Graphic Novel Rankings, 2009 Week 30
Your Executive Summary and Index, Week Ending 19 July 2009
7 weeks behind — no excuses there. But I have been archiving my sources, and if I can manage to post a chart every 4-5 days instead of once a week… I’ll be caught up in 3-4 months. [*sigh*]
I spent a lot of time behind-the-scenes to present the following reports — part of that was to dramatically expand to scope of what I’m tracking while maintaining the “look & feel” that had been established (and the simplicity of this Top 10 Summary report) while also diving a little deeper into the data set.
I’m pleased to present the following seven Top 10 reports: Comics, Imprints, Series, Manga, Manga Series, New Releases, and Pre-orders. This is my new slate. Each top 10 is just the tip of the iceberg: The Comics and Manga Charts are a full 500 titles, other charts pull from a top 50 in each category, and the Top 10 Imprints are just one way to look at the Publishers’ Scorecard. (links to each full chart are presented below)
Update 5 Sep 09, 20:40PM: A simple—but significant—error in the New Release and Preorder charts has been corrected. The links above (and below) go to the corrected page; the top 10s as posted below have also been corrected
Other corrections, questions, and other feedback can be emailed to Matt, or posted as a comment at the bottom of this post.
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last week’s rankings
About the Charts [see also: this post.]
Analysis and Commentary Posts
The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 19 July 2009
Comics Top 500
1. ↔0 (1) : Watchmen – DC Vertigo, Apr 1995 [802.4] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Final Crisis – DC, Jun 2009 [752.8] ::
3. ↑11 (14) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [715.9] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Batman The Killing Joke – DC, Mar 2008 [706.1] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : V for Vendetta – DC Vertigo, Apr 1995 [697.9] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Batman The Dark Knight Returns – DC, May 1997 [683.5] ::
7. ↓-2 (5) : Dark Tower 3 – Marvel, Apr 2009 [662.9] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [655.8] ::
9. ↑1 (10) : Sandman 1 – DC Vertigo, Sep 1991 [628.2] ::
10. ↓-3 (7) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 4 – Dark Horse, Apr 2009 [625.8] ::
[more]
Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Comics 500:
Viz Shonen Jump 64
DC Vertigo 48
Tokyopop 38
DC 37
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 34
Viz Shojo Beat 33
Marvel 22
Dark Horse 20
Del Rey 19
Yen Press 15
[more]
Top 50 Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [2,271.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Batman – DC [1,901.2] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop [1,618.9] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Sandman – DC Vertigo [1,543.7] ::
5. ↑14 (19) : Green Lantern – DC [1,300.9] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [1,236.5] ::
7. ↔0 (7) : Y The Last Man – DC Vertigo [1,228.6] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Dark Tower – Marvel [1,219.1] ::
9. ↓-4 (5) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Dark Horse [1,191.1] ::
10. ↑10 (20) : Negima! – Del Rey [1,122.8] ::
[more]
Top 500 Manga:
1. ↑88 (89) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [715.9] ::
2. ↑7 (9) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [655.8] ::
3. ↑521 (524) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [622.6] ::
4. ↑31 (35) : Dark Hunters 1 – St. Martin’s Griffin, Apr 2009 [589.8] ::
5. ↑new (0) : Negima! 23 – Del Rey, Jul 2009 [567.5] ::
6. ↓-5 (1) : Naruto 43 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [547.5] ::
7. ↓-3 (4) : Fruits Basket 22 – Tokyopop, Mar 2009 [545.4] ::
8. ↓-6 (2) : Naruto 44 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [529.9] ::
9. ↑43 (52) : In Odd We Trust – Koontz, Chan – Del Rey, Jun 2008 [518.1] ::
10. ↓-7 (3) : Naruto 42 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [512.0] ::
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Top 50 Manga Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [2,271.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop [1,618.9] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [1,236.5] ::
4. ↑5 (9) : Negima! – Del Rey [1,122.8] ::
5. ↑2 (7) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [1,084.4] ::
6. ↓-3 (3) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [1,045.3] ::
7. ↑8 (15) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [1,000.5] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [970.3] ::
9. ↓-4 (5) : Death Note – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [930.8] ::
10. ↑44 (54) : Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Del Rey [862.1] ::
[more]
Top 50 New Releases:
2. ↔0 (2) : Final Crisis – DC, Jun 2009 [752.8] ::
3. ↑11 (14) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [715.9] ::
12. ↑30 (42) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [622.6] ::
16. ↑67 (83) : Negima! 23 – Del Rey, Jul 2009 [567.5] ::
18. ↑2 (20) : Halo GN Uprising – Marvel, Jun 2009 [561.4] ::
23. ↑34 (57) : Green Lantern The Sinestro Corps War 2 – DC, Jun 2009 [527.5] ::
34. ↓-9 (25) : Ouran High School Host Club 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2009 [477.5] ::
35. ↓-20 (15) : Bleach 27 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2009 [476.4] ::
41. ↓-11 (30) : Rosario+Vampire 7 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jun 2009 [463.4] ::
49. ↑168 (217) : Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 22 – Del Rey, Jul 2009 [442.9] ::
[more]
Top 50 Preorders:
17. ↑81 (98) : Green Lantern Rage of the Red Lanterns – DC, Aug 2009 [562.4] ::
157. ↓-44 (113) : Mercy Thompson Homecoming – Del Rey/Dabel Bros., Aug 2009 [287.5] ::
186. ↓-15 (171) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 5 – Dark Horse, Sep 2009 [259.4] ::
211. ↓-8 (203) : Nevermore – Koontz, Champagne, Smith – Del Rey/Dabel Bros., Oct 2009 [238.8] ::
306. ↑22 (328) : The Book of Genesis – Crumb – WW Norton, Oct 2009 [187.3] ::
327. ↑149 (476) : Vampire Knight 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2009 [174.6] ::
340. ↑78 (418) : Fables 12 – DC Vertigo, Aug 2009 [171.2] ::
376. ↓-19 (357) : Walking Dead 10 – Image Comics, Aug 2009 [158.1] ::
388. ↓-92 (296) : Peanuts Complete ’71-‘74 – Fantagraphics, Sep 2009 [154.3] ::
487. ↑246 (733) : Cat Paradise 1 – Yen Press, Aug 2009 [120.0] ::
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