Friday, 30 April 2010

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-1). Kick-Ass
3 (+3). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
4 (+9). Wilson
5 (+18). Instructions *
6 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
7 (N). Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 5
8 (+1). Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
9 (-1). The Losers: Book One (Vols. 1 & 2)
10 (+7). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour *
11 (+4). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
12 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
13 (-3). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
14 (-3). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
15 (+11). Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3 (Deluxe Edition) *
16 (-2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
17 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
18 (+18). Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 2: 1982-1984 *
19 (+3). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
20 (+15). The Boys Volume 6 SC
21 (+18). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
22 (+23). Asterios Polyp
23 (-3). Watchmen
24 (+10). The Complete Peanuts 1975-1976 (Vol. 13)
25 (+12). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
26 (N). Power Girl: A New Beginning
27 (-11). Batman: The Killing Joke
28 (+3). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
29 (N). Absolute Green Lantern: Rebirth
30 (-5). Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
31 (+17). V for Vendetta
32 (N). Realm of Kings *
33 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
34 (R). Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology
35 (-8). The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel *
36 (N). The Flash: Rebirth *
37 (N). Tsubasa 26
38 (+4). Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
39 (+10). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
40 (R). Incognito
41 (-3). Batman: Year One
42 (R). Irredeemable Vol 2
43 (N). Green Lantern: Blackest Night *
44 (-16). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
45 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
46 (N). Black Bird, Vol. 4 *
47 (-26). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 8
48 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
49 (-31). Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
50 (R). Mercy Thompson: Homecoming




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 have no idea what happened to the first three Wimpy Kid volumes, which have mysteriously disappeared from the graphic novel bestsellers list. We'll see next week if it's a temporary glitch or what...

* The latest Invincible Ultimate Collection debuts way up in the top ten. It's a big week for super-hero debuts, with Power Girl, Absolute Green Lantern: Rebirth, Realm of Kings (benefit of a minor pricing glitch earlier in the week), The Flash: Rebirth, and Green Lantern: Blackest Night all making debuts this week. The latest volumes in the manga series Tsubasa & Black Bird also debut.

* Incognito hops back up onto the list, probably due to its being optioned for a film a couple of days ago.

* Remember the comparisons to last week are for a Saturday, so take them with a larger grain of salt than usual.