Friday, 9 April 2010

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
4 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
5 (+1). Kick-Ass
6 (-5). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
7 (+1). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
8 (+8). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
9 (+9). The Complete Peanuts 1975-1976 (Vol. 13)
10 (-3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
11 (+20). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn *
12 (+7). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
13 (+17). 50,000,000 Pearls Fans Can't Be Wrong: A Pearls Before Swine Collection *
14 (-1). The Boys Volume 6 SC
15 (+10). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
16 (-5). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
17 (N). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 8 *
18 (+2). Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
19 (+20). The Losers: Book One (Vols. 1 & 2)
20 (+23). The Complete Persepolis
21 (-12). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
22 (-5). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
23 (+1). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #2: A Clan in Need
24 (-12). Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
25 (+1). Watchmen
26 (+3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
27 (R). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
28 (-14). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
29 (+20). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
30 (-20). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
31 (+1). Asterios Polyp
32 (-17). Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
33 (+4). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
34 (N). Instructions *
35 (-2). Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology
36 (R). Irredeemable: Volume 1
37 (-9). Irredeemable Vol 2
38 (-16). Captain America: Reborn *
39 (+2). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
40 (-17). Hellboy Volume 9: The Wild Hunt
41 (R). Batman: The Killing Joke
42 (-7). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
43 (R). Batman: The Long Halloween
44 (N). The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel *
45 (R). Halo: Helljumper
46 (R). Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3)
47 (-9). V for Vendetta
48 (R). Astonishing X-Men Omnibus
49 (-1). Batman: Year One
50 (-). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)



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:

* Twilight slips back this week, not only behind the Wimpy Kid volumes, but also Kick-Ass as well.

* Also losing some steam this week are the Scott Pilgrim volumes. Presumably the high from the trailer has worn off, but while they will drop for a while I suspect that a new trailer will perk them back up again, and that we'll see increasing interest as the film approaches in August.

* The highest debut belongs to a new volume of Yotsuba&!, which is also the only manga on the list this week.

* Peeking in down near the bottom of the list is a preorder for The Exile, a new graphic novel based on an apparently very popular series of historical time-travel fantasy romances by Diana Gabaldon. This one could be a sleeper hit...