Sunday, August 30, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: August Update Edition

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/30/2009 10:36:00 PM
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compiled/edited by B. Munn

Our third truncated list for the Summer Time. Normally, I compile a weekly list of Top 30 overall and Top 30 by Canadian creators bestselling comic books. I just don't have the time lately, so I've decided to offer an infrequent, shorter version of the weekly list.

The bestselling graphic novels and comics collections in Canada, courtesy of BookManager. The full list by BookManager is available, with some work, here. The list is compiled by BookManager based on sales through over 400 independent bookstores, including several comic book stores and the D+Q store. Sales through most comic shops and larger retailers like Chapters-Indigo are not reflected in this list. For balance, you might want to try the Amazon.ca and Chapters-Indigo lists. See here for our previous list.

Canadian Content: You have to wade through an awful lot of translated Japanese manga, U.S. superhero fantasies, and collected editions of Sherman's Lagoon to come up with a list of 30 bestselling books created by Canadians. In total, BookManager lists over 4000 graphic novels, trades, and strip collections, the vast majority of which are not by Canadians. This list does not include books that are only illustrated but not written/created-by Canadians.

Sequential's All-Canadian Top 20 from BookManager
1. (4) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
2. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
3. (6) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q)
4. (-) Rabbit and Bear Paws 2: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon, Little Spirit Bear
5. (5) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
6. (12) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
7. (-) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
8. (13) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
9. (-) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (Farrar, Strauss + Giroux)
10. (11) Essex County 3, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
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11. (-) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (DC)
12. (15) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum)
13. (-) Rabbit and Bear Paws 1, Chad Solomon, Little Spirit Bear
14. (9) Milk Teeth, Julie Morstad (D+Q)
15. (17) Pohadky, Marek Colek Pat Shewchuck (D+Q)
16. (1) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q)
17. (-) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
18. (-) Essex County 1, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
19. (-) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
20. (7) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)

(previous rank in parentheses)
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