawn by Adam:

(Some of the scenes seems a bit more violent when not drawn as stick figures...)

Finally, here's a group shot of some of the characters the comic that Adam drew:

Go visit Adam's blog, where you can see more of his drawings, including his own 24 Hour Comics Day comic: Tim Tadabrucki and the Stealing Trick.

Monkey Covers

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

Yes, that's a monkey riding on the back of a gorilla on the cover of Tibor #27 (2003), which is about as hardcore awesome as you can get on a monkey cover without involving a jetpack or Kryptonite.

(Standard disclaimer about gorillas running away from arrows not really being monkeys applies.)

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

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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (+6). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
4 (+4). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
5 (+5). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (+6). Walking Dead Volume 13 *
7 (+4). Superman: Earth One
8 (-5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
9 (+5). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
10 (-3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
11 (-6). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
12 (-8). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
13 (-7). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
14 (+7). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
15 (+3). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
16 (+9). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset *
17 (-1). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
18 (+2). Big Nate: From the Top
19 (-2). The Walking Dead, Book 6
20 (+22). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
21 (+9). Walking Dead Volume 12
22 (-7). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
23 (+5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
24 (-2). Odd Is on Our Side
25 (+8). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
26 (-). The Walking Dead, Book 1
27 (+7). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
28 (R). X'ed Out
29 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
30 (+13). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
31 (-12). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
32 (+7). The Boys, Vol. 7: The Innocents
33 (-6). The Walking Dead Book 5
34 (-10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
35 (+10). The Walking Dead Book 2
36 (+5). V for Vendetta
37 (R). The Adventures of Unemployed Man
38 (-7). Stephen King's N.
39 (N). Fables Vol. 14: Witches *
40 (-11). Acme Novelty Library #20
41 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
42 (R). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
43 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
44 (+3). Batman: The Killing Joke
45 (R). Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
46 (+2). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
47 (-3). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
48 (R). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
49 (R). Watchmen
50 (R). The Walking Dead Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire


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 Wimpy Kid holds the top 3 spots on the comics chart, but still cannot crack #1 on the overall chart; he sits at #2 behind former president Bush.

* Scott Pilgrim sales start to soften as the Amazon super-heavy discounts give way to more modest discounts. On the plus side for Scott, his Precious Little Box Set starts to move up, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

* Only one new title on the chart this week: a new Fables collection pre-order at #39.

* I somehow missed the fact that last week Watchmen slipped off the chart, which I think may be the first time it's done so since the big movie push last year.

* Walking Dead Watch: Thirteen separate collections on the charts this week.

* The bottom of the chart is #2,256 overall this week.

Sometimes I Hate Being Psychic

Three weeks ago, I wrote a Ten Random Things About Comics post. Number four was:

4. The big two have created an event mentality that hinders their ability to successfully launch new titles. When you send out the message that "these comics 'matter,'" that also sends out the message that "these other comics don't 'matter.'" Take for example Marvel's new all-ages Thor: The Mighty Avenger; just about anyone who has actually read it agrees that it is very good, perhaps even wonderful. But hardly anyone reads it, because it's not the 'real' Thor, and the out-of-continuity stories don't 'matter.' It also doesn't help that there are something like five or six different Thor comics being published every month right now.

And now we learn that Thor: The Mighty Avenger has gotten the axe, just as former editor Nate Cosby has written an article about the way that overhyped event mentality solicitations are hurting comics.

Apparently Marvel is now undertaking an effort to cut back on the number of multiple titles for identical characters. Which in general is good (and addresses my Number five...) but the fact that they've chosen this particular title is a sad way to begin.

We can gnash our teeth all we want, but there's just no way that an all-ages, non-continuity super-hero book is going to survive at Marvel, especially when there's little promotion and it is lost in a sea of similar sounding titles.

Never mind that Marvel Adventures Spider-Man is the best Spider-Man comic being published right now; between Amazing Spider-Man being published 3 times a month, ancillary in-continuity titles and minis, and Ultimate Spider-Man, people just aren't willing to give the Marvel Adventures version a try.

The moral of the story is that if you want better comics, you have to buy better comics. (It should go without saying, but downloading off of torrents doesn't help...) Also, you have to seek out better comics; you cannot count on the comic companies properly promoting their own wares (as crazy as that sounds!)

Monkey Covers

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

Alas, poor Doom, Mr. Fantastichimp knew you well on Frank Cho's variant cover for Fantastic Four #561 (2008).

