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 5: The Ugly Truth
2 (-). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
3 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (+6). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
6 (-2). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
7 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side (Kindle edition)
8 (+1). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
9 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
10 (+3). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
11 (+12). Watchmen
12 (-5). Walking Dead Volume 13
13 (+11). American Born Chinese
14 (+8). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
15 (-3). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
16 (R). 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective
17 (+10). Big Nate: From the Top
18 (+8). V for Vendetta
19 (+25). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
20 (+9). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
21 (-7). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
22 (-1). Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe
23 (-7). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
24 (-6). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
25 (+7). Batman: The Killing Joke
26 (-16). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
27 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
28 (N). Axe Cop Volume One
29 (+6). Walking Dead Volume 12
30 (-11). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
31 (+5). The Arrival
32 (+2). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
33 (-). Fables Vol. 14: Witches
34 (-6). The Walking Dead, Book 6
35 (R). Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
36 (+14). Batman: Year One
37 (N). New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis, Vol. 1
38 (R). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
39 (-2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
40 (-1). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
41 (-11). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
42 (-22). Superman: Earth One
43 (-5). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
44 (-1). Batman: Hush
45 (-14). Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Vol. 1 - The Journey Begins *
46 (-1). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight
47 (N). Secret Avengers, Vol. 1: Mission to Mars
48 (-). The Walking Dead Book 2
49 (-). Blackest Night
50 (-35). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World


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:

* The Wimpy Kid stays on the top once again, and slips a bit more to #56 on the overall chart.

* The bi-annual college course assault on the chart continues; Understanding Comics moves into the top 10, Watchmen & American Born Chinese move up, but Fun Home takes a bit of a tumble.

* The Scott Pilgrim Box Set remains strong, but individual volumes separate and fall; vol. 2 all the way down to #50 (#2,830 overall), and vol. 3 off of the chart all together.

* Dead Watch: Just seven Walking Dead collections in the top 50 this week, down one from last week.

* Axe Cop is the highest debut this week, and two of Marvel's Avengers hardcovers show up as well.