AMAZING Animation

Here's something sent to me by Heather M. from Indianapolis. It's a truly amazing animation by an amazing artist and crew. Keep in mind this is not done with computers, all of it is stop-motion animation and actual paint. I can only imagine how long this took to produce. The concept and storyboards alone would take months.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
2 (+5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
3 (+5). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
4 (+2). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
5 (-). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3
6 (-4). Blackest Night
7 (+2). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 *
8 (-5). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
9 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
10 (-3). Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
11 (-7). Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
12 (+5). Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
13 (+3). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
14 (N). The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 40 *
15 (-1). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (+3). Odd Is on Our Side *
17 (N). Siege *
18 (N). Penny Arcade 6: The Halls Below
19 (+3). Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns *
20 (+4). Absolute Planetary Book Two
21 (-6). Walking Dead Volume 12 *
22 (-10). Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes
23 (+2). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1
24 (-13). Batwoman: Elegy
25 (+2). Irredeemable Vol 3
26 (+8). Watchmen
27 (N). Invincible Iron Man Vol. 4: Stark Disassembled *
28 (+2). Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps *
29 (+13). V for Vendetta
30 (-12). Star Wars: Legacy Volume 9 - Monster
31 (N). Lost at Sea
32 (-3). Absolute Planetary Book One
33 (-12). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
34 (+10). Prince Valiant: 1939-1940 (Vol. 2) *
35 (+4). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
36 (-1). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
37 (-11). The Walking Dead Book 5
38 (+2). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
39 (-11). Kick-Ass
40 (+1). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
41 (-18). Blacksad
42 (-5). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
43 (R). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
44 (-13). Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat
45 (-13). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
46 (R). No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
47 (R). The Flash: Rebirth
48 (N). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #3: The Heart of a Warrior *
49 (R). The Arrival
50 (-14). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes


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:

* It's a good week to be Brian Lee O'Malley. Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, which presently sits at #9 on the Amazon overall chart, reached at least as high as #6 earlier in the week. I don't ever recall there being a comic book that had successful midnight release parties. Sales on par with pre-Watchmen movie levels; hype/excitement like a Harry Potter or Twilight novel. O'Malley's only other previous major work, Lost at Sea, even pops up onto the list.

* If you're wondering where Scott Pilgrim vols 4 & 5 are? It appears that a few weeks back Amazon decided to no longer classify them as Comics & Graphic Novels...! Just another indication about the size of the grain of salt with which you should be taking these charts.

* People still care about comic price guides? Apparently so, as the pre-order for the 40th Overstreet Guide is the highest debut of the week. Also debuting are pre-orders for two Marvel hardcovers: Siege and Iron Man; and the latest Penny Arcade and Warriors volumes.

* The Blackest Night hardcovers start to show a bit of softness in the face of the Scott Pilgrim onslaught, but they still occupy seven of the top thirty slots on the chart.