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: The Last Straw
2 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
3 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
4 (-1). Watchmen
5 (+1). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
6 (-4). Star Trek: Countdown TPB
7 (-). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 3: Century, No. 1: 1910
8 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
9 (+6). Mercy Thompson Homecoming *
10 (-2). Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery
11 (+3). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
12 (+9). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
13 (-3). Batman: The Killing Joke
14 (-3). V for Vendetta
15 (N). Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3)
16 (-3). Bone: One Volume Edition
17 (-1). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 4
18 (+21). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
19 (N). Achewood Volume 2: Worst Song, Played On Ugliest Guitar *
20 (+8). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
21 (+17). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
22 (N). Y: The Last Man Vol. 7: Paper Dolls
23 (N). Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, Vol. 22
24 (N). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
25 (-8). Blueberry Girl
26 (N). Y: The Last Man, Volume 6: Girl on Girl
27 (N). Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 7
28 (-3). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
29 (-17). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition)
30 (N). Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips
31 (+1). No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
32 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
33 (+1). Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 18
34 (N). Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless (Dilbert)
35 (N). The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack
36 (-10). The Arrival
37 (+5). Vindication (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Vol. 6)
38 (N). The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
39 (N). Y: The Last Man, Volume 5: Ring of Truth
40 (-3). Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind
41 (-11). The Complete Persepolis
42 (N). Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
43 (-14). Batman: R.I.P.
44 (N). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
45 (N). Angel: After The Fall Volume 1
46 (N). The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House
47 (-20). The Joker
48 (N). Bone Volume 4: The Dragonslayer
49 (N). Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1: Birth
50 (N). The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.


Commentary:

* Amazon had another search glitch earlier in the week, which may have had some affect on the sales rankings.

* With Watchmen interest waning, The Wimpy Kid volumes regain their usual dominance at the top of the chart.

* The middle volumes of Y, the Last Man make a surprising surge up onto the chart. The only explanation I can think of is that the people who bought the second deluxe edition last week felt the desire to continue the story immediately and not wait for a third deluxe volumes.

* The Wolverine movie halo has completely eroded.

FCBM5 Day 22

It's day twenty-two of the Fifth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Justin Fain. The five comics that Justin listed are:

1. Ex Machina
2. The Walking Dead
3. Fables
4. Invincible
5. Kick Ass

And his other thing of interest is live music.

For Justin I have all three issues of Robert Kirkman & Mark Englert's Capes.

For Justin's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Peanuts Halloween comic.

Justin's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
27 entries
54 free comics sent so far
9 days remaining