(Standard disclaimer about super-stretchy chimpanzees not really being monkeys applies.)

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

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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (+1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
4 (+5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
5 (+2). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
6 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
7 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
8 (+2). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
9 (+8). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
10 (-7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
11 (-9). Superman: Earth One
12 (+1). Walking Dead Volume 13 *
13 (N). Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book
14 (+5). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
15 (+7). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
16 (-). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
17 (-6). The Walking Dead, Book 6
18 (-). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
19 (-7). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
20 (-5). Big Nate: From the Top
21 (-1). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
22 (-8). Odd Is on Our Side
23 (R). What It Is
24 (-1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
25 (N). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset *
26 (-2). The Walking Dead, Book 1
27 (+1). The Walking Dead Book 5
28 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
29 (N). Acme Novelty Library #20
30 (-9). Walking Dead Volume 12
31 (N). Stephen King's N.
32 (R). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
33 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
34 (+1). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
35 (+7). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
36 (N). Tonoharu: Part One
37 (+6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Became
38 (N). Absolute All Star Superman
39 (N). The Boys, Vol. 7: The Innocents *
40 (R). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
41 (-16). V for Vendetta
42 (+7). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
43 (-2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
44 (-8). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
45 (+3). The Walking Dead Book 2
46 (R). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill
47 (-21). Batman: The Killing Joke
48 (-15). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
49 (-5). Scott Pilgrim Bundle Volumes 1-6
50 (N). The Little Prince Graphic Novel


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:

* After months on the chart as a pre-order, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 finally comes out this week... and stays at #2 on the overall chart as it cannot budge Bush's memoir out of the top spot. The previous Wimpy Kid book gets a boost up to #2 on the comics chart and #64 overall.

* The Walking Dead Compendium and Superman: Earth One dip back below Scott Pilgrim, likely due to a boost from the SP movie's DVD release. Being out-of-stock also probably didn't help Superman this week.

* An interview on NPR helps Linda Barry's new Picture This debut high, and sees her previous book, What It Is, return to the chart.

* A plethora of other debuts this week include Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset, Acme Novelty Library #20, Stephen King's N., Tonoharu, Absolute All Star Superman, The Boys Vol. 7, and The Little Prince Graphic Novel.

* Walking Dead watch: twelve collections in the top fifty this week.

* The bottom of the list this week is #2,352 on the overall chart.

Attention: This is the New Face of Comics

Raina Telgemeier has a livejournal post about her recent book tour for her graphic novel Smile. Schools, book stores, libraries, conventions, even an orthodontist's office! Speaking to crowds as large as 220 (mostly kids). Doing a comics workshop for a bunch of middle school girls. Giving a lecture to a class of college students. It's well worth a read.

The future of comics is in good hands.

(link via The Beat)

Monkey Covers

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

Mahilla Gorilla maybe should not have used spot remover on the cover of Magilla Gorilla #4 (1970).

(Standard disclaimer about dog-washing gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

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

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 5: The Ugly Truth *
2 (-). Superman: Earth One
3 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
4 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
5 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
6 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
7 (-3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
8 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
9 (-4). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
10 (-). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale *
11 (-2). The Walking Dead, Book 6
12 (-1). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
13 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 13 *
14 (-). Odd Is on Our Side
15 (+3). Big Nate: From the Top
16 (-3). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
17 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
18 (+1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
19 (+7). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
20 (+5). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
21 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 12
22 (N). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin *
23 (+10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
24 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1 (Bk. 1)
25 (R). V for Vendetta
26 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke
27 (-5). Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts
28 (-1). The Walking Dead Book 5
29 (N). Alice in the Country of Hearts Volume 5
30 (R). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
31 (+9). Watchmen
32 (+9). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
33 (+15). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
34 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
35 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
36 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
37 (-3). Parker: The Outfit
38 (-18). X'ed Out
39 (R). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic
40 (N). Irredeemable Vol 4
41 (-4). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
42 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
43 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
44 (R). Scott Pilgrim Bundle Volumes 1-6
45 (+2). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)
46 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
47 (R). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
48 (R). The Walking Dead Book 2
49 (-). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14)
50 (R). The Walking Dead Book 3


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:

* Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5, which finally comes out next week, still claims the top spot on the comics list and #2 on the overall list (losing out this week to the Bush memoir). Superman: Earth One went out-of-stock this week at Amazon, but sold briskly enough in backorder sales to stay at #2 on the comics chart and #70 on the overall chart.

