Annnnd here’s the top selling graphic novel chart. Manga has its own chart which we’ll hopefully be posting later on.
Sorry this looks funny. We’re trying to fix.
2007 TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS |
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QtyRank |
RetailRank |
Description |
Price |
Ven |
1 |
1 |
CIVIL WAR TP |
$24.99 |
MAR |
2 |
6 |
MARVEL ZOMBIES HC* |
$19.99 |
MAR |
3 |
2 |
HEROES HC* |
$29.99 |
DC |
4 |
7 |
WATCHMEN TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
5 |
3 |
300 HC |
$30.00 |
DAR |
6 |
13 |
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE (MR) |
$12.99 |
IMA |
7 |
4 |
LOEG BLACK DOSSIER HC (MR)* |
$29.99 |
DC |
8 |
16 |
CIVIL WAR ROAD TO CIVIL WAR TP |
$14.99 |
MAR |
9 |
18 |
Y LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
10 |
34 |
WALKING DEAD VOL 7 CALM BEFORE TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
IMA |
11 |
14 |
FABLES TP VOL 09 SONS O/EMPIRE (MR) |
$17.99 |
DC |
12 |
57 |
WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAYS GONE BYE TP |
$9.99 |
IMA |
13 |
15 |
CIVIL WAR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP |
$17.99 |
MAR |
14 |
26 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 3 TORN TP |
$14.99 |
MAR |
15 |
28 |
BOYS TP VOL 01 (MR) |
$14.99 |
DE |
16 |
5 |
HULK PLANET HULK HC |
$39.99 |
MAR |
17 |
66 |
FABLES VOL 1 LEGENDS IN EXILE TP |
$9.99 |
DC |
18 |
10 |
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN PREM HC |
$24.99 |
MAR |
19 |
17 |
ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 GRAND THEFT AMERICA TP |
$19.99 |
MAR |
20 |
21 |
52 VOL 1 TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
21 |
63 |
CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN AMERICA TP |
$11.99 |
MAR |
22 |
50 |
WALKING DEAD VOL 5 BEST DEFENSE TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
IMA |
23 |
54 |
WALKING DEAD VOL 2 TP MILES BEHIND US TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
IMA |
24 |
41 |
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP |
$14.99 |
DC |
25 |
56 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 1 UNMANNED TP |
$12.99 |
DC |
26 |
31 |
30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP* |
$17.99 |
IDW |
27 |
44 |
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE BOOK 1 TP |
$14.99 |
MAR |
28 |
12 |
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL 4 SPIDER-MAN HC |
$24.99 |
MAR |
29 |
27 |
JUSTICE VOL 2 HC |
$19.99 |
DC |
30 |
43 |
BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER LONG WAY HOME TP |
$15.95 |
DAR |
31 |
49 |
BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC |
$14.99 |
DC |
32 |
32 |
52 VOL 2 TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
33 |
37 |
CIVIL WAR WOLVERINE TP |
$17.99 |
MAR |
34 |
77 |
WALKING DEAD VOL 4 HEARTS DESIRE TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
IMA |
35 |
33 |
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY O/DARKNESS HC |
$19.99 |
MAR |
36 |
90 |
DMZ VOL 2 BODY O/A JOURNALIST TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
37 |
91 |
FABLES VOL 2 ANIMAL FARM TP |
$12.99 |
DC |
38 |
22 |
MOUSE GUARD VOL 1 FALL 1152 HC NEW PTG |
$24.95 |
ARS |
39 |
64 |
KINGDOM COME TP* |
$14.99 |
DC |
40 |
36 |
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL 3 HULK HC |
$19.99 |
MAR |
41 |
68 |
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE BOOK 2 TP |
$14.99 |
MAR |
42 |
118 |
CIVIL WAR X-MEN TP |
$11.99 |
MAR |
43 |
38 |
52 VOL 3 TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
44 |
70 |
JACK OF FABLES VOL 1 NEARLY GREAT ESCAPE TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
45 |
105 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 2 CYCLES TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
46 |
74 |
PREACHER VOL 1 GONE TO TEXAS TP NEW EDITION (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
47 |
47 |
FABLES VOL 8 WOLVES TP (MR) |
$17.99 |
DC |
48 |
