Friday 14 January 2011

Dancing


I am a huge fan of Tom the Dancing Bug and no fan of political correctness, so it seems fitting that I share this week's brilliant TDB with you. Click the image for greater enlargingmentation.

To read the TDB blog, click the offensive word in this sentence: Sometimes I enjoy a cracker with my soup.

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 (+2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
4 (-1). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
5 (+11). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
6 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side (Kindle edition)
7 (+7). Walking Dead Volume 13
8 (+2). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
9 (+8). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
10 (+1). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
11 (+10). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
12 (+2). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
13 (+4). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
14 (+2). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
15 (-6). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
16 (-10). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
17 (-5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
18 (-5). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
19 (-4). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
20 (-). Superman: Earth One
21 (-6). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
22 (+11). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
23 (+1). Watchmen
24 (+1). American Born Chinese
25 (-18). Dilbert: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar
26 (+10). V for Vendetta
27 (+3). Big Nate: From the Top
28 (+1). The Walking Dead, Book 6
29 (-10). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
30 (-2). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
31 (N). Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Vol. 1 - The Journey Begins *
32 (+12). Batman: The Killing Joke
33 (-11). Fables Vol. 14: Witches
34 (+1). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
35 (-9). Walking Dead Volume 12
36 (+6). The Arrival
37 (-10). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
38 (-6). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
39 (-8). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
40 (-). Tron: Betrayal
41 (-3). The Walking Dead Book 5
42 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side
43 (+3). Batman: Hush
44 (N). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
45 (-11). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
46 (R). Blankets
47 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
48 (-3). The Walking Dead Book 2
49 (R). Blackest Night
50 (-). Batman: Year One


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 on the top once again, but again slips, to #50 on the overall chart.

* The college rush continues, with Maus, Persepolis and Fun Home all in the top 10.

* Demand for individual volumes of Scott Pilgrim continue to soften, though the box set remains strong.

* Dead Watch:Eight Walking Dead collections in the top fifty this week, down from nine last week.

* Two new titles debut as pre-orders: Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Vol. 1 (the only Marvel title on the chart this week); and the final Buffy Season 8 collection.

* The bottom of the list is a distressingly low #4,048 this week.