Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
5 (+1). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
6 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
7 (+2). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
8 (-3). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
9 (+4). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale
10 (+6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
11 (-). Big Nate: From the Top
12 (+7). Batman: Year One
13 (-3). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
14 (N). Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice *
15 (+2). Batman: Time and the Batman
16 (-2). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
17 (-9). Daytripper
18 (-3). Walking Dead Volume 13
19 (-1). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red *
20 (-). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
21 (+4). Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
22 (+16). Batman: The Killing Joke
23 (+26). Big Nate Boredom Buster: Super Scribbles, Cool Comix, and Lots of Laughs *
24 (+4). The Walking Dead, Book 6
25 (+16). Superman: Earth One
26 (N). Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster
27 (R). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming *
28 (-1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
29 (-). Watchmen
30 (-7). The Walking Dead, Book 1
31 (+8). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
32 (+2). Walking Dead Volume 12
33 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters
34 (R). Prince Valiant: 1941-1942 (Vol. 3) *
35 (N). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star *
36 (R). Batman: Hush
37 (N). Big Nate Out Loud *
38 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
39 (+3). The Walking Dead, Book 2
40 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
41 (N). Gotham Central Book 4: Corrigan
42 (R). Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days
43 (+5). Captain America Lives Omnibus *
44 (+1). The Walking Dead, Book 5
45 (-1). Odd Is on Our Side
46 (N). The Unwritten Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock *
47 (-4). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
48 (+2). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
49 (-37). The Thanos Imperative
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 3


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 Oatmeal collection maintains its #1 spot on the comics chart and hangs on at #48 on the overall chart. Looks like it wasn't a one-week fluke.

* Of the rest of the top 10, six are either Wimpy Kid or Dork Diaries items.

* The top debut this week is a pre-order of Ivan Brunetti's Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice. Also new is the latest Dragonbreath from Ursula Verson; pre-orders for new entries in the Dork Diaries & Big Nate series; a Gotham Central hardcover; and the pre-order for the latest collection of The Unwritten.

* The Scott Pilgrim box set remains relatively strong, but the only single volume to stay on the chart is vol. 1 way down at #47.

* Dead Watch: Ten Walking Dead collections in the top 50 this week, an improvement over recent weeks. (Book 3, at #50, is #2,834 overall.)