Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Kick-Ass
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
3 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
6 (-). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
7 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
8 (+3). The Losers: Book One (Vols. 1 & 2)
9 (-2). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
10 (-1). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
11 (-1). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
12 (+5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
13 (+18). Wilson *
14 (+7). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
15 (+3). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
16 (+13). Batman: The Killing Joke
17 (-2). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
18 (+5). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
19 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
20 (+5). Watchmen
21 (-7). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 8 *
22 (-10). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
23 (-3). Instructions *
24 (R). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
25 (+15). Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
26 (N). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3 (Deluxe Edition) *
27 (-1). The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel *
28 (+17). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
29 (+5). Captain America: Reborn
30 (R). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
31 (-15). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
32 (+7). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
33 (+5). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
34 (-2). The Complete Peanuts 1975-1976 (Vol. 13)
35 (-22). The Boys Volume 6 SC
36 (R). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984 *
37 (-9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
38 (-8). Batman: Year One
39 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
40 (N). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
41 (R). The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle
42 (+8). Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
43 (R). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
44 (+2). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
45 (-3). Asterios Polyp
46 (N). The Losers (Vol. 4): Close Quarters
47 (R). Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1
48 (-11). V for Vendetta
49 (R). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
50 (R). The Complete Persepolis



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:

* I got too busy yesterday and forgot to compile the list, which means this is for Saturday morning rather than Friday. So take the comparisons with a larger grain of salt than usual.

* Despite luke-warm box office for the movie, the Kick-Ass comic remains popular the week after. How long will it remain above Wimpy Kid?

* The Losers gets a movie boost as well; the volumes 1 & 2 compilation breaks into the top ten, while volume 4 peeks in down near the bottom.

* The Highest debut belongs to the third Y, the Last Man Deluxe hardcover. The pre-order for the next Walking Dead volume also makes a first appearance.

Hawaii? Fine, how are ye?

Bizarro is brought to you today by Hawaii.

Hello, dear reader, it is good to see you. I am back online and blogging again, hopefully daily, after a few days of Internet silence. For the last four days I was in the birthplace of our president, Honolulu, Kenya, (where I did not have easy access to the Internets) and since yesterday have been in Maui. I was brought here by the Hawaiian Vegetarian Society to do a couple of talks – Honolulu on Tuesday night and Maui last night. Great crowds, great folks, a few real freaks (but that's one of the things I love about Maui) and now that the business end of my trip is through, CHNW and I are going to hang out for another week and enjoy the island.

The pic below is our new best friend, having met him in the security line at the airport because he and CHNW are apparently the same sort of people who cannot be near another human without getting to know them. He's around 7 feet tall, is way freakier looking in person than this photo conveys and is quite an amusing character. According to him, he is a Vietnam vet, spends most of his time rumbling around Maui on one of his four Harleys, and his name is Atta(then six or seven more syllables of Hawaiian-sounding stuff that I can't remember.) We hung out with him for a while in the airport, took some pics, and said our goodbyes. Maybe we'll see him around the island.

Until tomorrow, I bid you "Aloha." (Which I think is Hawaiian for "Where da bitches at?" )

Happy Earth Day

Superman and Yet Another Comics Blog invite you to join in celebrating Earth Day.

(Cover to Superman: For Earth by Jerry Ordway - 1991)

Super-Hero Costume Critiques with Tim Gunn

Fashion maven Tim Gunn (who himself has been a comic book super-hero) critiques super-hero costumes:



(via NPR's Monkey See blog)

Watercolor Wednesdays

Why not? When I'm not digitally coloring my MYTHFITS strip, it's fun to play with paint.

This is a MYTHFITS-inspired self portrait for the San Francisco gallery, Kokoro Studio. My friend, Keiko, is organizing a fabulous group show featuring multiple artist "visages" looking out at the viewer. I couldn't resist featuring Robot & Unicorn and friends in mine.

Another MYTHFITS comic is coming soon, so please stay tuned! And if it's not a hassle, vote in the poll on the right. Serious research is being conducted...

Monkey Covers

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

Puny handcuffs made for men cannot hold a Gorilla on Murphy Anderson's cover to Strange Adventures #55 (1955).

(Standard disclaimer about world-challenging gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)

Bonus! James Clark covers this monkey cover over on Covered!

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

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Bizarro is brought to you today by the Death Star.

I've always wanted to visit on of those huge mountaintop observatories like the one badly depicted in this cartoon. I think it would be cool. I have a small telescope that I used to like to use but here in NYC, there is too much ambient light to see much so I don't bother. You can barely even see the credits, much less read them.

I'm off in a few hours for a vacation, but I'll be posting here almost as regularly as I usually do. I likely won't post again until Tuesday or Wednesday of this next week, but after that, it will be fairly consistent. I've been working 12 and 14 hour days for a few weeks now trying to get ahead on Bizarro so I won't have to work while I'm gone. Hope it doesn't take me too long to relax and enjoy myself. For the first few days I'll likely be haunted by the feeling that I should be working on something other than a tan.

For those of you in Hawaii, I'll be speaking in Honolulu on Tuesday, April 20 and on Maui on Thursday, April 22. Both talks are sponsored by the Hawaiian Vegetarian Society, so look up the details on their website and come see me. I'm friendly and it's FREE!