80 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 8 KIMONO DRAGONS TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
49 |
187 |
SERENITY TP |
$9.95 |
DAR |
50 |
42 |
ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL 1 HC |
$19.99 |
DC |
51 |
133 |
ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 15 MAGICAL TP |
$11.99 |
MAR |
52 |
51 |
CIVIL WAR FANTASTIC FOUR TP |
$17.99 |
MAR |
53 |
85 |
FABLES VOL 3 STORYBOOK LOVE TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
54 |
135 |
CIVIL WAR IRON MAN TP |
$11.99 |
MAR |
55 |
53 |
CIVIL WAR PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN TP |
$17.99 |
MAR |
56 |
45 |
JUSTICE VOL 3 HC |
$19.99 |
DC |
57 |
30 |
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 17 CLONE SAGA TP |
$24.99 |
MAR |
58 |
128 |
EX MACHINA TP VOL 05 SMOKE SMOKE (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
59 |
132 |
100 BULLETS TP VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
60 |
48 |
SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES |
$19.99 |
DC |
61 |
95 |
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 18 ULTIMATE KNIGHTS TP |
$15.99 |
MAR |
62 |
103 |
ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 16 CABLE TP |
$14.99 |
MAR |
63 |
142 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 3 ONE SMALL STEP TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
64 |
237 |
DMZ VOL 1 ON GROUND TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
DC |
65 |
24 |
SPIDER-MAN BIRTH O/VENOM TP |
$29.99 |
MAR |
66 |
451 |
STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVS VOL 7 TP |
$6.95 |
DAR |
67 |
55 |
V FOR VENDETTA TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
68 |
364 |
RUNAWAYS VOL 7 LIVE FAST DIGEST TP |
$7.99 |
MAR |
69 |
174 |
CIVIL WAR YOUNG AVENGERS & RUNAWAYS TP |
$11.99 |
MAR |
70 |
73 |
FABLES VOL 4 MARCH O/WOODEN SOLDIERS TP (MR) |
$17.99 |
DC |
71 |
116 |
FELL VOL 1 FERAL CITY TP |
$14.99 |
IMA |
72 |
59 |
52 VOL 4 TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
73 |
479 |
HELLBOY ANIMATED VOL 1 BLACK WEDDING TP |
$6.95 |
DAR |
74 |
266 |
FRUITS BASKET VOL 16 GN (Of 20) |
$9.99 |
TKP |
75 |
62 |
BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
76 |
84 |
HELLBOY VOL 7 TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP |
$17.95 |
DAR |
77 |
164 |
WALKING DEAD VOL 3 SAFETY BEHIND BARS TP |
$12.99 |
IMA |
78 |
401 |
NARUTO VOL 13 TP |
$7.95 |
VIZ |
79 |
147 |
CIVIL WAR X-MEN UNIVERSE TP |
$13.99 |
MAR |
80 |
149 |
CIVIL WAR THUNDERBOLTS TP |
$13.99 |
MAR |
81 |
168 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 4 SAFEWORD TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
82 |
197 |
CIVIL WAR MARVEL UNIVERSE TP |
$11.99 |
MAR |
83 |
413 |
DEATH NOTE VOL 1 TP |
$7.99 |
VIZ |
84 |
69 |
BATMAN YEAR ONE HUNDRED TP |
$19.99 |
DC |
85 |
71 |
SPIDER-MAN REIGN PREMIERE HC* |
$19.99 |
MAR |
86 |
296 |
PLAIN JANES |
$9.99 |
DC |
87 |
138 |
NEW AVENGERS VOL 4 COLLECTIVE TP |
$14.99 |
MAR |
88 |
183 |
DMZ VOL 3 PUBLIC WORKS TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
89 |
144 |
FABLES VOL 5 MEAN SEASONS TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
90 |
145 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 5 RING O/TRUTH TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
91 |
457 |
NARUTO TP VOL 1 |
$7.95 |
VIZ |
92 |
460 |
NARUTO VOL 14 TP |
$7.95 |
VIZ |
93 |
148 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 7 PAPER DOLLS TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
94 |
190 |
Y LAST MAN VOL 6 GIRL ON GIRL TP (MR) |
$12.99 |
DC |
95 |
456 |
DEATH NOTE TP VOL 12 |
$7.99 |
VIZ |
96 |
462 |
RUNAWAYS VOL 1 PRIDE & JOY DIGEST TP |
$7.99 |
MAR |
97 |
314 |
FRUITS BASKET VOL 17 GN (Of 22) |
$9.99 |
TKP |
98 |
152 |
FABLES VOL 7 ARABIAN NIGHTS & DAYS TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DC |
99 |
467 |
NARUTO VOL 15 TP |
$7.95 |
VIZ |
100 |
575 |
STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVS TP VOL 08 |
$6.95 |
DAR |
* – Combined multiple covers with same SRP.
