Graphic Novel Rankings: 2009, Week 34
Editorial: I’ve a lot of ground to make up and only so many days left in the calendar year. I may have to resort to some short cuts and post ‘provisional’ top ten lists to fill in the gaps and play catch-up — but unlike last year’s hiatus, I am now in the habit of archiving web sources, so nothing is actually lost. I can go back and fill in the blanks with corrected posts [the full rankings] at some later date. For the rest of this week, at least, there are no compromises — other than the fact that the charts are months late ;) — and I’ll post one of these a day until I collapse. Get in the habit of checking the site around midnight EST. [with love. MB, 16 Dec.]
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Your Executive Summary and Index, Week Ending 16 August 2009
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last week’s rankings
About the Charts
Analysis and Commentary Posts
The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 16 August 2009009
Comics Top 500
1. ↔0 (1) : Watchmen – DC Vertigo, Apr 1995 [827.1] ::
2. ↑1 (3) : Batman Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader – DC, Jul 2009 [766.7] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : V for Vendetta – DC Vertigo, Apr 1995 [722.2] ::
4. ↑1 (5) : Batman The Killing Joke – DC, Mar 2008 [700.4] ::
5. ↑2 (7) : Final Crisis – DC, Jun 2009 [695.0] ::
6. ↑3 (9) : Green Lantern The Sinestro Corps War 1 – DC, Apr 2009 [689.4] ::
7. ↓-3 (4) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [682.7] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Batman The Dark Knight Returns – DC, May 1997 [667.2] ::
9. ↑3 (12) : Asterios Polyp – Random House Pantheon, Jul 2009 [652.1] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : Dark Tower 3 – Marvel, Apr 2009 [634.9] ::
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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Comics 500:
Viz Shonen Jump 55
DC Vertigo 50
DC 40
Viz Shojo Beat 33
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 31
Tokyopop 28
Marvel 24
Dark Horse 23
Del Rey 19
Viz 15
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Top 50 Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [2,102.8] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Batman – DC [1,993.9] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Green Lantern – DC [1,599.7] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Sandman – DC Vertigo [1,476.2] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop [1,442.5] ::
6. ↑4 (10) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [1,240.2] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [1,219.1] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Dark Tower – Marvel [1,218.1] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [1,154.4] ::
10. ↑10 (20) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [1,136.5] ::
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Top 500 Manga:
1. ↔0 (1) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [682.7] ::
2. ↑8 (10) : Vampire Knight 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2009 [631.7] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [621.2] ::
4. ↑1 (5) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [589.9] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Fullmetal Alchemist 19 – Viz, Jul 2009 [577.1] ::
6. ↑22 (28) : Rosario+Vampire 8 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Aug 2009 [564.2] ::
7. ↓-3 (4) : Dark Hunters 1 – St. Martin’s Griffin, Apr 2009 [558.1] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Naruto 43 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [521.8] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Naruto 44 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2009 [500.0] ::
10. ↓-3 (7) : Fruits Basket 22 – Tokyopop, Mar 2009 [484.3] ::
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Top 50 Manga Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [2,102.8] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop [1,442.5] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [1,240.2] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [1,219.1] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [1,154.4] ::
6. ↑2 (8) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [1,136.5] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [947.8] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Negima! – Del Rey [875.8] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Death Note – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [870.1] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Berserk – Dark Horse [717.8] ::
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Top 50 New Releases:
(July & August 2009)
2. ↑1 (3) : Batman Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader – DC, Jul 2009 [766.7] ::
7. ↓-3 (4) : Fruits Basket 23 – Tokyopop, Jul 2009 [682.7] ::
9. ↑3 (12) : Asterios Polyp – Random House Pantheon, Jul 2009 [652.1] ::
11. ↑23 (34) : Vampire Knight 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2009 [631.7] ::
12. ↑3 (15) : Green Lantern Rage of the Red Lanterns – DC, Aug 2009 [626.6] ::
14. ↓-4 (10) : Naruto 45 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2009 [621.2] ::
17. ↓-3 (14) : Fullmetal Alchemist 19 – Viz, Jul 2009 [577.1] ::
18. ↑12 (30) : Parker 1 The Hunter – IDW, Jul 2009 [575.6] ::
20. ↑58 (78) : Rosario+Vampire 8 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Aug 2009 [564.2] ::
24. ↑46 (70) : Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation – Macmillan Hill & Wang, Jul 2009 [549.2] ::
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Top 50 Preorders:
129. ↑9 (138) : Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4 – HNA Amulet, Oct 2009 [309.4] ::
256. ↓-45 (211) : Dean Koontz’s Nevermore – Del Rey/Dabel Bros., Oct 2009 [217.4] ::
260. ↑87 (347) : Peanuts Complete ’71-‘74 – Fantagraphics, Sep 2009 [217.1] ::
263. ↓-53 (210) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 5 – Dark Horse, Sep 2009 [216.2] ::
338. ↑389 (727) : Iron Man World’s Most Wanted – Marvel, Nov 2009 [170.2] ::
340. ↑109 (449) : Peanuts Complete ’73-‘74 – Fantagraphics, Sep 2009 [169.7] ::
375. ↓-31 (344) : The Book of Genesis – Crumb – WW Norton, Oct 2009 [158.5] ::
407. ↑45 (452) : Simon’s Cat – Grand Central Publishing, Sep 2009 [144.6] ::
411. ↓-8 (403) : Neon Genesis Evangelion The Shinji Ikari Raising Project 1 – Dark Horse, Sep 2009 [143.9] ::
430. ↓-99 (331) : Street Fighter SF20: The Art of Street Fighter – Udon, Sep 2009 [136.4] ::
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