Friday, 1 July 2011

Amazon Top 50

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

1 (-). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out
2 (-). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition)
3 (-). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
4 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
5 (-1). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) *
6 (+3). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
7 (+3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (-). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
9 (+3). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
10 (N). Toy Story: Return Of Buzz LightYear
11 (-5). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming
12 (+1). Batman: Year One
13 (+2). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
14 (N). Toy Story: Mysterious Stranger
15 (+9). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
16 (-2). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
17 (-6). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
18 (+3). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
19 (+3). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
20 (-4). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
21 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
22 (+8). V for Vendetta
23 (-5). Big Nate Out Loud
24 (+1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
25 (+4). Green Lantern: Rebirth
26 (+2). Watchmen
27 (+6). Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!
28 (+6). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
29 (-12). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 *
30 (N). Irredeemable, Vol. 6
31 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 13
32 (+14). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
33 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
34 (R). Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution
35 (+12). Daytripper
36 (N). Wizards Of Mickey Volume 1: Mouse Magic
37 (R). Hellboy Library Volume 4
38 (R). Naruto, Vol. 51: Sasuke vs. Danzo!
39 (-4). Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
40 (-21). Green Lantern: Brightest Day
41 (N). Black Bird, Vol. 9
42 (-10). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
43 (R). Be Good, Little Puppy: A Penny Arcade Book
44 (R). Uncanny X-Force: Deathlok Nation
45 (-7). X-Men: Second Coming
46 (R). Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
47 (N). Donald Duck and Friends: Double Duck
48 (R). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
49 (N). The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet The Muppets
50 (R). American Vampire Vol. 2


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 Walking Dead stays at #1 this week (and is #70 overall). Most of the rest of the top ten is dominated by The Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries.

* If you're wondering what all those Disney/Pixar/Muppets books from Boom! are doing on the chart, it's because they are all heavily discounted at 60% or more. Seriously, how could you not buy a copy of Roger Langridge's first Muppet Show collection for just $3.85?

* The only other debuts this week are the latest volumes of Irredeemable and Black Bird.

* If you are wondering why there will be very little change in the DCnU versions of the Batman and Green Lantern books, look no further than this chart; they're the only DC super-hero properties that appear.