• Amazon Top 50

    Date: 2009.11.20 | Category: Comic Books | Tags: ,

    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 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
    4 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    5 (-2). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
    6 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
    7 (+3). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
    8 (+3). Watchmen
    9 (-3). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
    10 (-2). Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #1: Shattered Peace *
    11 (+11). Green Lantern: Agent Orange
    12 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    13 (+3). Stitches: A Memoir
    14 (-1). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
    15 (-). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set
    16 (N). Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
    17 (-3). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
    18 (-9). Tumor Chapter 1 (kindle)
    19 (-1). Simon’s Cat
    20 (+6). Marvel Encyclopedia
    21 (+6). The Arrival
    22 (-2). V for Vendetta
    23 (+9). Scientific Progress Goes ‘Boink’: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
    24 (+19). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
    25 (-). Batman: The Killing Joke
    26 (-5). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
    27 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
    28 (-11). Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
    29 (-). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
    30 (R). The Best American Comics 2009
    31 (N). Dilbert: 2010 Wall Calendar
    32 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
    33 (N). Absolute Justice
    34 (R). Asterios Polyp
    35 (R). Batman: Year One
    36 (R). The Complete Persepolis
    37 (N). Escape from Dullsville *
    38 (N). Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race
    39 (N). Dark Tower: Treachery
    40 (-16). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
    41 (+9). Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville
    42 (R). Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky: A Get Fuzzy Collection
    43 (N). Garfield Will Eat for Food: His 48th Book
    44 (R). Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages
    45 (R). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
    46 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
    47 (R). Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2
    48 (R). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) *
    49 (R). Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha #3: Return to the Clans
    50 (R). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier

    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 Four Wimpy Kid volumes are back together on top of the list. Expect to see them entrenched there for a while, unless the new printing of Crumb’s Genesis gives it another spike.

    * I suspect that the recent interest in strip collections is due to the upcoming holiday gift giving season.

    * The highest debut belongs to Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation, a comic I didn’t even know existed until I saw it on the chart. Score another win for the secret comic book economy.

    * The bottom part of the chart is almost completely different from last week; eighteen of the last twenty items are either new or returning after an absence.

    * I’m pleased to see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier sneak back on to the list; no doubt due to increased interest caused by the recent censorship controversy.