Library of the Living Dead!

The Miller Library at McPherson College made a comic book to teach incoming students how to use the library. It has zombies. You can download it at http://blogs.mcpherson.edu/library/zombie-guide-to-the-library/

Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6) *
2 (+4). Sailor Moon 1 *
3 (-1). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
4 (R). Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm *
5 (+8). Codename: Sailor V 1 *
6 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth
7 (N). Ender's Game: Formic Wars: Burning Earth *
8 (-5). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
9 (-5). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
10 (+1). Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
11 (+1). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle edition)
12 (-5). Amulet #4: The Last Council
13 (-3). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
14 (+2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
15 (-1). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
16 (-7). Watchmen
17 (N). Feynman
18 (-). The Walking Dead Volume 14: No Way Out
19 (-11). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
20 (-3). Batman: Year One
21 (-6). V for Vendetta
22 (+12). Naruto, Vol. 52: Cell Seven Reunion
23 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 7 *
24 (-4). Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 *
25 (-6). Batman: The Killing Joke
26 (+1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
27 (-4). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
28 (N). Black Bird, Vol. 10
29 (N). Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom HC
30 (+11). Big Nate Out Loud
31 (-6). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming
32 (+3). Dork Diaries 3 1/2: How to Dork Your Diary *
33 (-7). 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
34 (+5). Sailor Moon 2 *
35 (-5). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
36 (-15). Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Boxset
37 (+9). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle edition)
38 (N). Finder Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder
39 (-15). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
40 (-12). Dork Diaries (Kindle edition)
41 (N). Brightest Day Vol. 3 *
42 (+2). Batman: Hush
43 (-12). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
44 (-1). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
45 (-3). Hark! A Vagrant *
46 (+4). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
47 (R). We3 Deluxe Edition
48 (N). Detective Comics (2011) #1
49 (N). No Such Thing as Ghosts (Dragonbreath)
50 (-18). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)



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:

* Just one week until the new editions of Sailor Moon hit stores, and they sit at #2 and #5 on the chart. Will next week see a dethroning of the Wimpy Kid?

* Marvel's Castle OGN wasn't on the chart at all last week, and this week hops back on all the way up at #4. I smell a mainstream media mention sometime in the past couple of days...

* Marvel also have the top debut this week, a hardcover collection of one of their Ender's Game series. This may be the first time that Marvel have had two top ten books (and note that neither is one of their super-hero properties...)

* Amazon finally decide that Feynman is indeed a comic, so this week it 'debuts' at #17. Other debuts include new volumes of Black Bird; Locke & Key; Finder (the Yaoi, not the CSM comic); Brightest Day; and Dragonbreath.

* Yes, that's Detective Comics #1, one of the New 52 comics from DC, peeking in near the bottom of the list. No, Amazon is not selling individual comics themselves, but enough people bought this from third-party sellers on Amazon or it to make the list. Interesting, and indicating that maybe this one was under-ordered by comic shops.