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 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5 (+2). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
6 (+2). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
7 (-1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
8 (+2). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
9 (+2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
10 (-5). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
11 (+3). Marvel Encyclopedia
12 (+1). Watchmen
13 (+4). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
14 (R). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12)
15 (+11). Asterios Polyp
16 (-4). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace
17 (-8). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
18 (+28). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
19 (+1). Simon's Cat
20 (+20). Stitches: A Memoir
21 (+3). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
22 (+9). Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
23 (-7). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
24 (+3). V for Vendetta
25 (+8). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
26 (R). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
27 (-12). Dark Tower: Treachery
28 (-). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
29 (-7). Green Lantern: Agent Orange
30 (+5). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
31 (+10). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
32 (R). Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha #3: Return to the Clans
33 (-4). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
34 (-9). Batman: The Killing Joke
35 (R). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
36 (R). Crown of Horns (Bone, Vol. 9)
37 (+5). Batman: Year One
38 (R). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
39 (N). Warriors Manga Box Set: Graystripe's Adventure
40 (-21). Batman: Battle for the Cowl
41 (-9). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
42 (R). Garfield Will Eat for Food: His 48th Book
43 (-7). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
44 (N). Weirdos from Another Planet!
45 (N). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
46 (-25). Absolute Justice
47 (N). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
48 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
49 (R). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
50 (R). My Bad: A Zits Treasury


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:

* 'Tis the season for comic strips collections. More specifically, there's a serious Calvin & Hobbes resurgence going on, with seven different C&H collections making the top 50 this week.

* There's a lot of sameness this week; outside of some of the C&H collections, there are only two other new items: Warriors Manga Box Set: Graystripe's Adventure at #37, and a Zits collection at #50.

* No manga on the list this week (despite the name, Warriors is a US production)

* In case you're wondering, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is still hanging out at #5 on the overall Amazon bestsellers list.

Pay or Play

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Bizarro is brought to you today by Make Music Not War.

Here is another odd topic, one which just crawled out of my head and onto my drawing board and refused to leave so I shipped it off for publication. Sometimes that's the only way to rid myself of these things.

A man is held up on the street, but has no money. The mugger then marches him into a music shop, steals a violin, marches him home, watches over him as he learns to play, then years later makes him perform on the street until someone tosses some money at him and – voila – the mugger gets what he wants.

Good old American ingenuity.

I'm off to D.C. this weekend to perform some comedy at a couple of charity holiday parties. I hope it is fun and not tragic and hideous, forever etching itself in my mind as that weekend I should have stayed home.

I hope, too, that you enjoy your weekend, whatever you have planned.

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Christmas Covers - December 4

Alfred E. Neuman hacks his way into Santa's Naughty & Nice list on the cover of Norsk MAD vol. 38 #12 (1986)

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 21 more 'get-ups' until Santa!


(2008: Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2)
(2007: Popular Comics #12)
(2006: Yogi Bear #11)
(2005: The Batman and Robin Adventures #3)
(2004: Dell Four Color #1154)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)