* The Walking Dead TV series was a huge hit for AMC, and that translated into continuing high sales of the comics. The massive (over 1000 pages) first compendium volume is #3 on the comics chart and #93 overall. More WD volumes pepper the top 50, taking 12 of the slots, though oddly they're largely different WD books from last week.

* Batman was absent from the charts last week, but comes back strong this week with the top debut, Batman and Robin, Vol. 2, and a couple of his perennials returning to the list as well. Other debuts this week are new volumes of Alice in the Country of Hearts (the only manga on the chart) and Irredeemable.

* No Marvel books in the top 50 this week; they usually manage to at least place a Dark Tower collection.

* This week's #50 book is #2,121 on the overall chart.

New Library Comics: October 2010

Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection in October:


Acevedo, Juan. Ciudad de los reyes / Lima, Perú : Contra Cultura, 2009.

Anderson, Ho Che. Ho Che Anderson's sand & fury : a scream queen adventure. / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010.

AX : alternative manga. / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Bell, Blake. Fire & water : Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the birth of Marvel Comics / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2010

Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- Cats are weird and more observations / San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle ; Grantham : GBS [distributor], c2010.

Brubaker, Ed. Bad night : a criminal edition / New York : Marvel, c2009.

Brubaker, Ed. The sinners : a Criminal edition / New York : Marvel ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010

Butler, Tracy J. Lackadaisy / [Carmichael, CA] : 4th Dimension Entertainment, 2009-

Campbell, Ross, 1979- Shadoweyes. Volume 1 / San Jose, Calif. : SLG ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Chieffet, George. Lucky in love. Book one : a poor man's history / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010

Clowes, Daniel. Daniel Clowes : conversations / Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2010

Cthulhu. / [Philadelphia] : KettleDrummer Books : Diabolo Ediciones, 2010

Dinski, Will. Fingerprints / Marietta, Ga. : Top Shelf ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010

Doerr, Stephen. Exorcisms and pogo sticks / [Las Vegas, Nev.] : Yaoi Press, c2005-2006

Dupuy, 1960- Haunted / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008.

Ellis, Warren. Transmetropolitan v. 8 : dirge / New York : DC Comics, c2009-

Gaiman, Neil. The dangerous alphabet / New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008.

Galliquio, David. Lito "el perro" / Miraflores, [Perú] : Ediciones Contracultura, 2009.

Giandelli, Gabriella. Interiorae no. 4 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books ; Bologna [Italy] : Coconino Press, c2005-

Girl comics / New York : Marvel ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Goodwin, Archie. X-9 Secret Agent Corrigan v. 1 : 1967-1969 / San Diego, Calif. : Library of American Comics ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010-

Griffith, Bill, 1944- Zippy the pinhead : ding dong daddy from Dingburg / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.

Hagio, Moto, 1949- Moto Hagio's a drunken dream and other stories / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010

The Harvey Comics treasury. v. 1. Casper: the Friendly Ghost & Friends! / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010-

Hernandez, Jaime. Love and rockets : new stories v. 3 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2008-

Holkins, Jerry. Penny arcade. 6, The halls below / New York : Del Rey : Ballantine Books, c2010.

Holmberg, Pablo, 1979- Eden / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2010

Jacobson, Sidney. Anne Frank : the Anne Frank House authorized graphic biography / New York : Hill and Wang, 2010.

Johnson, Mat. Dark rain : a New Orleans story / New York : DC Comics/Vertigo, c2010

Killed cartoons : casualties from the war on free expression / New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007

Kim, Susan, 1958- Brain camp / New York : First Second, 2010.

Kitchen, Denis, 1946- The art of Harvey Kurtzman : the mad genius of comics / New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2009.

Konami, Kanata, 1958- Chi's Sweet Home = Chīzu suīto hōmu v. 2 / New York : Vertical, 2010-

Langer, Sergio, 1959- Langer for export. / [Perú] : Ediciones ContraCultura, 2007.

Lapham, David. Modern Warfare 2. Ghost / Jolla, CA : Wildstorm, c2010

Lee, Stan, 1922- Marvel masterworks presents the Silver Surfer v. 2 / New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics, 2003

Lemelman, Martin. Two cents plain : my Brooklyn boyhood / New York : Bloomsbury, 2010.

Lewis, Corey Sutherland. Seedless / Berkeley, Calif. : Image ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2010.

