So what’s news? Besides the large number of titles ranking within the Top 1000?
The season three premiere of The Walking Dead doubled the ratings of the second season (itself a record), and it seems to have encouraged sales of the graphic novel collections. The top two titles are 48-issue compilations of the series, listing at $60 each. The “books” listed below are hardcover collections, with Volume Eight being the last chunk in the second compendium. What’s unusual is that the more expensive titles are selling better than the trade paperbacks. Possibly because of discounts, or perhaps those volumes have more bang for the buck. Either way, it’s quite spectacular!
After zombies is Batman and Company. The movie continues to spur sales, not just for the backlist, but also for the New 52 titles.
Chris Ware ranks high, amazing for a $50 box set of comics!
The rest are a mixed bag… only two manga titles. Scott Pilgrim continues to sell, as does Jeffrey Brown’s Star Wars gift book. The upcoming Hobbit movie raises interest in both the graphic novel and the deluxe edition hardcover prose novel.
Kids: Wimpy Kid and similar diary books continue to sell, which includes the comicstrip “Big Nate” (which pioneered the cartoon diary decades ago). Avatar continues to sell, and the new adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time charts. [Go ahead and grumble all you want about the diary titles not being “comics”. However, consider this: The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book currently ranks #155 on BN.com. That’s a lot of kids cartooning! Geez, just what we need… more indie bio-comics!]
The Barnes & Noble website was searched at approximately Noon on Friday, October 19, 2012.
Click here to see the current graphic novel bestsellers.
Current kids graphic novel bestsellers can be seen here.
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by Chris Ware
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by Geoff Johns
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RT @Comixace: Sales Charts: Barnes & Noble Graphic Novel Bestsellers: Mid-October 2012 http://t.co/2OMxx9Xd
Barnes & Noble Graphic Novel Bestsellers: Mid-October 2012
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Not a single Marvel trade in that list. That isn’t gonna be good for Disney stockholders.
I doubt the stockholders even notice the publishing division of Disney. Most Disney fans aren’t even aware of Hyperion.
Disney stockholders may not notice but something tells me that we arent too far from seeing a new kind of focus on the book business for Marvel’s upper ranks. As more and more graphic novels generate dollars, and yes Wimpy Kid does play a role here, folks are bound to realize there is a new kind of gold rush to be had.
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