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• Amazon Top 50

  Date: 2009.11.13 | Category: Comic Books | Response: 0

  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 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
  3 (-1). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
  4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
  5 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  6 (-). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
  7 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
  8 (+36). Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #1: Shattered Peace *
  9 (+39). Tumor Chapter 1 (kindle)
  10 (+1). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
  11 (-3). Watchmen
  12 (+6). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
  13 (-4). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
  14 (-1). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
  15 (+2). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set
  16 (-6). Stitches: A Memoir
  17 (+29). Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
  18 (+23). Simon’s Cat
  19 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
  20 (-6). V for Vendetta
  21 (-9). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
  22 (N). Green Lantern: Agent Orange *
  23 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  24 (+25). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
  25 (-10). Batman: The Killing Joke
  26 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
  27 (-3). The Arrival
  28 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
  29 (-1). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
  30 (R). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
  31 (-11). Masterpiece Comics
  32 (+8). Scientific Progress Goes ‘Boink’: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
  33 (+17). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
  34 (-4). Wolverine: Old Man Logan *
  35 (-2). Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds HC
  36 (N). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters *
  37 (N). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
  38 (N). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years *
  39 (N). Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 21 *
  40 (-8). Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 7 – Dueling Ambitions
  41 (N). Popeye Volume 4
  42 (-5). Criminal (Deluxe Edition) *
  43 (R). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
  44 (R). Bone Volume 4: The Dragonslayer
  45 (R). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
  46 (-20). Vampire Knight, Vol. 8
  47 (R). Halo: Uprising
  48 (-10). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  49 (N). Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
  50 (-5). Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville

  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:

  * Two comics leap way up into the top ten this week: Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #1: Shattered Peace, because it’s part of the secret comic book economy; and Tumor Chapter 1 on the Kindle, I think maybe because the Tumor graphic novel is now available for pre-order and people may have been trying out the free sampler.

  * Several debuts this week, led by Green Lantern: Agent Orange at #22. The GL books always seem to make a splash, but don’t stick around as long as their Batman counterparts.

  * I have no idea of the reason for the sudden surge of interest in Calvin & Hobbes. You know, other than it’s an awesome comic strip; but why now?

  

  

• Amazon Top 50

  Date: 2009.11.06 | Category: Comic Books | Response: 0

  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 (-). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
  3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
  4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
  5 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  6 (-). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
  7 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
  8 (+1). Watchmen
  9 (+3). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
  10 (+20). Stitches: A Memoir
  11 (-). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
  12 (-5). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid *
  13 (-3). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
  14 (+12). V for Vendetta
  15 (+10). Batman: The Killing Joke
  16 (+6). Asterios Polyp
  17 (+1). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set
  18 (-3). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
  19 (R). The Best American Comics 2009
  20 (-6). Masterpiece Comics
  21 (N). The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
  22 (+6). R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
  23 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  24 (R). The Arrival
  25 (R). Batman: Year One
  26 (-10). Vampire Knight, Vol. 8
  27 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
  28 (-9). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
  29 (R). The Complete Persepolis
  30 (N). Wolverine: Old Man Logan *
  31 (R). The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet, Book 2)
  32 (N). Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 7 – Dueling Ambitions
  33 (-20). Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds HC
  34 (+10). Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
  35 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days *
  36 (+1). Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages
  37 (N). Criminal (Deluxe Edition) *
  38 (R). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  39 (-8). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
  40 (R). Scientific Progress Goes ‘Boink’: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
  41 (-20). Simon’s Cat
  42 (R). Dark Tower: Treachery
  43 (-4). Mercy Thompson Homecoming
  44 (N). Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #1: Shattered Peace *
  45 (R). Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville
  46 (-26). Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
  47 (+2). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
  48 (-12). Tumor Chapter 1 (kindle)
  49 (R). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
  50 (-23). 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:

  * It’s relatively quiet at the top of the chart, with the exception of Stitches leaping back up into the top 10 after last week’s momentary blip.

  * The highest debut belongs to Eleanor Davis’s The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, a graphic novel I wager very few of us were even aware of. It’s a good reminder of the secret comic book economy…

  * Marvel have a relatively good week, with Wolverine: Old Man Logan debuting at #30, Criminal (Deluxe Edition) debuting at #37, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Dark Tower: Treachery returning to the list.

  * The only manga title to chart is Vampire Knight, Vol. 8.