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.

Seasons Serpents

One of my cherished readers sent this holiday card of her border collie and Burmese python in Santa garb. It didn't seem right not to share it with my e-pals. Here's the original page.

See you next week, have a good one.

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)

Cracker Leverage

Bizarro is brought to you today by Scary Parrots.


I likely won't be posting much over the next few days during the holidays, so I'm leaving you with what I think is a good one. I confess that this idea came to me while looking at a cartoon in New Yorker by the legendary and brilliant Sam Gross. It isn't a case of plagiarizing since I completely changed the gist of the gag, but it is a direct inspiration.

Even though I don't like or celebrate Xmas, the wife and I spend a few days with friends in the country. It's way fun and nobody plays Bing Crosby's Xmas album.

Hope all of you have a nice holiday, whatever that means to you. I'll post again next week.

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)

Fire in the Hole

Bizarro is brought to you today by Heartburn.

Here's a cartoon that's kind of lame, really. I guess I thought the drawing was fun because the idea is a little trite. It happens. One of my regular readers emailed me and said he particularly loved this one, though, so I'm guessing it appealed to others, too.

Our Internet is still out so we're looking forward to tomorrow and the rare honor of hosting a Time Warner Cable repair technician in our home. He or she is due between 10am and 2pm, so we're cleaning all day today (and probably tonight) and the caterer is scheduled to show up at 9 in the morning to get things set up. We're so excited!

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)