Lockpez, Inverna. Cuba : my revolution / New York : DC Comics/Vertigo, c2010

Marzocchi, Leila. Niger no. 3 / Seattle : Fantagraphics Books ; [Bologna, Italy?] : Coconino Press, c2006-

McCarthy, Brendan. Spider-Man. Fever / New York, N.Y. : Marvel Comics, 2010

McDonnell, Patrick, 1956- Earl & Mooch : a Mutts treasury / Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2010

Messmer, Otto, 1892-1983. Felix the Cat : the great comic book tails / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2010.

Mignola, Michael. The amazing screw-on head and other curious objects / Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010

Millionaire, Tony. Billy Hazelnuts and the crazy bird / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.

Montana, Bob. Archie : the complete newspaper comics. Vol. 1, 1946-1948 / San Diego, Calif. : IDW ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2010.

The 'Nam v. 2 / New York : Marvel Comics, c1999-

Niffenegger, Audrey. The night bookmobile / New York : Abrams, 2010.

Nury, Fabien. I am legion / Hollywood, CA : Humanoids, c2010

O'Connor, George. Athena : grey-eyed goddess / New York ; London : First Second, 2010.

Ono, Natsume, 1977- House of five leaves. v. 1 / San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Media ; London : Simon & Schuster [distributor], 2010

Pérez-Ruibal, Jorge. Y se me presento en forma de Bestia / Miraflores, [Perú] : Ediciones Contracultura, 2008.

Pettingill, Norman, 1896-1991. Norman Pettingill : backwoods humorist / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2010.

Ponchione, Sergio. Grotesque no. 4 : unknown questions / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; [Bologna, Italy] : Coconino Press, c2007-

Reading with pictures : an educational comics anthology v. 1 / [S.l.] : www.readingwithpictures.org, c2010-

Rossell, Luis. Entre cuadernos y barrotes : la educación peruana desde el punto de vísta de sus víctimas / Miraflores, [Perú] : Ediciones Contracultura, 2008.

Rossell, Luis. Rupay : historias gráficas de la violencia en el Perú, 1980-1984 / Lima : Ediciones ContraCultura, 2008.

Rucka, Greg. Batwoman : elegy / New York, N.Y. : DC Comics, c2010

Ruckdeschel, Sandra C.  Ellen Degeneres / [Vancouver, Wash.] : Bluewater Comics, 2010

Ryan, Johnny. Prison Pit. Book 2 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009

Sally, Zak. Sammy the mouse no. 3 / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, c2007-

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000. The complete Peanuts v. 14 1977 to 1978 / Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2004-

Shanower, Eric. The marvelous land of Oz / New York : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2010.

Simon, Joe. The Simon and Kirby superheroes / London : Titan, [2010].

Somei, Yoshino. Skyscrapers of Oz / New York : Kitty Press, [2004], c2001

Stanley, John, 1914-1993. Giant size Little Lulu v. 2 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2010-

Stanley, John, 1914-1993. Little Lulu's pal Tubby : the castaway and other stories / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2010.

Stanley, John, 1914-1993. Tubby / Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2010.

Sturm, James, 1965- Adventures in cartooning : activity book / New York : First Second, 2010

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- InuYasha vols. 51-52 / San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC, c2003-

Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957- Rin-ne v. 4 / San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Media, c2009-

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Apollo's song. Part 1 / New York : Vertical, c2010.

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Apollo's song. Part 2 / New York : Vertical, c2010.

Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989. Black Jack v. 12 / New York : Vertical, c2008-

Tobe, Keiko. With the light : raising an autistic child v. 7 / New York : Yen Press, 2007-

Toyoshima, Tak, 1971- Secret Asian man : the daily days : a collection of daily comic strips / [S. l.] : Tak Toyoshima, c2009.

Turner, James, 1968- Warlord of Io / San Jose, Calif. : SLG ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2010.

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- 20th century boys v. 10 / San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2009-

Venus ataca : 10 historietistas peruanas / Miraflores, [Perú] : Ediciones Contracultura, 2010.

Walker, Mort. Beetle Bailey : daily & Sunday strips 1965 / London : Titan, 2010.

Wang, Jen, 1984- Koko be good / New York : First Second, 2010

Weing, Drew. Set to sea / Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2010

Wertz, Julia. Drinking at the movies / New York : Three Rivers Press, c2010

Yaginuma, Kō, 1973- Twin spica v. 3 / New York : Vertical, Inc., c2010-


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656 Comics Collective in Ann Arbor on Friday

This coming Friday, the comics collective 656 comes to Ann Arbor for a public presentation and book signing.