What's new with the Graphic Novel charts.
Remember the charts?
1. First up: they’re back. :)
2. Moving forward, the bulk of the charts will be posted as streamlined HTML files to Archive.org. Not that I mind posting long long lists of titles to my blog, but most of my readers (even the comics fans) balk at the bulk.
3. Working through a back-log of data for the month of July; will post new charts as they’re ready.
4. Tracking down publishing information for what is now 8,144 titles — even in the little way that I’ve attempted to date — is the main choke point on the process now. Charts as posted this week are complete for the volumes, but not the series ranking.
5. After I’ve caught up on the graphic novels, I’ll go back and pull out the manga charts. One problem at a time, though.
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The Latest:
Week ending 5 July 2009
Comics Top 500
1. ↔0 (1) : Watchmen – DC Vertigo, [852.8] ::
2. ↑3 (5) : V for Vendetta – DC Vertigo, [744.6] ::
3. ↑5 (8) : Dark Tower 3 – Marvel, [726.7] ::
4. ↑283 (287) : Final Crisis – DC, [717] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Batman The Killing Joke – DC, [715.1] ::
6. ↑8 (14) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 4 – Dark Horse, [706] ::
7. ↓-3 (4) : Batman The Dark Knight Returns – DC, [689.5] ::
8. ↑17 (25) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, [681] ::
9. ↑22 (31) : Batman RIP – DC, [670.6] ::
10. ↓-3 (7) : Star Trek Countdown – IDW, [655.9] ::
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Top 50 Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump, [2001.7] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Batman – , [1872.5] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Sandman – , [1409] ::
4. ↑9 (13) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump, [1287.8] ::
5. ↑4 (9) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer – , [1277.5] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Y The Last Man – , [1229.9] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : Dark Tower – , [1220.3] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop, [1148.8] ::
9. ↓-4 (5) : Bone – , [1056.5] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – , [1048.3] ::
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Top Publishers
Number of titles ranking in the Comic 500:
Viz Shonen Jump 61
DC Vertigo 42
DC 35
Tokyopop 33
Marvel 32
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 29
Viz Shojo Beat 26
Del Rey 23
Dark Horse 23
Yen Press 14
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