A question for people smarter than I:
Is Plain Janes ranknig at #86 an impressive showing for the debut Minx title? I thought so for a second considering that line is supposed to be bookstore/mass market driven, but then thought it might not be so hot.
Of course, this helps in no way settle the “do those books get into the hands of their target audience” debate, so maybe it doesn’t matter.
Are we calling trade paperbacks (reprints of previously printed material) graphic novel? For marketing reasons, it makes sense, but shouldn’t we define the difference or does it matter anymore?
For example, say an artist / writer has a signing debuting their “graphic novel” and a fan of the creator shows up anticipating new original work only to find it was a reprint of a 3 issue story arc printed in a serialized monthly comic book.
This is actually more common than you think.
No room for Jeff Smith’s Shazam The Monster Society of Evil collection?
~
Coat
If manga has it’s own list, why is Naruto on this one?
Anyway, I went back through the top 100 gns of each month listed on icv2 and added up what each of the top five sold. These are minimum numbers I guess, cause it’s possible something like Marvel Zombies sold like 300 copies one month and went out of print for a while and so didn’t make it onto the chart.
Civil War: 8 months: 46 322
Marvel Zombies HC: 8 months: 27 445
Heroes: 2 months: 27 229
Watchmen: 12 months: 26 112
300: 5 months: 22 567
And the bottom one:
Star War Clone Wars vol 8: 1 month: 6579 (this is definitely one I’d say there were continuous low level reorders)
Someone with more time/skills at getting this info out of graphs can do the rest.
Oh, and you can put this on your front page or something if you want.
Man they really pulled a fast one with that heroes HC. That was pretty bad, theres going to be a lot of those floating around ebay for cheap soon enough.
These are nonreturnable orders. Plain Janes may have been strongly pushed, then didn’t sell, causing other titles in the line to suffer. Check the monthly charts to see if this is true.
What is interesting is the amount of backlist.
At my B&N, we did well with Dark Tower, Heroes, LOEGbd. Absolute Sandman and The Complete Don Martin sold nicely for big ticket items.
Heidi, I know PW lists the year’s best sellers by general numbers. Can you or Calvin filter out GNs?
It’s interesting how differents Fables’s TPB are between the top 100. this series sells well in both formats (monthly and Tpb)
Also the traditional Watchmen, tDKR and 300.
@ Matthew
Not only Naruto, but also DeathNote, and Fruits Basket (Tokyopop and Viz) – which takes up 8 slots out of the 100. Perhaps there’s a reason they qualify for this list.
Wouldn’t the MINX books be available through book distributors other than Diamond?
It’s interesting to see the Heroes HC outsell the 300 HC. At first glance those would seem to be very similar properties. Same price, hot movie/tv tie in, both previously available in another format. Perhaps the difference was DC’s marketing clout vs Dark Horse?
Plain Janes, and the rest of the Minx books from DC were all conditionally returnable.
Why isn’t this in the sales charts category?